Funding
Find grants and other resources for supports your language revitalization program.
Community Grants
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme "gives grants worldwide to individuals to document endangered languages."
Documentary Endanger Languages Program
The Documenting Endangered Languages program at the National Science Foundation is a funding partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develop and advance knowledge concerning endangered human languages.
Administration for Native Americans
The US Administration for Native Americans (ANA) awards grants to US tribes for language revitalization and Native non-profits
Phillips Fund for Native American Resesarch
The Phillips Fund for Native American Research gives small grants for "research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada."
Rising Voices provides microgrant funding.
Foundation for Endangered Languages
The Foundation for Endangered Languages "awards grants to projects that support the use of endangered languages in all contexts."
Recovering Voices
Recovering Voices is a project at Smithsonian that provides funding for visits to the Smithsonian Archives
American Philosophical Society
American Philosophical Society has Research Grants that can go to language revitalization efforts
Doyon Foundation Mini-Grants
As part of our continuing effort to revitalize the endangered Native languages of the Doyon region, Doyon Foundation awards Our Language grants of up to $5,000 each year to support language revitalization efforts in the Doyon region.
Federal Programs
Department of Education English Language Acquisition ESEA, Title III-A
Department of Education Indian Education Formula Grant Program ESEA, Title VI-A-1
Department of Education Improvement of Educational Opportunities for Indian Children ESEA, Title VI-A-2
Department of Education Professional Development for Teachers and Education Professionals ESEA, Title VI-A-2
Department of Education Native American and Alaska Native Language Immersion Schools and Programs ESEA, Title VI-A-3
Department of Education Alaska Native Education Equity Program ESEA, Title VI-C
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Department of the Interior Indian School Equalization Program (ISEP) 25 U.S.C. §2007
Department of the Interior Living Languages Grant Program (LLGP) Snyder Act
Department of the Interior Education Program Enhancements Snyder Act; 25 U.S.C. §2007
Department of the Interior Johnson O’Malley 25 U.S.C. §§5342 and 5348
Department of the Interior Early Child and Family Development (FACE) 25 U.S.C. §2019