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NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages

Federal funding opportunity 22-615 from U.S. National Science Foundation.

Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes September 15, 2026

Posted
July 17, 2022
Closes
September 15, 2026
Program funding
$4,800,000
Expected awards
25
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
47.070, 47.075, 47.050
Category
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Archives
March 17, 2029

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 47.070 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$1B
FY2025 obligated
$1.1B
FY2026 (to date) obligated
$527.5M
Awards in window
7,248

Top recipients: University of Texas at Austin, University of California, San Diego, Carnegie-mellon University, Georgia Tech Research Corp, University of Illinois

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed August 2026

Synopsis

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

*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. -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. - Tribal organizations and other American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian serving organizations. *Who May Serve as PI: There are no program-specificrestrictions or limits.

How to apply

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Agency contact: U.S. National Science Foundation · [email protected] · 703-292-4203

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