OpenFederal grant22-615

NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL)

U.S. National Science FoundationCloses Feb 16, 2027(126 days left)

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This NSF/NEH program funds one- to three-year senior research grants and conference proposals to document, archive, and build computational infrastructure for endangered languages. It is for US nonprofits tied to research or education, tribal and Native-serving organizations, and accredited US institutions of higher education. For-profit businesses, including small businesses and sole proprietors, cannot apply and should not spend time on it.

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US nonprofits directly tied to educational or research activities, such as museums, research labs, and professional soci, Tribal and Native-serving organizations (American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian), Accredited US two- and four-year institutions of higher education, including community colleges, applying on behalf of, Linguists and researchers documenting endangered languages, building language archives, or training new researchers
Not for
For-profit businesses of any size, including small businesses and sole proprietors, Projects outside endangered-language documentation, archiving, or language technology research, Individuals seeking fellowships (handled through a separate NEH opportunity)
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These are our matcher’s estimates for a typical business in each industry. A real match depends on your size, your state and what you need the money for — check your own fit.

What this funds

Money can be used for
Research, Fieldwork, Data archiving, Documentation, Training, Conferences
Who can apply
Nonprofits, Tribal governments and organizations, Colleges and universities

Questions about this grant

When is the application deadline?
February 16, 2027.
How much funding can an applicant receive?
The notice does not publish a per-award amount. It lists total program funding of $4,800,000 with about 25 awards expected, and funding takes the form of one- to three-year senior research grants and conference proposals.
Who can apply for this grant?
Only US nonprofits directly associated with educational or research activities (such as museums, research laboratories, and professional societies), tribal and other American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian serving organizations, and accredited US institutions of higher education applying on behalf of their faculty. For-profit businesses, including small businesses, may not apply.
Can a sole proprietor or single-member LLC apply?
No. The eligible applicants are nonprofits, tribal and Native-serving organizations, and accredited US institutions of higher education. A for-profit business, including a sole proprietorship or single-member LLC, cannot apply.
Can a nonprofit apply?
Yes, if it is a US non-profit, non-academic organization directly associated with educational or research activities, such as an independent museum, observatory, research laboratory, or professional society.

Summary

NSF/NEH partnership funding one- to three-year senior research grants and conference proposals to document and archive endangered languages, build computational language infrastructure, and train the next generation of researchers. Open to US nonprofits associated with research/education, tribal and Native-serving organizations, and accredited US institutions of higher education.

About this grant

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 is available in the form of one- to three-year senior research grants and conference proposals. Fellowship support is available through a separate funding opportunity administered by NEH .

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 PAPPG Chapter II. E.9.

Who can apply

Our reading of the listing: for-profit businesses are not eligible for this one.

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.

Tribal organizations and other American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian serving organizations.

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.

Who May Serve as PI:

There are no program-specific restrictions or limits.

Topics and uses of funds

Topics

  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Humanities
  • Technology
  • Research

Program contact

U.S. National Science Foundationgrantsgovsupport@nsf.gov703-292-4203

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