From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Nicholas Ostler</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicholas@ostler.net">nicholas@ostler.net</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">Date: 13 November 2012 07:26<br>Subject: FEL Info: Call for Grant Applications 2012<br>
<br>Foundation for Endangered Languages<br>
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Call for Proposals for Grants: the 2012-2013 round<br>
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Important Dates<br>
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Deadline for submission of proposals: 31 December, 2012<br>
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Announcement of the results: 15 February, 2013<br>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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Conditions and Format for Submission<br>
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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>
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All proposals must be submitted in our standard format, to ensure<br>
comparability. Applicants must submit two documents:<br>
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· an Application Form (AF)<br>
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· a Case for Support (CS)<br>
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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>
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All these necessary document forms are available at the FEL website<br>
grants page, <a href="http://www.ogmios.org/grants/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ogmios.org/grants/index.htm</a>.<br>
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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>
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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>
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· <a href="mailto:hakimelnazar@yahoo.com">hakimelnazar@yahoo.com</a><br>
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· <a href="mailto:nicholas@ostler.net">nicholas@ostler.net</a><br>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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Comments on Draft Proposals<br>
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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>
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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>
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--<br>
Nicholas Ostler<br>
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<a href="mailto:nicholas@ostler.net">nicholas@ostler.net</a><br>
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Chairman: Foundation for Endangered Languages<br>
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<a href="http://www.ogmios.org" target="_blank">www.ogmios.org</a><br>
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