No. 22-615 · U.S. National Science Foundation
NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages
- Award range
- Not specified
- Expected awards
- ~25
- Application deadline
- Sep 15, 2026 13 days left
- Posted
- Jul 17, 2022
- Last verified
- 4 days ago
At a glance
AI summaryNSF and NEH will fund projects that document endangered human languages, preserve and share language materials, and develop computational tools and standards for making those materials widely accessible. Eligible applicants include U.S.-based two- and four-year colleges and universities, certain U.S. nonprofit non-academic organizations, and tribal organizations and other American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian serving organizations; for-profit organizations may not apply. The program supports about 20 to 25 senior research or conference grants of up to $450,000 each for up to three years, and NEH says it will support and administer two to four grants. There is no cost-share requirement stated in the text. The program gives high priority to actual digital audio and video recording of endangered languages, and it does not support projects to revive or expand the actual use of endangered languages.
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What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
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
- Others
Program history
USASpending.govAssistance listing 47.050 · Geosciences
Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (47.050), not just this notice.
| Fiscal year | Awards | Median award | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2026 (so far) | 286 | $384,889 | $140,548 – $582,302 |
| FY 2025 | 920 | $382,104 | $189,831 – $608,490 |
| FY 2024 | 1,251 | — | — |
| FY 2023 | 1,285 | — | — |
| FY 2022 | 1,314 | — | — |
| FY 2021 | 1,504 | — | — |
Dollar figures are based on the 1,000 most recent awards we store, not all 6,560 — award counts are complete.
- EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM INC. $55,190,331 · FY 2025
- TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $17,635,793 · FY 2025
- REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN $6,000,000 · FY 2025
- THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK $5,406,902 · FY 2025
- PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE $4,893,936 · FY 2025
Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 5, 2026
Assistance listing 47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (47.070), not just this notice.
| Fiscal year | Awards | Median award | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2026 (so far) | 647 | $358,200 | $187,638 – $481,247 |
| FY 2025 | 1,559 | $320,881 | $200,061 – $597,771 |
| FY 2024 | 1,919 | — | — |
| FY 2023 | 2,177 | — | — |
| FY 2022 | 2,045 | — | — |
| FY 2021 | 1,910 | — | — |
Dollar figures are based on the 1,000 most recent awards we store, not all 10,257 — award counts are complete.
- THE ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE $18,113,645 · FY 2025
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO $11,000,000 · FY 2026
- CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY $10,000,000 · FY 2026
- THE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, INC. $9,000,000 · FY 2026
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES $9,000,000 · FY 2026
Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 5, 2026
Assistance listing 47.075 · Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (47.075), not just this notice.
| Fiscal year | Awards | Median award | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2026 (so far) | 89 | $574,558 | $210,470 – $772,299 |
| FY 2025 | 559 | $208,544 | $38,032 – $400,000 |
| FY 2024 | 838 | $193,570 | $86,318 – $399,791 |
| FY 2023 | 869 | — | — |
| FY 2022 | 895 | — | — |
| FY 2021 | 958 | — | — |
Dollar figures are based on the 1,000 most recent awards we store, not all 4,208 — award counts are complete.
- REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN $10,999,998 · FY 2024
- NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER $7,998,747 · FY 2025
- UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE $5,599,998 · FY 2024
- REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA $5,200,000 · FY 2024
- NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC $3,065,935 · FY 2024
Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 5, 2026
Change history
Since we first indexed it- Aug 1, 2026 Grant announcement document replaced
- Jul 25, 2026 Grant announcement document replaced