Documenting Endangered Languages  (DEL)

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PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  11-554

Important Notice to Proposers

A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), NSF 13-1, was issued on October 4, 2012 and is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 14, 2013. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 13-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.

Please be aware that significant changes have been made to the PAPPG to implement revised merit review criteria based on the National Science Board (NSB) report, National Science Foundation's Merit Review Criteria: Review and Revisions. While the two merit review criteria remain unchanged (Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts), guidance has been provided to clarify and improve the function of the criteria. Changes will affect the project summary and project description sections of proposals. Annual and final reports also will be affected.

A by-chapter summary of this and other significant changes is provided at the beginning of both the Grant Proposal Guide and the Award & Administration Guide.

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Deadline Date:  September 15, 2013

September 15, Annually Thereafter

SYNOPSIS

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 recording, documenting, and archiving of 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 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.

RELATED PROGRAMS

Linguistics

Cultural Anthropology

Arctic Social Sciences

Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs

RELATED URLS

Press Release (August, 2012): NEH and NSF Award $4.5 Million to Preserve Languages Threatened With Extinction

NSF Workshop on Documenting Endangered Languages, October 2007

Samples of Successful Documenting Endangered Languages Proposals

Federal Agencies Partner to Document Endangered Languages Press Release

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Documenting Endangered Languages Interview on WAMU Radio - March 7, 2007

THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF

Additional Funding Opportunities for the IIS Community

Psychological and Language Sciences

What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)

Map of Recent Awards Made Through This Program

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