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<span
></span> Endangered Language Fund<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
HOW TO APPLY<br>
There is no form, but the information
requested below should be printed (on one side only) and FOUR COPIES
sent to our new address:<br>
The Endangered Language Fund<br>
300 George Street<br>
New Haven, CT 06511<br>
This address is valid both for regular
mail and for express mail services. <br>
Applications must be mailed in.
No e-mail or fax applications will be accepted. Please note that
regular mail, especially from abroad, can take up to four weeks.
If you have any questions, please write to the same address or email
to: elf@haskins.yale.edu<br>
REQUIRED INFORMATION:<br>
COVER PAGE:<br>
The first page should contain:<br>
TITLE OF THE PROJECT<br>
NAME OF LANGUAGE AND COUNTRY IN WHICH
IT IS SPOKEN<br>
NAME OF PRIMARY RESEARCHER<br>
ADDRESS OF PRIMARY RESEARCHER
(include phone and email if possible.)<br>
PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH<br>
PRESENT POSITION, EDUCATION, AND NATIVE
LANGUAGE(S).<br>
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND/OR PUBLICATIONS
THAT ARE RELEVANT.<br>
Include the same information for
collaborating researchers if any. This information may continue on the
next page.<br>
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:<br>
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.
Give a brief description of the state of endangerment of the language
in question.<br>
BUDGET:<br>
On a separate page, prepare an itemized
budget that lists expected costs for the project. 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.<br>
LETTER OF SUPPORT:<br>
Two letters of support are recommended,
but not required. Note that these letters, if sent separately,
must arrive on or before the deadline (April 20th, 2004) in order to
be considered. If more than two letters are sent, only the first two
received will be read.<br>
LIMIT TO ONE PROPOSAL<br>
A researcher can be primary researcher
on only one proposal.<br>
DEADLINE<br>
Applications must be received by APRIL
20th, 2005. Decisions will be delivered by the end of May,
2005.<br>
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT<br>
Receipt of application will be made by
email if an email address is given. Otherwise, the applicant
must include a self-addressed post-card in order to receive the
acknowledgment.<br>
IF A GRANT IS AWARDED<br>
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
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color="#000000"> 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.<br>
FURTHER ENQUIRIES can be made to:<br>
The Endangered Language Fund<br>
300 George Street<br>
New Haven, CT 06511<br>
USA<br>
Tel: 203-865-6163<br>
FAX: 203-865-8963<br>
elf@haskins.yale.edu<br>
http://www.ling.yale.edu/~elf<br>
ELF - Request for Proposals, 2004<br>
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<div>Doug Whalen (whalen@haskins.yale.edu)<br>
Haskins Laboratories<br>
270 Crown St.<br>
New Haven, CT 06511<br>
203-865-6163, ext. 234<br>
FAX: 203-865-8963<br>
http://www.haskins.yale.edu/</div>
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