Small grants available

[Johanna Laakso]

Dear All,

in case all of you do not follow the LINGUIST list, I will - with the usual apologies for cross-postings - forward a recent message (LINGUIST List Vol. 12.2070, Aug. 20 2001) that might be of interest to many of us.

Best,

Johanna Laakso

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> Date:  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:15:32 -0700 (PDT)
> From:  Megan Crowhurst <crowhurstm at yahoo.com>
> Subject:  Small awards for work on endangered languages
>
> 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.
>
>