Title: Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL)
Date: 07/30/04

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Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL)
An Interagency Partnership

Program Solicitation
NSF 04-605

[NSF Logo]   National Science Foundation
             Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
                   Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences


[NEH logo]   National Endowment for the Humanities

 [SI logo]   Smithsonian Institution

                  National Museum of Natural History


Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):

     November 1, annually

SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

General Information

Program Title:

     Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL)
     An Interagency Partnership

Synopsis of Program:

     This multi-year funding partnership between the National Science
     Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the
     Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develop and
     advance knowledge concerning endangered human languages.  Made
     urgent by the imminent death of an estimated half of the
     6000-7000 currently used human languages, this effort aims also
     to exploit advances in information technology.  Funding will
     support fieldwork and other activities relevant
     to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages,
     including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples,
     and databases. Funding will be available in the form of one- to
     three-year project grants as well as fellowships for up to twelve
     months.  At least half the available funding will be awarded to
     projects involving fieldwork.

     The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural
     History (NMNH) will participate in the partnership as a research
     host, a non-funding role.

Cognizant Program Officer(s):

   * Joan Maling, Linguistics Program Director, Directorate for Social,
     Behavioral & Economic Sciences, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive
     Sciences, 995 N, telephone: (703) 292-8046, fax: (703) 292-9068,
     email: jmaling@nsf.gov

   * James Herbert, Senior NSF/NEH Advisor, Directorate for Social,
     Behavioral & Economic Sciences, 805 N, telephone: (703) 292-8276, fax:
     (703) 292-9179, email: jherbert@nsf.gov

   * Anna M. Kerttula, Arctic Social Sciences Program Director, Office of
     the Director, Office of Polar Programs, 755 S, telephone: (703)
     292-7432, fax: (703) 292-9082, email: akerttul@nsf.gov

   * Helen Aguera, Acting Deputy Director, Preservation & Access, National
     Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
     DC, 20506, USA, telephone: (202) 606-8573, email: haguera@neh.gov

Applicable Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s):

   * 47.075 --- Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

Eligibility Information

   * Organization Limit:

     Academic institutions and non-profit, non-academic organizations
     located in the United States are eligible.  For-profit organizations
     are not eligible to apply to this program.  However, personnel in
     for-profit organizations may participate as co-investigators.

   * PI Eligibility Limit:

     For PROJECT GRANTS:  No eligibility limit.

     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.

   * Limit on Number of Proposals: None Specified.

Award Information

   * Anticipated Type of Award: Other - Standard and Continuing Grants, and
     Fellowships
   * Estimated Number of Awards: 18 to 22 - including 12 Fellowships
   * Anticipated Funding Amount: $2,000,000 annually, pending the
     availability of funds

Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions

A. Proposal Preparation Instructions

   * Full Proposal Preparation Instructions: This solicitation contains
     information that supplements the standard Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)
     proposal preparation guidelines. Please see the full text of this
     solicitation for further information.

B. Budgetary Information

   * Cost Sharing Requirements: Cost Sharing is not required.
   * Indirect Cost (F&A) Limitations: Not Applicable.
   * Other Budgetary Limitations: Not Applicable.

C. Due Dates

   * Full Proposal Deadline Date(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
          November 1, annually

Proposal Review Information

   * Merit Review Criteria: National Science Board approved criteria apply.

Award Administration Information

   * Award Conditions: Additional award conditions apply. Please see the
     full text of this solicitation for further information.
   * Reporting Requirements: Additional reporting requirements apply.
     Please see the full text of this solicitation for further information.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

     Summary of Program Requirements

  I. Introduction

 II. Program Description

III. Eligibility Information

 IV. Award Information

  V. Proposal Preparation and Submission Instructions
       A. Proposal Preparation Instructions
       B. Budgetary Information
       C. Due Dates
       D. FastLane Requirements

 VI. Proposal Review Information
       A. NSF Proposal Review Process
       B. Review Protocol and Associated Customer Service Standard

VII. Award Administration Information
       A. Notification of the Award
       B. Award Conditions
       C. Reporting Requirements

VIII.Contacts for Additional Information

 IX. Other Programs of Interest

I. INTRODUCTION

At least half of the worlds six to seven thousand currently used human
languages are about to be lost.  About three hundred of these languages now
have fewer than one hundred native speakers (Crystal, 2000).  These
endangered languages constitute an irreplaceable treasure, not only for the
communities who speak them, but also for scientists and scholars.

