Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship
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The Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship from the Endangered Language Fund supports Ph.D. students documenting and archiving Indigenous languages in collaboration with communities.
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Funder: Endangered Language Fund
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (Full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Up to $30,000 per fellowship for 1–2 years; supports expenses related to Indigenous language documentation and archiving.
Summary: Supports Ph.D. students documenting Indigenous languages and archiving annotated materials for equitable public and community access.
Key Information: Applicants must be Ph.D. students at U.S. institutions with at least two years of graduate study completed.
Description
The Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship, administered by the Endangered Language Fund, is designed to support Ph.D. students in linguistics and related disciplines who are actively documenting Indigenous languages and responsibly archiving linguistic materials. The program emphasizes ethical collaboration with Indigenous partners and the importance of open-access archiving, requiring awardees to share annotated primary documentation (such as audio/video recordings, transcriptions, and metadata) in sustainable repositories. The fellowship aims to ensure equitable access to these resources for both communities and scholars, in accordance with best practices and the wishes of the language communities involved.
