[EDLING:548] RFP: Endangered Language Fund

[Tamara Warhol]

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.

Eligible expenses include consultant fees, tapes, films, travel, etc. Overhead
is not allowed. Grants are normally for a one year period, 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 our new address:

The Endangered Language Fund
300 George Street
New Haven, CT  06511

This address is valid both for regular mail and for express mail services.

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.)

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 20th,
2004) 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 20th, 2005.  Decisions will be delivered
by the end of May, 2005.

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
300 George Street
New Haven, CT  06511
USA
Tel:  203-865-6163
FAX:  203-865-8963
elf at haskins.yale.edu
http://www.ling.yale.edu/~elf


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Tamara Warhol
PhD Student
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
warholt at dolphin.upenn.edu