   * Each endangered language embodies unique local knowledge of the
     cultures and natural systems in the region in which it is spoken.
   * These languages are among the few sources of evidence for filling in
     the record of the human past.
   * The great variety of these languages represents a vast, largely
     unmapped terrain on which linguists, cognitive scientists, and
     philosophers can chart the full capabilitiesand limitsof the human
     mind.

Since the discipline of linguistics is a responsibility both of the
National Science Foundation and of the National Endowment for the
Humanities, addressing this intellectual crisis is an appropriate and
timely use of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by NSF and NEH in
August and September of 2002, respectively.

Recent advances in information technology can magnify the effect of prompt
and coordinated fieldwork.  These advances make it possible not only to
document endangered languages before they perish, but also to integrate and
analyze that body of knowledge in unprecedented ways.  Computerization of
speech and universal Internet access can transform the practice of
linguistics in the area of endangered languages.

   * The actual sounds of a language will be available.
   * Linguists will have uniform access to all data sets, not limited by
     encoding format.
   * The data will be searchable in a large variety of ways.
   * Computerization will drive the development of a unified ontology for
     linguistics, eventually rationalizing inconsistent descriptive
     terminologies and analyses.

The Smithsonian Institution will participate in the partnership as a
research host, a non-funding role.  A coordinated, sustained, and
technologically sophisticated interagency initiative by these three U.S.
partner agencies is intended to complement  efforts already underway
elsewhere in the world.

Reference

David Crystal, Language Death (Cambridge University Press, 2000).

II. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Documenting Endangered Languages is a joint, multi-year funding program of
the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the
Humanities to develop and advance scientific and scholarly knowledge
concerning endangered human languages.  Made urgent by the imminent death
of approximately half of the 6000-7000 currently used human languages,
DEL seeks not only to document these endangered languages but to integrate,
systematize, and make knowledge concerning them widely available by
exploiting advances in information technology.

Principal Investigators (PIs) and Applicants for Fellowships
(Applicants) may propose projects to:

  1. conduct fieldwork to record in digital audio and video format one or
     more endangered languages;

  2. carry out later stages of documentation including the preparation of
     lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases;

  3. digitize and otherwise preserve and provide wider access to such
     documentary materials, including previously collected materials and
     those concerned with languages which have recently died and are
     related to currently endangered languages;

  4. further develop standards and databases to make this documentation
     widely available in consistent, archivable, interoperable, and
     Web-based formats;

  5. conduct initial analysis of findings in the light of current
     linguistic theory;

  6. train native speakers in descriptive linguistics;

  7. create other infrastructure, including workshops, to make the problem
     of endangered languages  more widely understood and more effectively
     addressed.

PIs or Applicants may propose projects involving one or more of the above
activities.  Proposed projects may range from a single investigator working
for six months to a group of investigators working for three years.  DEL
gives the highest priority to projects that involve actually recording in
digital audio and video format endangered languages before they become
extinct.

Roles of the Partner Agencies

All DEL proposals will be accepted and processed by means of the NSF
FastLane system.  All DEL proposals will receive their specialist (ad hoc)
and then panel review within the NSF review process.  Reviewers will be
chosen jointly by NSF and NEH staff.  Proposers will be asked to address,
and reviewers asked to apply, the two general NSF criteria (intellectual
merit and broader impact) in ways specific to the joint DEL program.

