ELF Request for Proposals, 2002

[Doug Whalen]

   The Endangered Language Fund is pleased to announce our
Request for Proposals for 2002.  These grants are made
possible by the generosity of our members.  Please see our web
site for information on joining the Fund.
          Doug Whalen DhW





      Request for Proposals, 2002
         Endangered Language Fund


     The Endangered Language Fund provides grants for
language maintenance and linguistic field work.  The work
most likely to be funded is that which serves both the native
community and the field of linguistics.  Work which has
immediate applicability to one group and more distant
application to the other will also be considered.  Publishing
subventions are a low priority, although they will be
considered.  The language involved must be in danger of
disappearing within a generation or two. Endangerment is a
continuum, and the location on the continuum is one factor in
our funding decisions.
     Eligible expenses include consultant fees, tapes, films,
travel, etc. Grants are normally for one year periods, though
extensions may be applied for.  We expect grants in this
round to be less than $4,000 in size, and to average about
$2,000.

     HOW TO APPLY
     There is no form, but the information requested below
should be printed (on one side only) and FOUR COPIES sent to:

     The Endangered Language Fund
     Dept. of Linguistics
     Yale University
     P. O. Box 208236
     New Haven, CT  06520-8236
     USA

The street address for express mail services is:

     The Endangered Language Fund
     Department of Linguistics
     320 York Street
     Yale University
     New Haven, CT  06520

Applications must be mailed in.  No e-mail or fax
applications will be accepted.  Please note that regular
mail, especially from abroad, can take up to four weeks.  If
you have any questions, please write to the same address or
email to: elf at haskins.yale.edu

REQUIRED INFORMATION:
COVER PAGE:
The first page should contain:
TITLE OF THE PROJECT
NAME OF LANGUAGE AND COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS SPOKEN
NAME OF PRIMARY RESEARCHER
ADDRESS OF PRIMARY RESEARCHER  (include phone and email if
     possible.)
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (if U.S. citizen)
PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH
PRESENT POSITION, EDUCATION, AND NATIVE LANGUAGE(S).
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND/OR PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT.

Include the same information for collaborating
researchers if any. This information may continue on the next
page.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:
     Beginning on a separate page, provide a description of
the project.  This should normally take two pages, single
spaced, but the maximum is five pages.  Be detailed about the
type of material that is to be collected and/or produced, and
the value it will have to the native community (including
relatives and descendants who do not speak the language) and
to linguistic science.  Give a brief description of the state
of endangerment of the language in question.

BUDGET:
     On a separate page, prepare an itemized budget that
lists expected costs for the project.  Estimates are
acceptable, but they must be realistic. Please translate the
amounts into US dollars.  List other sources of support you
are currently receiving or expect to receive and other
applications that relate to the current one.

LETTER OF SUPPORT:
     Two letters of support are recommended, but not
required.  Note that these letters, if sent separately, must
arrive on or before the deadline (April 22nd, 2002) in order
to be considered. If more than two letters are sent, only the
first two received will be read.

LIMIT TO ONE PROPOSAL
     A researcher can be primary researcher on only one
proposal.

DEADLINE
     Applications must be received by APRIL 22nd, 2002.
Decisions will be delivered by the end of May, 2002.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT
     Receipt of application will be made by email if an email
address is given.  Otherwise, the applicant must include a
self-addressed post-card in order to receive the
acknowledgment.

IF A GRANT IS AWARDED
     Before receiving any funds, university-based applicants
must show that they have met the requirements of their
university's human subjects' committee.  Tribal- or other-
based applicants must provide equivalent assurance that
proper protocols are being used.
     If a grant is made and accepted, the recipient is
required to provide the Endangered Language Fund with a short
formal report of the project and to provide the Fund with
copies of all audio and video recordings made with ELF funds,
accompanying transcriptions, as well as publications
resulting from materials obtained with the assistance of the
grant.

FURTHER ENQUIRIES can be made to:
     The Endangered Language Fund
     Dept. of Linguistics
     Yale University
     P. O. Box 208236
     New Haven, CT  06520-8236
     USA
     Tel:  203-432-2450
     FAX:  203-432-4087
     elf at haskins.yale.edu
     http://www.ling.yale.edu/~elf
     ELF - Request for Proposals, 2002

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Doug Whalen (whalen at haskins.yale.edu)
Haskins Laboratories
270 Crown St.
New Haven, CT 06511
203-865-6163, ext. 234
FAX:  203-865-8963
http://www.haskins.yale.edu/
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