LINGUIST List 25.525
Sat
Feb 01 2014
FYI: Endangered Language
Fund: Call for Proposals 2014
Editor for this issue:
Uliana Kazagasheva <ulianalinguistlist.org>
Date: 31-Jan-2014
From: Monica Macaulay
<mmacaula
wisc.edu>
Subject: Endangered Language
Fund: Call for Proposals 2014
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Endangered Language Fund: Language Legacies
Grant Program. Call for Proposals 2014.
The Endangered Language Fund provides grants
for language maintenance and linguistic field
work. The work most likely to be funded is that
which serves both the native community and the
field of linguistics. Work which has immediate
applicability to one group and more distant
application to the other will also be
considered. Publishing subventions are a low
priority, although they will be considered.
Proposals can originate in any country. The
language involved must be in danger of
disappearing within a generation or two.
Endangerment is a continuum, and the location
on the continuum is one factor in our funding
decisions.
Eligible expenses include consultant fees,
tapes, films, travel, etc. Overhead is not
allowed. Grants are normally for a one year
period, though extensions may be applied for.
We expect grants in this round to be less than
$4,000 in size, and to average about
$2,000.
Eligibility:
Researchers and language activists from any
country are eligible to apply. Awards can be
made to institutions, but no administrative
(overhead, indirect) costs are covered.
Please note that many languages in the
northwestern United States of America are NOT
eligible for the Language Legacies grant. These
languages are covered instead by our Native
Voices Endowment grant program (
http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/NVE_request.php).
The full list of languages that are covered by
the Native Voices Endowment and ineligible for
the Language Legacies grant may be found in PDF
form on our website at:
http://endangeredlanguagefund.org/lib/pdf/NVE_list_lgs.pdf.
Deadline:
Applications must be received by April 22nd,
2014. Decisions will be delivered by the end of
May, 2014.
How to Apply:
There is no form, but the information requested
below should be included in the first page of
an electronic document, preferably a PDF file.
Email the single file containing all the
material to: elf
haskins.yale.edu.
Applications must be submitted electronically.
No mail or fax applications will be accepted.
If you have any questions, please write to our
address (300 George St., Suite 900, New Haven,
CT 06511, USA) or email to: elf
haskins.yale.edu.
Required Information:
Cover Page:
The first page should contain
- Title of the project
- Name of language and country in which it is
spoken
- Name of primary researcher
- Address of primary researcher (include email
and, if possible, phone.)
- Amount requested
- Present position, education, and native
language(s).
- Previous experience and/or publications by
the applicant(s) that are relevant.
- Include the same information for
collaborating researchers, if any. This
information may continue on the next page
Description of the Project:
Beginning on a separate page, provide a
description of the project. This should
normally take two pages, single spaced, but the
maximum is five pages. Be detailed about the
type of material that is to be collected and/or
produced, and the value it will have to the
native community (including relatives and
descendants who do not speak the language) and
to linguistic science. Special consideration
will be given to projects that involve
children. Give a brief description of the state
of endangerment of the language in
question.
Budget:
On a separate page, prepare an itemized budget
that lists expected costs for the project.
Eligible expenses include consultant fees,
tapes, films, travel, equipment, etc. Overhead
(indirect) costs are not allowed. Estimates are
acceptable, but they must be realistic. Please
translate the amounts into US dollars. List
other sources of support you are currently
receiving or expect to receive and other
applications that relate to the current
one.
Letter of Support:
Two letters of support are recommended, but not
required. These can be included in the
electronic file or sent separately. Note that
these letters, if sent separately, must arrive
on or before the deadline (April 22nd, 2014) in
order to be considered. If more than two
letters are sent, only the first two received
will be read.
Limit to One Proposal:
A researcher can be primary researcher on only
one proposal.
Acknowledgment of Receipt:
Receipt of application will be acknowledged by
email.
If a Grant is Awarded:
Before receiving any funds, university-based
applicants must show that they have met the
requirements of their university's human
subjects' committee. Tribal- or other-based
applicants must provide equivalent assurance
that proper protocols are being used. If a
grant is made and accepted, the recipient is
required to provide the Endangered Language
Fund with a short formal report of the project
and to provide the Fund with copies of all
audio and video recordings made with ELF funds,
accompanying transcriptions, as well as
publications resulting from materials obtained
with the assistance of the grant.
Further enquiries can be made to:
The Endangered Language Fund
300 George Street, Suite 900
New Haven, CT 06511 USA
Tel: 203-865-6163
Fax: 203-865-8963
elf
haskins.yale.edu
endangeredlanguagefund.org
Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
Page Updated: 01-Feb-2014