<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default">Hello everyone,</span></span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><font size="2" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default">I'm writing </span></span></font><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default">to pass along</span> news of the <a href="https://sei.berkeley.edu/">Script Encoding Initiative</a>’s new</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Research Fellows program</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The program provides a 3000 USD stipend to two fellows each year to conduct exploratory research on writing systems and their <span class="gmail_default">potential </span>digitization. </span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The goal is to expand our knowledge of writing systems not yet encoded in the Unicode Standard and grow our global network of collaborators. Beyond the stipend, SEI offers mentorship, administrative support, and a platform for disseminating script research to scholars and technical audiences.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> We hope you'll find it a fantastic opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary research across linguistics, anthropology, history, computer science, and other fields. </span></span></font></p><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Some helpful links to learn more:</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><a href="https://sei.berkeley.edu/fellowship/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Full application</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on our website</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><a href="https://sei.berkeley.edu/2025/05/15/announcing-fieldwork-fellowship/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Blog post</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> describing past projects</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Possible candidates on our </span><a href="https://sei.berkeley.edu/scripts-to-encode/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">list of unencoded scripts</span></a></font></p></li></ul><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applications are due June 13, 2025. </span></font></p><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default">Would you mind spreading the word to your students, colleagues, and collaborators</span> with a strong interest in writing systems – historic or new – and/or digital tools<span class="gmail_default">?</span> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default">We are happy to answer questions sent to <a href="mailto:sei@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">sei@berkeley.edu</a>!</span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default">Thank you very much,</span></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default">Anushah</span></span></font></p></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Anushah Hossain</b></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Research Director, Script Encoding Initiative</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://sei.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">sei.berkeley.edu</a></font></div><span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></spa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