From nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk Wed Dec 15 11:03:02 2004 Received: from mxe3.u.washington.edu (mxe3.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.137]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.13.1+UW04.08/8.13.1+UW04.12) with ESMTP id iBFJ2xVq078792 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:02:59 -0800 Received: from anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.85]) by mxe3.u.washington.edu (8.13.1+UW04.08/8.13.1+UW04.09) with ESMTP id iBFJ2waT004380 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:02:59 -0800 Received: from chibcha.demon.co.uk ([80.176.91.109] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1CeeNX-0006M9-GS; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:00:03 +0000 Message-ID: <41C089C9.3080407@chibcha.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:00:25 +0000 From: Nicholas Ostler Reply-To: nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FEL@chibcha.demon.co.uk, linguist@unix.tamu.edu, ENDANGERED-LANGUAGES-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG, lagb@essex.ac.uk, baalmail@education.leeds.ac.uk, indknow@u.washington.edu, Subject: Foundation for Endangered Languages call for proposals for 2005 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' 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. These endangered languages may be anywhere in the world. The Foundation's funds remain extremely limited and only an exceptional award will be greater than US $1,500. Smaller proposals stand a better chance of funding. Please pass on this announcement to your friends and colleagues in endangered-language communities who may not have access to Ogmios, the Internet or e-mail. **Format for Submissions: As of this year, there has been a change in the format for submissions to the Foundation. In future, applicants must submit a short “Case for Support” and a Application Form. Guidance on how to write a Case, and fill out the form, is accessible at the Foundation's website: - http://www.ogmios.org/grant.htm It may also be obtained from me at the address below. (Any other, older, FEL materials - as still at http://www.ogmios.org/question.htm - are obsolete, and should not be used.) The Case for Support (CS) and Application Form (AF) are best submitted as Word files attached to an e-mail message sent to . Non-ascii text should be in some form of Unicode. The two files should be named "languageCS.doc" and "languageAF.doc", substituting the name of the language to be studied for 'language'. Copies printed on paper will also be accepted as an alternative. In general, it is not necessary to send a hard copy of an electronic proposal for confirmation, but FEL may request this if there are major difficulties in reading the file. All proposals must be submitted in this format, to ensure comparability. Unless agreed with me in advance in writing, all proposals must be in English. ** Deadline: The time-limit for proposals will be 30 January 2004. By that date, full proposals (consisting of Case for Support and Application Form) must reach me at the address below. All proposals received will be acknowledged on receipt. The FEL Committee will announce its decision by 31st March 2003. ** Comments on Draft Proposals: FEL tries to keep its procedures as simple as possible. But it recognizes that they may be especially taxing for those without training in a western university. In the case of proposals from communities or community linguists, FEL is prepared to comment on drafts, and suggest weaknesses and potential remedies (without prejudice) before the selection. Such draft proposals - clearly marked "DRAFT" - should reach FEL as soon as possible, and no later than 31 December 2004. This commenting service is simply offered in order to help: it is never required to submit such a draft. If draft applications are received from applicants who are judged not to be members of endangered language communities or such communities' designated linguists, they may be re-classified as final applications, at FEL’s discretion. Nicholas Ostler FEL Chairman and Grants Officer Note: The Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) is a separate from ELF, the Endangered Language Fund (www.haskins.yale.edu ). It is perfectly possible (and has indeed occurred in the past) that the same project can be partially funded by both FEL and ELF. -- Foundation for Endangered Languages Registered Charity: England and Wales 1070616 172 Bailbrook Lane, Bath BA1 7AA, England +44-1225-852865 nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk http://www.ogmios.org .