nili: FWD: Genographic Legacy Fund Offers Grants to Support Indigenous Communities (fwd)

[Scott DeLancey]

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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 18:24:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott DeLancey <delancey at uoregon.edu>
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The following is a forwarded message from Linguistics mailing List at 
University of Hawaii.

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  https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/glf_charter.pdf

Genographic Legacy Fund Offers Grants to Support Indigenous Communities 
Worldwide

Deadline: June 15, 2007

The Genorgraphic Legacy Fund aims to empower indigenous and traditional peoples 
on a local level while helping to raise awareness on a global level of the 
challenges and pressures facing these communities. Reflecting the values and 
missions of the Genographic Project ( 
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/ ) partners -- the National 
Geographic Society, IBM ( http://www.ibm.com/ ), and the Waitt Family 
Foundation ( http://www.waittfoundation.org/ ) -- support from the fund will be 
directed primarily toward education initiatives, cultural conservation, and 
linguistic preservation and revitalization efforts.

Genographic Legacy Fund grants are open to individuals, groups, and 
organizations. Applicants must provide a record of current or prior work in 
support of indigenous education programs and/or cultural or linguistic 
conservation efforts. Applicants should be seeking to expand their service to 
indigenous communities and have a demonstrated commitment to improving general 
awareness of indigenous cultures, histories, and heritages. The majority of the 
people forming the group responsible for providing project governance must be 
members of the indigenous community in which the project will be implemented.

Projects are divided into two general categories: 1) Micro -- smaller, discrete 
projects that typically require lower amounts of funding; funding for these 
projects will be capped at $25,000 each. 2) Macro -- larger, more complex 
projects undertaken in conjunction with other entities such as NGOs, local 
education institutions, government agencies, etc. Grant amounts are more 
flexible but will not typically exceed $100,000 each.

Applications are accepted on a semi-annual basis. Submissions for semi-annual 
review will close on June 15 and December 15 of each year for the duration of 
the project.

More information on the fund and the grant application process as well as an 
FAQ can be found on the Genographic Legacy Fund Web site.