The estimated number of awards to be funded by NSF and NEH is 18 to 22.
Approximately twelve DEL fellowships and two to four project grants will be
funded and administered by NEH.  Proposers of the projects identified for
NEH funding will be asked to withdraw their proposals from NSF and resubmit
them to NEH.  (This process generally can be accomplished
electronically.)  All other DEL awards will be funded and administered by
NSF.

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History will
invite some Fellows and personnel from some funded projects that are
particularly concerned with language materials held by the Smithsonian to
use the Museum as a research base.

III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION



Organization Limit:

Academic institutions and non-profit, non-academic organizations located in
the United States are eligible.  For-profit organizations are not eligible
to apply to this program.  However, personnel in for-profit organizations
may participate as co-investigators

PI Eligibility Limit:

For PROJECT GRANTS:  No eligibility limit.

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.

Limit on Number of Proposals: None Specified.



IV. AWARD INFORMATION

Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration
are subject to the availability of funds.  However, it is expected that
about $2 million in funding will be available (approximately $1 million
from NSF and approximately $1 million from NEH).

At least half of the available funding will be awarded to projects
involving fieldwork.

Funding will be available not only in the form of standard and continuing
grants, but also as fellowships.

Award Size and Duration

Approximately 6-10 Standard or Continuing Grants ranging from $12,000 to
$150,000 per year for one to three years.

Approximately 12 Fellowships of either $40,000 (9-12 months) or $24,000
(6-8 months)

Special Fellowship Conditions

A Fellowship award of $40,000 will support nine- to twelve-month full-time
individual tenure; an award of $24,000 will support a six- to eight-month
full-time individual tenure.  Applicants should request tenure periods that
suit their schedules and the needs of their projects.  A request for a
shorter tenure period will not improve chances of receiving an award.  The
earliest that Fellows may begin their fellowship tenure is June 1, seven
months after the proposal deadline date.  For proposals submitted for the
November 1, 2004 deadline, that date would be June 1, 2005. The latest that
Fellows may begin their fellowship tenure is January 1, twenty-six months
after the proposal deadline date.  For proposals submitted for the November
1, 2004 deadline, that date would be January 1, 2007.  Recipients must
complete their fellowship tenure within two years of the beginning of the
fellowship tenure.  An award recipient must work full-time on the project
and may not accept a teaching assignment or undertake any other major
activity.

Time devoted to the project may be divided into no more than two separate
periods of no less than three months each.

Fellowship proposals may be submitted not only by individuals but also by
two persons working together on a single project.  Both of them must be
eligible to submit proposals for fellowships under this program
solicitation; see "PI Eligibility Limit" in Section III above.  In dual
proposals, both the unifying purpose of the project and contributions to be
made by each proposer must be clear. Awards will not be made for parallel
but unintegrated projects.  All fellowships will be awarded to individuals,
so two persons working together on a single project must each submit a
separate proposal.

Fellowships awarded under this program are not intended to support graduate
course work or completion of a master's degree. The proposed project,
however, may contribute to the completion of a doctoral dissertation.

All fellowships will be awarded and administered by the National Endowment
for the Humanities.

V. PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

A. Proposal Preparation Instructions

Full Proposal Instructions:

Proposals submitted in response to this program announcement/solicitation
should be prepared and submitted in accordance with the general guidelines
contained in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG). The complete text of the
GPG is available electronically on the NSF Website at:
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?gpg. Paper copies of the GPG may be
obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone (703) 292-7827
or by e-mail from pubs@nsf.gov.

Proposals for Project Grants should be prepared in accordance with the
guidelines in the GPG as described above.

Proposals for Fellowships should be prepared in accordance with the GPG and
the following instructions that supplement or deviate from the GPG standard
proposal preparation guidelines.

Before starting a proposal in FastLane, a Fellowship candidate or other
unaffiliated individual must register as an independent Principal
Investigator (PI).  Information concerning this process can be found
at https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/N1IndvFormReg .

