<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div>Foundation for Endangered Languages<br><br>Call for Proposals for Grants: the 2012-2013 round<br><br>Important Dates<br><br>Deadline for submission of proposals: 31 December, 2012<br><br>Announcement of the results: 15 February, 2013<br><br>The Foundation for Endangered Languages is now accepting proposals for<br>projects of work that will support, enable or assist the use of one or<br>more endangered languages. These endangered languages may be anywhere<br>in the world.<br><br>The Foundation is committed to raising awareness of endangered<br>languages and supporting revitalization and preservation of endangered<br>languages through all channels and media. The Foundation awards grants<br>to projects that further these aims as and when its funds permit. The<br>Foundation's funds remain limited this year, and only an exceptional<br>award will be greater than US $1,000. Smaller proposals will have a<br>better chance of receiving funding.<br><br>Priority will be given to projects that focus on the revitalization of<br>endangered languages and support the use of endangered languages in<br>various spheres of community life (home, education, cultural and<br>social life). Any language documentation proposals must have a clear<br>and immediate relevance to prospects for language revitalization.<br><br>For further details, read the Guidance notes. They are available at<br>the FEL website grants page. Be sure to read them before filling in an<br>application form. See also our Manifesto page to find out more about<br>the Foundation's goals and values.<br><br>Conditions and Format for Submission<br><br>Only grant proposals from FEL members will be considered. If you are<br>not a member then you will need to join before applying. Details of<br>how to join are on our Membership page.<br><br>All proposals must be submitted in our standard format, to ensure<br>comparability. Applicants must submit two documents:<br><br>· an Application Form (AF)<br><br>· a Case for Support (CS)<br><br>Remember to read the Guidance notes before filling out the<br>Application form and writing a Case for Support. Applications which do<br>not meet the requirements outlined in the Guidance will not be<br>considered and returned to the author/s. The two documents<br>(Application form and Case for Support) should be named<br>"languageCS.doc" and "languageAF.doc", substituting the actual project<br>language name for language.<br><br>All these necessary document forms are available at the FEL website<br>grants page, <a href="http://www.ogmios.org/grants/index.htm">http://www.ogmios.org/grants/index.htm</a>.<br><br>Unless agreed with Nicholas Ostler in advance in writing, all<br>proposals must be in English. Text with any special characters<br>(non-ASCII) should be written using Unicode.<br><br>The Application Form (AF) and Case for Support (CS) are best submitted<br>as Microsoft Word files attached to an e-mail message. Send your<br>message to the following addresses:<br><br>· <a href="mailto:hakimelnazar@yahoo.com">hakimelnazar@yahoo.com</a><br><br>· <a href="mailto:nicholas@ostler.net">nicholas@ostler.net</a><br><br>In general, it is not necessary to send us hard copy of files also,<br>but we may request printed versions if we have difficulty reading the<br>files.<br><br>For those without access to electronic communications, printed<br>documents will also be accepted. Post them, to arrive by December, 20,<br>2012 to:<br><br>Nicholas Ostler<br>172 Bailbrook Lane<br>Bath BA1 7AA<br>United Kingdom<br><br>The grant recipients are expected to submit a copy of their completed<br>project (in the form of report, video, learning material, dictionary,<br>etc) to the FEL. They will be added to the FEL resources. The projects<br>will also feature in the FEL website and newsletter.<br><br>Comments on Draft Proposals<br><br>FEL tries to keep procedures as simple as possible. But we recognize<br>that they may be difficult for those without training in a western<br>university. In the case of proposals from communities or community<br>linguists, FEL is prepared to comment on drafts, and to identify<br>weaknesses and potential remedies (without prejudice) before the<br>selection. Such draft proposals clearly marked "DRAFT" should reach<br>FEL as soon as possible, and no later than 10th of December, 2012.<br><br>You are not required to submit a draft: this commenting service is<br>offered only in order to help those in need of it. If draft<br>applications are received from applicants who are judged not to be<br>members of endangered language communities or such communities'<br>designated linguists, they may be re-classified as final applications<br>at FEL's discretion.<br><br>-- <br>Nicholas Ostler<br><br><a href="mailto:nicholas@ostler.net">nicholas@ostler.net</a><br><br>Chairman: Foundation for Endangered Languages<br><br>www.ogmios.org<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>