<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div> Dear all,</div><div> The National Science Foundation has many funding opportunities relevant to this list. Most relevant, of course, is the Documenting Endangered Languages program (<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12816" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12816</a>), which most of you know about already.<br> Susan Penfield and I wanted to point out a less obvious source of funding in the Education and Human Resources division:<br><a href="http://nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DRL" target="_blank">http://nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DRL</a><br>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.<br> 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)"). (<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047)">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047)</a><br> 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 (<a href="mailto:jdietz@nsf.gov">jdietz@nsf.gov</a>).<br> Another possibility is the Noyce Foundation:<br><a href="http://www.noycefdn.org/" target="_blank">http://www.noycefdn.org/</a><br> It is often easier to get some foundation funding before going for Federal support.<br> Please contact either of us if you have questions or think that you might have a possible project.</div><div><br> Best, Doug Whalen DhW and Susan Penfield</div><div><br><a href="mailto:whalen@endangeredlanguagefund.org">whalen@endangeredlanguagefund.org</a><br><a href="mailto:susan.penfield@gmail.com">susan.penfield@gmail.com</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">Douglas H. Whalen, President </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">Endangered Language Fund </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">300 George St., Suite 900 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">New Haven, CT 06511 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">USA </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">+1-203-865-6163, ext. 265 (or 234 for Whalen) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><a href="mailto:elf@endangeredlanguagefund.org">elf@endangeredlanguagefund.org</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "> <a href="http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org">www.endangeredlanguagefund.org</a></span></div></div> </div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Douglas H. 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