The Project Description should not exceed 15 pages.  Included within this
limit is a maximum of five pages detailing the results of work supported in
the past five years by NSF or NEH, if any.  Also included should be brief
sample materials (i.e. entries, records, or database results for specific
queries) that illustrate the content and presentation of any final product.

In general, the Project Description should indicate the work to be
undertaken, the methodologies to be employed, the schedule according to
which the work will be carried out, and the roles and qualifications of the
project participants.  The two general NSF criteria should be addressed
explicitly and separately.

In addressing the intellectual merit criterion, including the relevant
considerations in Section VI.A. (below), discuss also the degree of
endangerment of the language(s) to be documented and the urgency of the
need for documentation.  Describe the level, quality, and accessibility of
any existing documentation of the language(s).  Discuss any
special linguistic, historical, cognitive, cultural, or
social significance of the language(s).

Discuss plans for archiving recordings, field notes, and processed
documentary materials in a stable environment.  In discussing methods to be
employed in recording, documenting, and archiving the endangered
language(s), include reference to current statements of best practices
(e.g. Bird and Simmons, 2003; E-MELD; "Methodology and Standards"
statements of the NEH Preservation and Access Division).

Discuss aspects of the project that will ensure interoperability with
related materials.

In addressing the broader impacts criterion, including the relevant
considerations in Section VI. A. (below), discuss also collaboration and
other arrangements made with the speaker community.  Discussion may include
reference to the training of native speakers in the practice of linguistics
and to the production of resources useful to the community of native
speakers.

Discuss any intellectual property issues that might affect the availability
of the materials.

References

Steven Bird and Gary Simmons, "Seven Dimensions of Portability for Language
Documentation and Description," Language, Vol 79, No. 2 (2003), pp.
557-582.

E-MELD: http://cf.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/emeld/school/index.html

NEH Preservation and Access "Methodology and Standards" statements:

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/referencematerials.html;

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/researchdevelopment.html;

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pcahc.html.

Proposers are reminded to identify the program announcement/solicitation
number (04-605) in the program announcement/solicitation block on the
proposal Cover Sheet. Compliance with this requirement is critical to
determining the relevant proposal processing guidelines. Failure to submit
this information may delay processing.

B. Budgetary Information

Cost Sharing:

Cost sharing is not required in proposals submitted under this Program
Solicitation.

Budget Preparation Instructions:

In the Summary Proposal Budget, proposals for Fellowships only have to
indicate  the intended number of months of tenure of the award [line A.1
"CAL"] and the consequent total stipend [line A.1 "Funds Requested by
proposer"].  If the intended tenure entered is from 9 to 12 months, enter
$40,000 as the funds requested.  If the intended tenure entered is from 6
to 8 months, enter $24,000 as the funds requested.

In the Budget Justification, proposals for Fellowships only have to enter
(as appropriate) either:

"For 9-12 months tenure, the total NEH Fellowship stipend is $40,000;"

or

"For 6-8 months tenure, the total NEH Fellowship stipend is $24,000."

C. Due Dates

Proposals must be submitted by the following date(s):

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):

     November 1, annually

D. FastLane Requirements

Proposers are required to prepare and submit all proposals for this
announcement/solicitation through the FastLane system. Detailed
instructions for proposal preparation and submission via FastLane are
available at: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/newstan.htm. For FastLane
user support, call the FastLane Help Desk at 1-800-673-6188 or e-mail
fastlane@nsf.gov. The FastLane Help Desk answers general technical
questions related to the use of the FastLane system. Specific questions
related to this program announcement/solicitation should be referred to the
NSF program staff contact(s) listed in Section VIII of this
announcement/solicitation.

