[Discussion] Endangered Languages Documentation Programme

[Gonul Pultar]

Distrib. by: Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central Eurasian
Studies


CONF./CFP- Endangered Languages Documentation Programme

Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Advance Notice: 2003 Call for Proposals

With the first round of the ELDP application process completed and
offers of
grants made, we propose to move straight on the second call for
Preliminary Applications.  The purpose of this e-mail is to outline the
timetable and the key structural changes to the programme.  It should be
noted that the timetable has been brought forward when compared with
that of
2002.

2002 Outcomes

The ELDP received approximately 150 applications in response to its
first
call for applications.  About 40 of these were invited to submit
detailed
applications, and although it was not possible to offer financial
support to
all good proposals, the Fund was able to make formal offers of grants to
21
applicants: Studentships, Fellowships and Project grants.  Details of
the
offers, and subsequently details of those accepted, will be publicised
on
the ELDP web page shortly (www.eldp.soas.ac.uk).

2003 Timetable:

 * 16th May 2003 - Revised guidelines and forms available on the web
page.

 * 8th August 2003 - Deadline for submission of Preliminary
Applications.

 * 19th September 2003 - Invitations to submit Detailed Applications
   dispatched.

 * 14th November 2003 - Deadline for submission of Detailed
Applications.

 * 27th February 2004 - Announcement of Funding Awards.

The timetable will be repeated annually.

2003 Guidance

The new guidelines and application forms for the 2003 funding round will
be
published on the website by Friday 26th May 2003.  In the meantime, the
2002
guidelines may be used as a general guide.  The five types of
application
used in 2002 will remain, although additional guidelines as to funding
limits will be provided.

The main aims of the Fund remain the documentation of seriously
endangered
languages and the criteria remain:

a) endangerment
b) significance of the language and
c) quality of proposal

The Fund's primary concern is with documentation rather than focused
revitalisation - although the link is appreciated and sometimes
desirable.
As such prospective applicants should structure the documentation in
such a
way as to assist local communities in preserving and fostering highly
endangered ancestral languages and speech ways.

Whilst in essence the guidelines will remain broadly similar, there will
be
a number of budgetary refinements.  Key changes that you may wish to
note
will be as follows:

 * Overhead/ Institutional Administration costs will not be eligible.

 * Top-up salaries for established/ employed academics will not be
eligible
   (this includes the funding of non-institutional funded summer
vacation
   periods).

 * A limit of £2000 (pounds sterling) may be requested for publications.

 * Major equipment costs (i.e. laptops, camcorders etc) will not be
provided
   for projects where the period of fieldwork is limited.

 * Modest training activity for local communities (within the context of
a
   substantive project) will be eligible for support.