From nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk Thu Oct 8 05:29:45 1998 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id FAA45794 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 05:29:44 -0700 Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id FAA02984; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 05:29:43 -0700 Received: from [158.152.51.25] (helo=[158.152.51.25]) by post.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.03 #1) id 0zRF4g-0003gj-00; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 12:21:42 +0000 X-Sender: (Unverified) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 13:20:18 +0100 To: Recipient List Suppressed:; From: Nicholas Ostler Subject: CFP: Foundation for Endangered Langages Cc: Chris_Moseley@mon.bbc.co.uk The Foundation for Endangered Languages is now accepting proposals for projects of work that will support, enable or assist the documentation, protection or promotion of one or more endangered languages. Please pass on this announcement to your friends and colleagues in endangered language communities who may not have access to the Internet or e-mail. Form for Submissions There is a form which defines the content of appropriate proposals, and this may be obtained from the Foundation's Liaison Officer, Christopher Moseley, 2 Wanbourne Lane, Nettlebed. Oxfordshire RG9 5AH England fax +44-1491-641922 All proposals must be submitted in this form, to ensure comparability (although see note 4 below). Deadline The time-limit for proposals to be considered in the current round will be the 8th of November 1998. By that date, proposals and supporting testimonials must reach Christopher Moseley, at the address specified in the form. The FEL Committee will announce its decision before the 31st of December 1998. Four points to note especially: 1. The Foundation's funds are extremely limited and it is not anticipated that any award will be greater than US$1,000. Smaller proposals stand a better chance of funding. 2. Where possible, work undertaken within endangered language communities themselves will be preferred. 3. The Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) is a separate from the Endangered Language Fund (ELF) , which is also announcing its request for proposals about now, but on a somewhat different timescale. It is perfectly possible (and has indeed occurred in the past) that the same project can be partially funded by both FEL and ELF. 4. Those who have already submitted proposals to FEL speculatively should contact Chris Moseley to confirm what information, if any, still needs to be submitted. The form should be used to submit this additional information. Nicholas Ostler President Foundation for Endangered Languages UK Registered Charity 1070616 http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Philosophy/CTLL/FEL/ Batheaston Villa, 172 Bailbrook Lane Bath BA1 7AA England +44-1225-85-2865 fax +44-1225-85-9258 nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk .