Apply for Endangered Languages Documentation Programme

ELDP especially welcomes applications from documenters from language communities, local scholars and students from the country where the language is spoken/signed, as well as collaborative and interdisciplinary projects. There are no restrictions on the nationality of the PI or host institution – language documenters of any nationality may undertake projects in any part of the world with their funding.

Types

• Small Grants
  • Small Grants can be used for a range of purposes, such as to carry out fieldwork, develop a pilot project, complete a project already begun, or other documentation related goals.
• Individual Graduate Scholarships
  • IGS applications are invited from individuals seeking scholarships costs for up to 3 years. In addition to field trip costs, you may apply for a stipend to cover the period of preparing and undertaking field research and processing the results
• Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • IPF applications are invited from individuals seeking their own support costs for up to two years duration. In addition to fieldtrip cost you may apply for your own postdoctoral salary costs. For a postdoctoral position it is expected that you are located at the host institution so you will be taking full advantage of the academic environment for your academic development.
• Major Documentation Projects
  • The panel welcomes modest requests and they strongly encourage you to submit value-for-money proposals that are clearly justified. Applicants for large MDPs must have a proven track record in language documentation and linguistic analysis and have demonstrated the skills to manage such a project.
• Legacy Materials Grants
  • Legacy Material Grants are offered to support the digitisation and archiving of legacy materials which are a rich resource for the documentation of the world’s linguistic diversity and are in danger of being lost: recordings of endangered or moribund languages in analogue format which are not part of an existing repository.

Funding Information

• Small Grants (SG): up to 10,000 Euros for up to 12 months.
• Individual Graduate Scholarships (IGS): support for PhD students for up to 36 months, including a stipend for living expenses (no salary and no tuition) and fieldwork expenses.
• Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships (IPF): support for early career scholars for up to 24 months, including salary and fieldwork expenses, up to 250,000 Euros.
• Major Documentation Projects (MDP): any project over 10,000 Euros, lasting up to 36 months, for a maximum of 300,000 Euros.
• Legacy Materials Grants (LMG): up to 10,000 Euros to support the digitization and archiving of existing analogue language recordings is at risk of loss or damage.

Eligibility Criteria

• Small Grants
  • ELDP welcomes applications from language documenters of any nationality to undertake projects in any part of the world.
  • Applicants are normally expected to have experience in language documentation work, fieldwork, and/or a suitable academic background.
  • However, as the purpose of Small Grants is to encourage innovation, any individual or group with a keen interest in documenting an endangered language is eligible to apply.
• Individual Graduate Scholarships
  • ELDP welcomes applications from researchers of any nationality to undertake projects in any part of the world. Applicants should be enrolled in or admitted to a doctoral programme of study (PhD or equivalent); the purpose of the IGS is to support graduate students in doctoral programmes.
  • To be eligible at the time the award is due to commence, awardees must have successfully completed at least one full-time academic year (or equivalent) of postgraduate training (training beyond the Bachelor’s degree). This period of training may include time spent completing an MA.
• Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • ELDP welcomes applications from researchers of any nationality to undertake projects in any part of the world For the IPF grants they anticipate that all postdoctoral fellowship applicants will be academically junior researchers and/or at an early stage in their academic career, with qualifications in linguistics and experience in linguistic fieldwork; will propose projects that are undertaken by teams or individuals; and will have secured their PhD no more than five years prior to the proposed start date of this fellowship.
  • Successful applicants’ PhD dissertations must be submitted and approved by the time of the start date of the award
• Major Documentation Projects
  • ELDP welcomes applications from researchers of any nationality to undertake projects in any part of the world. Applicants should be researchers with qualifications in linguistics and experience in linguistic fieldwork (including suitably qualified graduate students). Projects may be undertaken by teams or individuals.
  • MDP applications from established principal investigators are welcome. Note that a salary for a main PI who holds an established research position is not eligible for funding.
• Legacy Materials Grants
  • ELDP welcomes applications from language documenters of any nationality to undertake projects in any part of the world. Applicants are normally expected to have experience in language documentation work, fieldwork, and/or a suitable academic background.
  • Note that all grant funds are paid to an accredited institution which administers the grant. For reasons of accountability, the Principal Investigator must not be a Director, owner, or similar, of the host institution. This means that directors, founders or heads of financial administration in the host institution cannot apply for grants.

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