Submission of Electronically Signed Cover Sheets. The Authorized
Organizational Representative (AOR) must electronically sign the proposal
Cover Sheet to submit the required proposal certifications (see Chapter II,
Section C of the Grant Proposal Guide for a listing of the certifications).
The AOR must provide the required electronic certifications within five
working days following the electronic submission of the proposal. Proposers
are no longer required to provide a paper copy of the signed Proposal Cover
Sheet to NSF. Further instructions regarding this process are available on
the FastLane Website at: http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov

VI. PROPOSAL REVIEW INFORMATION

All DEL proposals for project grants and fellowships will receive
specialist (ad hoc) and panel review within the NSF review process.
Reviewers will be chosen jointly by NSF and NEH staff. Reviewers will be
asked to apply the two general NSF criteria (intellectual merit and broader
impact) in ways specific to the objectives of the interagency DEL program
(see below).

A. NSF Proposal Review Process

Reviews of proposals submitted to NSF are solicited from peers with
expertise in the substantive area of the proposed research or education
project. These reviewers are selected by Program Officers charged with the
oversight of the review process. NSF invites the proposer to suggest, at
the time of submission, the names of appropriate or inappropriate
reviewers. Care is taken to ensure that reviewers have no conflicts with
the proposer. Special efforts are made to recruit reviewers from
non-academic institutions, minority-serving institutions, or adjacent
disciplines to that principally addressed in the proposal.

The National Science Board approved revised criteria for evaluating
proposals at its meeting on March 28, 1997 (NSB 97-72). All NSF proposals
are evaluated through use of the two merit review criteria. In some
instances, however, NSF will employ additional criteria as required to
highlight the specific objectives of certain programs and activities.

On July 8, 2002, the NSF Director issued Important Notice 127,
Implementation of new Grant Proposal Guide Requirements Related to the
Broader Impacts Criterion. This Important Notice reinforces the importance
of addressing both criteria in the preparation and review of all proposals
submitted to NSF. NSF continues to strengthen its internal processes to
ensure that both of the merit review criteria are addressed when making
funding decisions.

In an effort to increase compliance with these requirements, the January
2002 issuance of the GPG incorporated revised proposal preparation
guidelines relating to the development of the Project Summary and Project
Description. Chapter II of the GPG specifies that Principal Investigators
(PIs) must address both merit review criteria in separate statements within
the one-page Project Summary. This chapter also reiterates that broader
impacts resulting from the proposed project must be addressed in the
Project Description and described as an integral part of the narrative.

Effective October 1, 2002, NSF will return without review proposals that do
not separately address both merit review criteria within the Project
Summary. It is believed that these changes to NSF proposal preparation and
processing guidelines will more clearly articulate the importance of
broader impacts to NSF-funded projects.

The two National Science Board approved merit review criteria are listed
below (see the Grant Proposal Guide Chapter III.A for further information).
The criteria include considerations that help define them. These
considerations are suggestions and not all will apply to any given
proposal. While proposers must address both merit review criteria,
reviewers will be asked to address only those considerations that are
relevant to the proposal being considered and for which he/she is qualified
to make judgments.

     What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?
     How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and
     understanding within its own field or across different fields? How
     well qualified is the proposer (individual or team) to conduct the
     project? (If appropriate, the reviewer will comment on the quality of
     the prior work.) To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and
     explore creative and original concepts? How well conceived and
     organized is the proposed activity? Is there sufficient access to
     resources?

     What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?
     How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding while
     promoting teaching, training, and learning? How well does the proposed
     activity broaden the participation of underrepresented groups (e.g.,
     gender, ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)? To what extent will
     it enhance the infrastructure for research and education, such as
     facilities, instrumentation, networks, and partnerships? Will the
     results be disseminated broadly to enhance scientific and
     technological understanding? What may be the benefits of the proposed
     activity to society?

NSF staff will give careful consideration to the following in making
funding decisions:

     Integration of Research and Education
     One of the principal strategies in support of NSF's goals is to foster
     integration of research and education through the programs, projects,
     and activities it supports at academic and research institutions.
     These institutions provide abundant opportunities where individuals
     may concurrently assume responsibilities as researchers, educators,
     and students and where all can engage in joint efforts that infuse
     education with the excitement of discovery and enrich research through
     the diversity of learning perspectives.

