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<div><font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000"> The Endangered
Language, thanks to the generosity of its members, is once again able
to offer small grants for work on endangered languages. This
announcement contains all the information you will need to
apply.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000">Doug Whalen
DhW</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+4" color="#000000">Request for
Proposals, 2003<br>
Endangered Language Fund<br>
</font><font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000">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.
Proposals can originate in any country. 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.<br>
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.<br>
HOW TO APPLY - PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF ADDRESS<br>
There is no form, but the information requested below should be
printed (on one side only) and FOUR COPIES sent to:<br>
The Endangered Language Fund<br>
Dept. of Linguistics<br>
Yale University<br>
P. O. Box 208366<br>
New Haven, CT 06520-8366<br>
USA<br>
The street address for express mail services is:<br>
The Endangered Language Fund<br>
Department of Linguistics<br>
370 Temple Street<br>
Yale University<br>
New Haven, CT 06511<br>
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@haskins.yale.edu<br>
REQUIRED INFORMATION:<br>
COVER PAGE:<br>
The first page should contain:<br>
TITLE OF THE PROJECT<br>
NAME OF LANGUAGE AND COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS SPOKEN<br>
NAME OF PRIMARY RESEARCHER<br>
ADDRESS OF PRIMARY RESEARCHER (include phone and email if
possible.)<br>
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (if U.S. citizen)<br>
PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH<br>
PRESENT POSITION, EDUCATION, AND NATIVE LANGUAGE(S).<br>
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND/OR PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT.<br>
Include the same information for collaborating researchers if any.
This information may continue on the next page.<br>
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:<br>
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.<br>
BUDGET:<br>
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.<br>
LETTER OF SUPPORT:<br>
Two letters of support are recommended, but not required. Note
that these letters, if sent separately, must arrive on or before the
deadline (April 21st, 2003) in order to be considered. If more than
two letters are sent, only the first two received will be read.<br>
LIMIT TO ONE PROPOSAL<br>
A researcher can be primary researcher on only one proposal.<br>
DEADLINE<br>
Applications must be received by APRIL 21st, 2003. Decisions
will be delivered by the end of May, 2003.<br>
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT<br>
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.<br>
IF A GRANT IS AWARDED<br>
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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000">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.<br>
FURTHER ENQUIRIES can be made to:<br>
The Endangered Language Fund<br>
Dept. of Linguistics<br>
Yale University<br>
P. O. Box 208366<br>
New Haven, CT 06520-8366<br>
USA<br>
Tel: 203-432-2450<br>
FAX: 203-432-4087<br>
elf@haskins.yale.edu<br>
http://www.ling.yale.edu/~elf</font></div>
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<div>Doug Whalen (whalen@haskins.yale.edu)<br>
Haskins Laboratories<br>
270 Crown St.<br>
New Haven, CT 06511<br>
203-865-6163, ext. 234<br>
FAX: 203-865-8963<br>
http://www.haskins.yale.edu/</div>
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