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The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) at SOAS offers one granting cycle for 2013. The grant round opens next Monday 15th October 2012 10am (BST) and closes on 15th January 2013, 5pm (GMT). The key objectives of the ELDP are: to support the documentation of as many endangered languages as possible
to encourage fieldwork on endangered languages, especially by younger scholars with skills in language documentation
to create a repository of resources for the linguistic, social science, and the language communities
Grant categories available are: Small Grants of up to £10,000
Individual Graduate Scholarships
Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships
Major Documentation Projects
Important dates: Applications open: 15th October 2012
Deadline for submission: 15th January 2013, 5pm (GMT)
Decisions notified: 15th June 2013
Application forms and further information is available here.
Gathang student in RNLD Award for Creativity in Indigenous Youth Language Projects
AUGUST 30TH, 2012
Congratulations to Arlene McInherney who has won second prize in the RNLD Award for Creativity in Indigenous Youth Language Projects for: Nyiirunba Gulaman: book about plants which uses the Gathang language, from central-mid north coast of New South Wales. Arlene studied the Gathang language at Port Macquarie TAFE this year. The prize winners come from four states and territories, and their entries highlight the diverse strategies that young people are creating to support their languages. Congratulations to all of the prize winners for their wonderful efforts! 12 years and under
First prize: Evita Puruntatameri and school friends — Ngariwanajirri: the strong kids song. Tiwi language, Northern Territory Second prize: Ky-ya Grace Ward — Singing in language: DVD of Woiwurrung songs. Woiwurrung language, Victoria 19-25 years
First prize: Clint Taylor — illustrations in Gurri watharrigu magaragu: the girl is looking for her little brother. Yinhawangka language, Western Australia Second prize: Arlene McInherny — Nyiirunba Gulaman: book about plants. Gathang language, New South Wales Visit the RENLD to see some pictures of the winning entries: http://www.rnld.org/award
Awards Support Endangered Languages Spoken in Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas Caption: Ouma Katrina Esau, a N|u speaker, speaks into a head-mounted microphone while holding an ultrasound probe in place. Linguist Johanna Brugman of Cornell University (at right) monitors the video feed on an Ultrasound laptop while adjusting the probe to get a better image of Ouma Katrina Esau's tongue. Translator Willem Damarah looks on. Ouma Hanna Koper sits quietly at the end of the couch. In speaking N|u, the tongue makes coordinated movements not found in most other languages of the world. By making an ultrasound video, researchers can better explain to linguists and language learners how the tongue moves. The probe must be adjusted so that the shadows of the jaw and hyoid bones appear at either edge of the monitor and so that a clear line of the top surface of the tongue can be seen. The gelatinous-looking piece of plastic between Ouma Esau's chin and the probe is a custom-made offset designed to help achieve an image of the top surface of the tongue, which is at a shallower depth than the probe was designed for.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) yesterday announced the award of five fellowships, 32 institutional grants, and six doctoral dissertation research awards totaling $4.5 million in the agencies' ongoing Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) program. This is the eighth round of their campaign to document languages threatened with extinction. Experts estimate that more than half of the approximately 7,000 currently-used human languages are bound for oblivion in this century, and the window of opportunity for high-quality language field documentation, they say, narrows with each passing year. These new DEL awards will support digital documentation work on almost 30 endangered languages spoken in Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas; enhance the computational infrastructure of the field; and provide training for the next generation of researchers. It is important to document endangered languages for the wealth of linguistic and cognitive information that they offer. Advances in information technology allow for work on endangered languages that has not previously been possible. "Endangered languages are at risk of becoming extinct," said NSF Assistant Director for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences Myron Gutmann. "It is paramount that we create and use advances of information technology and interdisciplinary science research to ensure that this linguistic and cognitive information is sustained and a comprehensive analysis is completed." Some DEL projects seek to provide tools to better facilitate the documentation of endangered languages.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) yesterday announced the award of five fellowships, 32 institutional grants, and six doctoral dissertation research awards totaling $4.5 million in the agencies' ongoing Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) program. This is the eighth round of their campaign to document languages threatened with extinction. Experts estimate that more than half of the approximately 7,000 currently-used human languages are bound for oblivion in this century, and the window of opportunity for high-quality language field documentation, they say, narrows with each passing year. These new DEL awards will support digital documentation work on almost 30 endangered languages spoken in Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas; enhance the computational infrastructure of the field; and provide training for the next generation of researchers.
Linguistics Receives Three Awards from Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) in London Projects Investigate Indigenous Languages of Latin America. Posted: August 1, 2012 Daniel Valle has received an ELDP Individual Graduate Scholarship to support his dissertation research in Peru, 'A Documentation and Description of Cashibo-Cacataibo of San Alejandro (Pano) with a Focus on Information Structure' (GBP 35,658 over 2 and a half years; approximately $55,000). Mr. Valle's documentation work is focused in particular on information structure and its relevance to grammatical structures in this language. He has also been awarded a fellowship with the Research Center on Information Structure at the University of Potsdam, Germany, for the Spring 2013 semester. Prof. Pattie Epps is Daniel's dissertation advisor. Associate Professor Pattie Epps, together with Luciana Storto of the University of São Paulo (Brazil), has received an ELDP Small Grant for the project 'Documentation of Dâw, a Nadahup language of Brazil' (GBP 9998 for 1 year; approximately $15,000). Epps and Storto will train Dâw speakers in language documentation, compile a text collection and lexicon, and investigate aspects of Dâw grammar.
ABU DHABI – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) won the “Cultural Personality of the Year” Award of the Sixth Session of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for the key role it plays in preserving the global cultural heritage liberated of prejudice or discrimination and embracing the inter-cultural communication among peoples since its inception. The announcement of the Award came after the Board of Trustees of the "Sheikh Zayed Book Award" under the chairmanship of Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, met to review and discuss the report of the Award’s "Scientific Committee", with respect to the recommendations of the works and organizations nominated to win the prizes of the Award’s different categories at its sixth session, in preparation for the Annual Award Ceremony, which will be held on the 29th of the current month of March, at the "Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center". And after thorough discussions and extensive review of the nominated works by the judging panels and the Scientific Committee, the following has been decided: “Young Author” – Layla Al Obaidi from Tunisia for her book “Al Fakh in Islam” (Humor in Islam) published by Dar al Saqi).
Endangered Language Fund Invites Proposals for Language Maintenance and Linguistic Field Work Worldwide
The Endangered Language Fund provides grants for language maintenance and linguistic field work. The work most likely to be funded is that which serves both a native community and the field of linguistics. Work that has immediate applicability to one group and more distant application to the field also will be considered. Publishing subventions are a low priority but will be considered. Proposals can originate in any country. The language involved must be in danger of disappearing within a generation or two. Endangerment is a continuum, and the language's location on the continuum is one factor in ELF's funding decisions. Grants in this round are expected to be less than $4,000 and to average about $2,000. Eligible expenses include consultant fees, tapes, films, travel, etc. Grants are normally for a one-year period, though extensions may be requested.
The Endangered Language Fund offers grants for language maintenance as well as linguistic field work.
The work to be funded is that which caters both the native community and the field of linguistics.
Funding Opportunity: Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship Sponsor: Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project
Application Deadline: January 16, 2012
Posted Date: December 14, 2011
Link: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/apply/index.htm
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