Endangered Language Fund (fwd)

[Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong]

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

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