CFP: Endangered Languages Fund - DEADLINE 20 APRIL 2006

[Scott G. McGINNIS]

Request for Proposals, 2006 
Endangered Language Fund 

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, Suite 900 
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: elfhaskins.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, 2006) 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, 2006. Decisions 
will be delivered by the end of May, 2006. 

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, Suite 900 
New Haven, CT 06511 
USA 

Tel: 203-865-6163 
FAX: 203-865-8963 
elfhaskins.yale.edu 
http://www.ling.yale.edu/~elf