Interlingual Research Grants
The Esperantic Studies Foundation announces the first competition for its
Interlingual Research Grants. Grants of up to $10,000 are available to
support publishable research.
Subjects
Grants will be awarded for research on international and intercultural
language problems and their solutions. Examples of research areas that will
be considered for funding include:
- language barriers and language use in international communication
(governmental, commercial, scientific, individual, and others);
- linguistic human rights in theory and practice;
- the evolution, use and implications of multilingual information
technology (internationalization/localization, machine translation,
multilingual databases, etc.);
- interlingual policy and planning in multinational settings;
- the learning and use of planned international languages (including
attitudinal, political, economic, social, and pedagogical issues).
Eligibility
All individuals and organizations are eligible to apply for Interlingual
Research Grants. ESF particularly welcomes applications from graduate students planning dissertation research and from untenured faculty members.
How to Apply
You may apply at any time. Before applying, you may contact any officer of
ESF to discuss your plans and ideas. When ready to apply, send us a
written statement describing:
- your qualifications, including relevant education, skills, knowledge,
experience, or prior published and unpublished research (you may include
transcripts, certificates, and copies of written work);
- the problem on which you propose to conduct research;
- the research you propose to conduct;
- the expected value of your proposed research to theoretical knowledge,
practical solutions, or both;
- where and in what form(s) you hope to publish your research results;
- how the proposed research will relate to other work you have done and
expect to do;
- the human and institutional resources available to you for your conduct
of the research;
- the equipment, supply, service, travel, and other costs you expect to
incur in conducting the research;
- the minimum amount of direct support that you would need to receive
from us in order to conduct the research, and a proposed schedule for the
payment of direct support;
- the period of time during which you expect to conduct the research;
- if applicable, the amount or proportion of support, if any, that the
institution with which you are affiliated would require as compensation for
its indirect costs in hosting your research;
- the names and addresses (including Internet mail addresses and
telephone numbers) of at least three persons who are qualified to attest to
your qualities as a researcher or research group.
Funding Schedule
If we offer an Interlingual Research Grant to you, we shall divide the
grant amount into installments to be paid during your research period and
after submission of your final report. Typically, we offer to pay
installments totaling two-thirds of the grant during the research period
and a final installment of one-third of the grant within one month after
you submit a final report satisfactory to us.
Recipients of Interlingual Research Grants may also be invited to
participate in occasional ESF meetings or conferences.
Address for Applications
Please see How to contact us.
Esperantic Studies Foundation
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