     Integrating Diversity into NSF Programs, Projects, and Activities
     Broadening opportunities and enabling the participation of all
     citizens -- women and men, underrepresented minorities, and persons
     with disabilities -- is essential to the health and vitality of
     science and engineering. NSF is committed to this principle of
     diversity and deems it central to the programs, projects, and
     activities it considers and supports.

B. Review Protocol and Associated Customer Service Standard

All proposals are carefully reviewed by at least three other persons
outside NSF who are experts in the particular field represented by the
proposal. Proposals submitted in response to this announcement/solicitation
will be reviewed by Ad Hoc Review followed by Panel Review.

Reviewers will be asked to formulate a recommendation to either support or
decline each proposal. The Program Officer assigned to manage the
proposal's review will consider the advice of reviewers and will formulate
a recommendation.

A summary rating and accompanying narrative will be completed and submitted
by each reviewer. In all cases, reviews are treated as confidential
documents. Verbatim copies of reviews, excluding the names of the
reviewers, are sent to the Principal Investigator/Project Director by the
Program Director. In addition, the proposer will receive an explanation of
the decision to award or decline funding.

NSF is striving to be able to tell proposers whether their proposals have
been declined or recommended for funding within six months. The time
interval begins on the closing date of an announcement/solicitation, or the
date of proposal receipt, whichever is later. The interval ends when the
Division Director accepts the Program Officer's recommendation.

In all cases, after programmatic approval has been obtained, the proposals
recommended for funding will be forwarded to the Division of Grants and
Agreements (or the NEH Office of Grants Management) for review of business,
financial, and policy implications and the processing and issuance of a
grant or other agreement. Proposers are cautioned that only a Grants and
Agreements Officer may make commitments, obligations or awards on behalf of
NSF or authorize the expenditure of funds. No commitment on the part of NSF
should be inferred from technical or budgetary discussions with a NSF
Program Officer. A Principal Investigator or organization that makes
financial or personnel commitments in the absence of a grant or cooperative
agreement signed by the NSF Grants and Agreements Officer does so at their
own risk.

VII. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION

A. Notification of the Award

Notification of the award is made to the submitting organization or to the
Fellow by a Grants Officer in the Division of Grants and Agreements (or the
equivalent NEH Office). Organizations whose proposals are declined will be
advised as promptly as possible by the cognizant NSF Program Division
administering the program. Verbatim copies of reviews, not including the
identity of the reviewer, will be provided automatically to the Principal
Investigator or Fellow. (See section VI.A. for additional information on
the review process.)

B. Award Conditions

An NSF award consists of: (1) the award letter, which includes any special
provisions applicable to the award and any numbered amendments thereto; (2)
the budget, which indicates the amounts, by categories of expense, on which
NSF has based its support (or otherwise communicates any specific approvals
or disapprovals of proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced in
the award letter; (4) the applicable award conditions, such as Grant
General Conditions (NSF-GC-1); * or Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)
Terms and Conditions * and (5) any announcement or other NSF issuance that
may be incorporated by reference in the award letter. Cooperative agreement
awards also are administered in accordance with NSF Cooperative Agreement
Terms and Conditions (CA-1). Electronic mail notification is the preferred
way to transmit NSF awards to organizations that have electronic mail
capabilities and have requested such notification from the Division of
Grants and Agreements.

*These documents may be accessed electronically on NSF's Website at
http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants/grants_gac.htm. Paper copies may be obtained
from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone (703) 292-7827 or by
e-mail from pubs@nsf.gov.

More comprehensive information on NSF Award Conditions is contained in the
NSF Grant Policy Manual (GPM) Chapter II, available electronically on the
NSF Website at http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?gpm. The GPM is also for
sale through the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office
(GPO), Washington, DC 20402. The telephone number at GPO for subscription
information is (202) 512-1800. The GPM may be ordered through the GPO
Website at http://www.gpo.gov.

