Foundation for Endangered Languages - Call for Grant Proposals 2009

[Margaret Florey]

Dear RNLDers,

The following Call for Grant Proposals 2009 is forwarded from Nicholas
Ostler at the Foundation for Endangered Languages.

kind regards,
Margaret Florey

___________________________

Dear Members

We invite submissions of PROPOSALS FOR REVITALIZATION PROJECTS.

The Foundation for Endangered Languages is now accepting proposals for
projects of work that will support, enable or assist the use of one or more
endangered languages. These endangered  languages may be anywhere in the
world.
The Foundation for Endangered Languages is committed to raise awareness  of
endangered languages and support revitalisation and preservation of
endangered languages through all channels and media. The Foundation awards
grants to projects that further its aims as and when its funds permit. The
Foundation's funds remain limited this year and only an  exceptional award
will be greater than US $1,000. Smaller proposals stand a better chance of
funding.

Projects focusing on the revitalisation of endangered languages and support
the use of endangered languages in various spheres of community life (home,
education, cultural and social life) will be given priority. Any language
documentation proposals must have a clear and immediate relevance to
prospects for language revitalization.
Deadline for proposals to be submitted: September 30, 2009

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.

To find out more about the grants, read the Guidance notes (at the website
www.ogmios.org).
Be sure to read them before filling in an application form.

**Condition and Format for Submission:

Please note that only grant proposals from members will be considered. If
you are not a member then you will need to join before applying. Details of
how to join are here: www.ogmios.org/apply.htm

Also do refer to www.ogmios.org/manifesto.htm

Applicants must submit a short
1.  "Case for Support" and an
2.  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

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>
and copied to
<mayadavid at yahoo.com>
and
<chrishadfield at yahoo.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 in focus 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 Nicholas Ostler in advance in writing, all proposals must
be in English.

** Deadline:  The time-limit for proposals will be September 30, 2009. By
that date, full proposals (consisting of Case for Support and Application
Form)  must reach FEL at the address below. All proposals received will be
 acknowledged on receipt.

The FEL Committee will announce its decision by 30th October, 2009.

** 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 15th of September, 2009.

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 FEL's discretion.

Note: The Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) is a separate
organization from ELF, the Endangered Language Fund (<
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.

-- 
Nicholas Ostler
Chairman, Foundation for Endangered Languages
Registered Charity: England & Wales 1070616
172 Bailbrook Lane, Bath BA1 7AA, England
Phone: +44 (0)1225-852865 Mobile: (0)7720-889319
www.ogmios.org
nostler at chibcha.demon.co.uk
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