Documenting Endangered Languages — U.S. National Science Foundation funding opportunity
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Documenting Endangered Languages

This 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 ur...

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Award $12k–$450k Deadline Fixed Location Alabama Type grant Level Federal Open posted Jun 23, 2011
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  • Who can apply: Federal-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Funding amount: $12,000 – $450,000, total pool ~$4,100,000.
  • Issued by: U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Award amount
$12k–$450k
Deadline
Fixed
Total pool
$4.1M

About this opportunity

This 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 roughly half of the approximately 7000 currently used languages, this effort aims to exploit advances in information technology to build computational infrastructure for endangered language research. The program supports projects that contribute to data management and archiving, and to the development of the next generation of researchers. Funding can support fieldwork and other activities relevant to the digital archiving of endangered languages, including the preparation of 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 and doctoral dissertation research improvement grants for up to 24 months. Please see the DEL specific page for SBE doctoral dissertation research improvement grants for guidance on submitting this type of proposal.

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Source systemgrants.gov
Source ID101056
PostedJun 23, 2011

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