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NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages

Funds the recording, analysis and archiving of languages at risk of falling out of use. NSF and the humanities endowment pay for it jointly.

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Roughly half of the world's seven thousand or so living languages are expected to fall out of use. This partnership between NSF and the National Endowment for the Humanities pays for the work of capturing them before that happens, and for building the computational infrastructure that research on them depends on.

The scope is practical. Fieldwork. Digital recording. Documentation and analysis. Ar…

Documenting, analysing and archiving endangered human languages, and building the computational infrastructure that research on them needs — fieldwork, digital recording, lexicons, grammars, text samples, databases, data management and archiving. One- to three-year senior research grants and conference proposals.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Annual
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.15 Sept 2026
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.26 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.—
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.—
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.$4.8M

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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: 22-615Source: www.grants.gov