This program, focused on Documenting Endangered Languages, is offering Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGs) for up to 24 months. This grant aims to significantly advance knowledge and build essential computational infrastructure for endangered human languages, which face imminent extinction globally. It specifically supports projects contributing to robust data management, meticulous archiving, and cultivating the next generation of dedicated researchers in this vital field. Funding can cover critical fieldwork and other activities essential for the digital recording, comprehensive documenting, and secure archiving of these languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases. This initiative is crucial for preserving global linguistic diversity.
Opportunity ID: 359582
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 16-617 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Documenting Endangered Languages – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 15 |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.050 — Geosciences |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – Proposals accepted anytime |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Proposals accepted anytime |
| Archive Date: | Jun 07, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | $15,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | *Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: – Universities and Colleges – Ph.D. granting universities and colleges accredited in, and having a campus located in the US acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions. *Who May Serve as PI: <br />DDRIG proposals must be submitted with a principal investigator (PI) and a co-principal investigator (Co-PI). The PI must be the advisor of the doctoral student or another faculty member at the U.S. university where the doctoral student is enrolled. The doctoral student must be the Co-PI. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | This funding partnershipsupports projects to develop and advance knowledge concerning endangered human languages. Made urgent by the imminent death of roughly half of the approximately 7000 currently used languages, this effort aims to exploit advances in information 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, documenting, and archiving of endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases. Funding in this solicitation will be available in the form of doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIGs)for up to 24 months and this solicitation addresses the preparation and evaluation of proposals for DDRIG awards. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 16-617 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
NSF grants.gov support
grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov Email:grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
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