Organization Name:

Nat'l Science Foundation, Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities, Smithsonian

Grant Title:

Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL)

Contact Person:

Joan Maling

Location:

VA 

Phone Number:

(703) 292-8046

Fax Number:

(703) 292-9068

Email Address:

jmaling@nsf.gov

Web Address:

http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf04605

Application Deadline:

Nov 1, annually

Budget/Available Funding:

$2 for 18-22 awards

Activity Type:

Education, Research, Training

Geographic Scope:

All U.S.

Objectives/Outcomes:

This multi-year funding partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develop and advance knowledge concerning endangered human languages. Made urgent by the imminent death of an estimated half of the 6000-7000 currently used human languages, this effort aims also to exploit advances in information technology. Funding will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases. Funding will be available in the form of one- to three-year project grants as well as fellowships for up to twelve months. At least half the available funding will be awarded to projects involving fieldwork.

Eligibility:

Academic institutions and non-profit, non-academic organizations located in the United States are eligible. For-profit organizations are not eligible to apply to this program. However, personnel in for-profit organizations may participate as co-investigators.