NSF possibilities

[Doug Whalen]

   Dear all,
   The National Science Foundation has many funding opportunities  
relevant to this list.  Most relevant, of course, is the Documenting  
Endangered Languages program (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12816 
), which most of you know about already.
   Susan Penfield and I wanted to point out a less obvious source of  
funding in the Education and Human Resources division:
http://nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DRL
Especially interesting is the REESE program (Research and Evaluation  
on Education in Science and Engineering), which would like to fund  
more work on culturally relevant science education.  Such education  
could easily include a language component, as when elders are engaged  
in explaining the natural science implications of words, place names,  
and stories.  The project would have to be about teaching science, not  
language, specifically "STEM" (Science, Technology, Engineering and  
Mathematics) science.  It is very advantageous to have an established  
educational researcher on the team.  Evaluation of the program has to  
be part of the research plan.
   There are also programs for informal education, especially for  
summer programs, and innovative approaches in the early grades  
("Discovery Research K-12  (DR K-12)").  (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047 
)
   We are happy to discuss any plans you might have, to give our  
suggestions of what might make a project that NSF would be interested  
in.  You are also welcome to contact the main program officer  
concerned, James Dietz (jdietz at nsf.gov).
  Another possibility is the Noyce Foundation:
http://www.noycefdn.org/
  It is often easier to get some foundation funding before going for  
Federal support.
  Please contact either of us if you have questions or think that you  
might have a possible project.

  Best, Doug Whalen DhW and Susan Penfield

whalen at endangeredlanguagefund.org
susan.penfield at gmail.com




Douglas H. Whalen, President
Endangered Language Fund
300 George St., Suite 900
New Haven, CT 06511
USA
+1-203-865-6163, ext. 265 (or 234 for Whalen)
elf at endangeredlanguagefund.org
  www.endangeredlanguagefund.org

Douglas H. Whalen
Vice President of Research
Haskins Laboratories
300 George St., Suite 900
New Haven, CT  06511  USA
whalen at haskins.yale.edu
+1-203-865-6163, ext. 234




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