CFP: Foundation for Endangered Languages - DEADLINE 30 JANUARY 2005

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Please pass on this announcement to your friends and colleagues in
endangered-language communities who may not have access to Ogmios, the
Internet or e-mail.

**Format for Submissions:
As of this year, there has been a change in the format for submissions to
the Foundation.  In future, applicants must submit a short Case for Support
and a Application Form.  Guidance on how to write a Case, and fill out the
form, is accessible at the Foundation's website: -
http://www.ogmios.org/grant.htm
It may also be obtained from me at the address below.  (Any other, older,
FEL materials - as still at http://www.ogmios.org/question.htm - are
obsolete, and should not be used.)

The Case for Support (CS) and Application Form (AF) are best submitted as
Word files attached to an e-mail message sent to
<FEL at chibcha.demon.co.uk>. Non-ascii text should be in some form of Unicode.
The two files should be named "languageCS.doc" and "languageAF.doc",
substituting the name of the language to be studied for 'language'.

Copies printed on paper will also be accepted as an alternative. In general,
it is not necessary to send  a hard copy of an electronic proposal for
confirmation, but FEL may request this if there are major difficulties in
reading the file.

All proposals must be submitted in this format, to ensure comparability.
Unless agreed with me in advance in writing, all proposals must be in
English.

** Deadline:
The time-limit for proposals will be 30 January 2005. By that date, full
proposals (consisting of Case for Support and Application Form) must reach
me at the address below. All proposals received will be acknowledged on
receipt.

The FEL Committee will announce its decision by 31st March 2005.

** Comments on Draft Proposals:
FEL tries to keep its procedures as simple as possible. But it recognizes
that they may be especially taxing for those without training in a western
university. In the case of proposals from communities or community
linguists, FEL is prepared to comment on drafts, and suggest weaknesses and
potential remedies (without prejudice) before the selection. Such draft
proposals - clearly marked "DRAFT" - should reach FEL as soon as possible,
and no later than 31 December 2004.

This commenting service is simply offered in order to help: it is never
required to submit such a draft.  If draft applications are received from
applicants who are judged not to be members of endangered language
communities or such communities' designated linguists, they may be
re-classified as final applications, at FELs discretion.

Nicholas Ostler <nostler at chibcha.demon.co.uk>
FEL Chairman and Grants Officer

Note:
The Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) is a separate from ELF, the
Endangered Language Fund (www.haskins.yale.edu
<http://www.haskins.yale.edu/>). It is perfectly possible (and has indeed
occurred in the past) that the same project can be partially funded by both
FEL and ELF.

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Foundation for Endangered Languages
Registered Charity: England and Wales 1070616
172 Bailbrook Lane, Bath BA1 7AA, England
+44-1225-852865  nostler at chibcha.demon.co.uk
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