NSF
Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages
(DLI-DEL); November 18, 2020
Agency
National
Science Foundation
National
Endowment for the Humanities
Description
This
funding partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develop and
advance knowledge concerning dynamic language infrastructure in the context of
endangered human languages—languages that are both understudied and at risk of
falling out of use. Made urgent by the imminent loss of roughly half of the
approximately 7,000 currently used languages, this effort aims to exploit
advances in human-language technology to build computational infrastructure for
endangered language research. The program supports projects that contribute to
data management and archiving, and to the development of the next generation of
researchers. Funding can support fieldwork and other activities relevant to the
digital recording, documentation and analysis, and archiving of endangered
language data, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples,
and databases. Funding will be available in the form of one- to three-year
senior research grants and conference proposals. Fellowship support will remain
available but will be administered by NEH. https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/documenting-endangered-languages
Note:
a conference proposal should generally be submitted at least a year in advance
of the scheduled date of the conference. For additional information about
creating and submitting conference proposals, please refer to Chapter II. D.7
of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures
Guide.
Announcement
Number:
NSF
20-603
Closing
Date:
November
18, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20603/nsf20603.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
Joan
M. Maling
(703)
292-8046