Funding support: Applications for small awards for work on endangered languages

[Scott McGinnis]

The Linguistic Society of America´s Committee on Endangered Languages
and their Preservation invites applications for small awards to assist
with the costs of transportation to a professional meeting or
fieldwork site (not necessarily in the USA) in connection with work on
an endangered language (EL), or the cost of publishing a work
documenting an EL (for example, a dictionary). These awards are
intended for (i) members of EL communities engaged in linguistic work,
language maintenance, and/or language planning; (ii) graduate students
working to document an EL; (iii) EL scholars not based in the US,
Canada, Europe, Australia, or New Zealand and who have restricted
access to funds for travel and publishing.  Sums will be awarded in
the range of $100-$400 (US), with exact amounts to be decided by the
Committee on a case-by-case basis.  Those interested should apply in
the form of a detailed 1-2 page letter describing the event or project
for which support is requested to the Chair of the Committee at the
address below. Requests should be accompanied by the applicant´s CV,
or a written description of the applicant´s language based work and
relevant community service activities, as appropriate.  Applications
may be submitted at any time, but at least two months of lead time
should be allowed between sending applications and the date for which
funding is needed (especially in the case of applications submitted by
terrestrial mail).

Megan J. Crowhurst (Current Chair of CELP)
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Linguistics
Calhoun 501
Austin, TX 78712-1196
USA

Applications may also be sent by email to
mcrowhurst at mail.utexas.edu <mailto:mcrowhurst at mail.utexas.edu>.