Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Documenting Endangered Languages
(DEL)
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CONTACTS
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PROGRAM GUIDELINES
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Solicitation
06-577
Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes
revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA)
(Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests
funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring
activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply
with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I:
Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of
this new requirement).
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Deadline Date: September 15, 2009
September 15, Annually Thereafter
SYNOPSIS
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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.
The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) will participate in the partnership as a research host, a non-funding role.
RELATED PROGRAMS
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Linguistics
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Cultural Anthropology
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Arctic Social Sciences
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Human and Social Dynamics
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RELATED URLS
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NSF Workshop on Documenting Endangered Languages, October 2007
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Samples of Successful Documenting Endangered Languages Proposals
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Federal Agencies Partner to Document Endangered Languages Press Release
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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
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The Smithsonian
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International Polar Year (IPY)
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Documenting Endangered Languages Interview on WAMU Radio - March 7, 2007
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THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF
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Psychological and Language Sciences
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Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program
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