Special Award Conditions:

Upon conclusion of the review process, meritorious proposals may be
recommended for funding by either NSF or NEH at the option of the agencies,
not the proposer.  Subsequent grant administration procedures will be in
accordance with the individual policies of the awarding agency.

NEH award conditions are available electronically at:
http://www.neh.gov/manage/ggps.html .

C. Reporting Requirements

For all multi-year grants (including both standard and continuing grants),
the PI must submit an annual project report to the cognizant Program
Officer at least 90 days before the end of the current budget period.

NEH has its own reporting requirements, which will be outlined in NEH award
documents.

Within 90 days after the expiration of an award, the PI also is required to
submit a final project report. Failure to provide final technical reports
delays NSF review and processing of pending proposals for the PI and all
Co-PIs. PIs should examine the formats of the required reports in advance
to assure availability of required data.

PIs are required to use NSF's electronic project reporting system,
available through FastLane, for preparation and submission of annual and
final project reports. This system permits electronic submission and
updating of project reports, including information on project participants
(individual and organizational), activities and findings, publications, and
other specific products and contributions. PIs will not be required to
re-enter information previously provided, either with a proposal or in
earlier updates using the electronic system.

VIII. CONTACTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

General inquiries regarding this program should be made to:

   * Joan Maling, Linguistics Program Director, Directorate for Social,
     Behavioral & Economic Sciences, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive
     Sciences, 995 N, telephone: (703) 292-8046, fax: (703) 292-9068,
     email: jmaling@nsf.gov

   * James Herbert, Senior NSF/NEH Advisor, Directorate for Social,
     Behavioral & Economic Sciences, 805 N, telephone: (703) 292-8276, fax:
     (703) 292-9179, email: jherbert@nsf.gov

   * Anna M. Kerttula, Arctic Social Sciences Program Director, Office of
     the Director, Office of Polar Programs, 755 S, telephone: (703)
     292-7432, fax: (703) 292-9082, email: akerttul@nsf.gov

   * Helen Aguera, Acting Deputy Director, Preservation & Access, National
     Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
     DC, 20506, USA, telephone: (202) 606-8573, email: haguera@neh.gov

For questions related to the use of FastLane, contact:

   * FastLane Help Desk telephone: 1-800-673-6188, email: fastlane@nsf.gov

IX. OTHER PROGRAMS OF INTEREST

The NSF Guide to Programs is a compilation of funding for research and
education in science, mathematics, and engineering. The NSF Guide to
Programs is available electronically at
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?gp. General descriptions of NSF programs,
research areas, and eligibility information for proposal submission are
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Many NSF programs offer announcements or solicitations concerning specific
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Related Programs:



National Science Foundation:

Linguistics Program: http://www.nsf.gov//sbe/bcs/ling/start.htm

Cultural Anthropology Program:
http://www.nsf.gov//sbe/bcs/anthro/start.htm

Arctic Social Sciences Program:
http://www.nsf.gov//od/opp/arctic/social.htm

Human and Social Dynamics Priority Area:
http://www.nsf.gov//home/crssprgm/hsd/start.htm



National Endowment for the Humanities:

Collaborative Research Grants:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/collaborative.html

Reference Materials Grants:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/referencematerials.html

Fellowships: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html

Summer Stipends: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html

Grants to Preserve and Create Access to Humanities Collections:
 http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pcahc.html

Research and Development Grants:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/researchdevelopment.html

Challenge Grants:http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/challenge.html



Smithsonian Institution:

National Museum of Natural History

Department of Anthropology: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro

National Anthropological Archives: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa

Fellowships:  http://www.si.edu/ofg/ofgintro.htm



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valuable assistance and advice on resource development, strategic planning,
external advocacy, and networking. Visit the NMNH Website at
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