From nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk Mon Sep 13 10:53:26 1999 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id KAA10618 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:53:21 -0700 Received: from finch-post-11.mail.demon.net (finch-post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.39]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id KAA25291 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:53:19 -0700 Received: from chibcha.demon.co.uk ([158.152.51.25]) by finch-post-11.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 11QaGr-0006an-0B; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 17:52:05 +0000 X-Sender: chibcha@pop3.demon.co.uk Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="macintosh" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 18:53:12 +0100 To: Recipient List Suppressed:; From: Nicholas Ostler Subject: FEL: Call for Proposals Cc: Christopher Moseley 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 Ogmios, the Internet or e-mail. Form for Submissions There is a form which defines the content of appropriate proposals, which is accessible at the FoundationŐs web-site http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Philosophy/CTLL/FEL/ It may also may be obtained from 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 31st of October 1999. 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 1999. 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 Registered Charity 1070616 Batheaston Villa, 172 Bailbrook Lane Bath BA1 7AA England +44-1225-85-2865 fax +44-1225-85-9258 nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Philosophy/CTLL/FEL/ .