The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are offering this joint grant to develop dynamic language infrastructure and document endangered human languages. This initiative addresses the urgent loss of nearly half of the world’s languages by leveraging information technology for computational infrastructure in endangered language research. This grant is for supporting projects focused on data management, archiving, and developing future researchers. Eligible activities include fieldwork, digital recording, documentation, and analysis of endangered language data, such as lexicons, grammars, and databases. Funding is available as senior research grants (1-3 years), fellowships (6-12 months), and conference proposals.
Opportunity ID: 359413
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 19-606 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure – NEH Documenting Endangered Languages |
| 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: | 30 |
| 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: | – Opportunity is Archived |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Opportunity is Archived |
| Archive Date: | Jun 07, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $4,800,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
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: -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities. -Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of sub-awards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus. – Unaffiliated individuals: scientists, engineers or educators in the U.S. who are U.S. citizens and foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the proposal deadline are eligible to apply for fellowships. Tribal organizations and other American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian serving organizations. *Who May Serve as PI: For SENIOR RESEARCH GRANTS: There are no program-specificrestrictions or limits. For FELLOWSHIPS: U.S. citizens are eligible to apply for fellowships. Foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the proposal deadline are also eligible to apply for fellowships. Applicants can be affiliated with an institution or be an unaffiliated individual. Applicants need not have advanced degrees. Individuals currently enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible to apply. Applicants who have satisfied all the requirements for a degree and are awaiting its conferral are eligible for DLI-DEL Fellowships; but such applicants need a letter from their department chair or the dean of the degree-conferring school attesting to the applicant’s status as of the DLI–DEL deadline listed in this solicitation. This signed letter should be uploaded in FastLane as a “Supplementary Document”. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| 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 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, 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, fellowships from six to twelve months, and conference proposals. 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. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 19-606 |
| 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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