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Language Legacies Grants
The 2025 Language Legacies Request for Proposals is now closed.
​You can click here to view the application guidelines.
The Language Legacies grant program supports documentation and revitalization efforts throughout the world. It is open to community members and researchers from any country (with the exception of those who are eligible for our Native Voices Endowment (NVE) grants). An academic degree is not required, but the application must provide evidence that the applicant can achieve the stated goals. Grants are for one year and average around $2,000 (US).

The MKARL Fund
Due to a generous contribution from an anonymous donor, combined with matching donations, the Endangered Language Fund is pleased to be able to expand the scope of its invited proposals through the MKARL Fund (in honor of Michael Krauss) to include work on archival initiatives and efforts. In particular, we encourage proposals that focus on the creation of archives, depositing material to archives, accessing archives, and the hosting of and/or attendance at workshops, seminars, or institutes that offer training and support on archiving activities and initiatives.

​Funding from the International Phonetic Association
The International Phonetic Association is interested in co-funding awards for projects that include a phonetic component, especially systematic phonetic documentation of the kind leading to Illustrations of the IPA.






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From 2015 Idu Mishmi Language Legacies grant to Dr. Mite Lingi

Map of Languages Legacies Grants 1997-2022
created by Claire Bowern and Katie Martin
(map is clickable and you can expand it by clicking in the upper right-hand corner)



Click a year to view Language Legacies Grant recipients and project descriptions for that year.
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Ibaloy reader created with 2014 Language Legacies grant to Digna Adonis


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The Language Legacies grant program supports documentation and revitalization efforts throughout the world. It is open to community members and researchers from any country (with the exception of those who are eligible for our Native Voices Endowment (NVE) grants). An academic degree is not required, but the application must provide evidence that the applicant can achieve the stated goals. Grants are for one year and average around $2,000 (US).
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What Our Grantees Are Saying:

"The ELF will always remain a part of our collective memory. We thank you and the ELF sincerely for being a part of our effort to save one the richest dialects on this part of the planet."

- