Deadline: 15-Sep-21
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research Programs is accepting applications for Dynamic Language Infrastructure – Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) Fellowships program, offered in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The Dynamic Language Infrastructure–Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) program is an interdisciplinary partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to advance scholarly knowledge concerning endangered human languages.
DLI-DEL Fellowships prioritize the collection, analysis, and publication of highly endangered language corpuses or extinct languages closely related to highly endangered languages. NEH funding supports fieldwork and other activities relevant to the digital recording, documenting, archiving, and scholarly analysis of endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, databases, peer-reviewed articles, and monographs.
The program aims to leverage advances in information technology and contributes to the development of the next generation of researchers. NEH expects that language documentation resulting from awards will be archived and maintained to ensure its long-term availability.
NEH invites applications from individual linguists, linguistic anthropologists, or sociolinguists, and encourages submissions from independent scholars and junior scholars. Applicants should demonstrate a history of collaboration with other scholars and/or community members. Competitive submissions employ state-of-the-art documentation methods; embody exceptional research and rigorous analysis; and clearly articulate the level of endangerment of the language or languages to be studied.
Funding Information
- Approximately $300,000 is expected to be available to fund up to five recipients.
- You may request a period of performance of no less than six and up to twelve months at a stipend of $5,000 per month. The minimum stipend is $30,000 for six months and the maximum stipend is $60,000 for twelve months.
- 2021 applicants must start their period of performance on or after May 1, 2022, but no later than September 1, 2023.
- 2022 applicants must start their period of performance on or after May 1, 2023, but no later than September 1, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
The DLI-DEL Fellowships program accepts applications from individuals who meet the following requirements.
- Citizenship
- U.S. citizens, whether they reside inside or outside the United States, are eligible to apply. Foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years prior to the application deadline are also eligible. Foreign nationals who take up permanent residence outside the United States any time between the application deadline and the end of the period of performance will forfeit their eligibility to hold an award. (Leaving the U.S. on a temporary basis is permitted.)
- If you are a foreign national, you must provide documentation that a licensed notary has witnessed your United States Permanent Resident Card, which demonstrates that you are legally admitted and permitted to work to the United States, before NEH can award you a fellowship. You must submit the documentation to NEH at least 30 day prior to your proposed start date as a PDF via eGMS Reach.
- Currently enrolled students
- While applicants need not have advanced degrees, individuals currently enrolled in a degreegranting 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 must include a letter from the dean of the conferring school or their department chair attesting to the applicant’s status.
- Organizations are not eligible to apply on behalf of scholars. DLI-DEL Fellowship awards may not be transferred to the applicant’s institution. If an individual recipient elects to have the fellowship paid through their institution, all NEH funds must be remitted to the individual. The institution may not take an institutional allowance.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334135