All,<br>This summer, the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI), which will be held as always in Tucson, Arizona (June 6-June 28) will be offering 20 fully funded fellowships (housing, tuition, more) for those who want to work toward securing a grant through the Documenting Endangered Languages Program (DEL) offered by NSF/NEH.
<br><br>Applicants must apply both to AILDI generally and specifically for the fellowships. The general description for this program is below --but please check out the AILDI website for more information and for application materials:
<a href="http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Eaildi" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
www.u.arizona.edu/~aildi</a>.<br><br><br clear="all"><ul><li><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Applicants for these fellowships
will be chosen based on the demonstrated need in their community both
for language documentation and funding to support language documentation
efforts. We particularly encourage applicants from communities whose
languages are the most endangered. Fellowships will be awarded
to two members of each community to help ensure the successful completion
of grant submission and documentation practices when the applicants
return home. The goal of this program is</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> 1) to help community members
produce a draft of a grant while at AILDI and continue to prepare it
for submission to NSF/NEH Documenting Endangered Languages Program and
to 2) train fellowships students in the 'best practices' related
to language documentation.(Language documentation course to be taught by Philip CashCash of ILAT fame!) </font> <br></li></ul>
<ul><li><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Please apply by<b> March 15, 2006</b>. If you have questions you may direct them
to the AILDI office or to the project directors, Drs. Ofelia Zepeda
and Susan Penfield. Dr. Zepeda can be reached at </font><a href="mailto:ofelia@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
<u>ofelia@email.arizona.edu</u></font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
or by phone at (520) 621-8294
and Dr. Penfield at </font><a href="mailto:sdp@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>sdp@email.arizona.edu</u></font>
</a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> or call (520) 621-1836 (messages only).</font></li></ul><br>Susan<br>-- <br>Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.<br><br>Department of English<br>Affiliate faculty: Department of Linguistics
<br>and the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program<br>American Indian Language Development Institute
<br>Phone for messages: (520) 621-1836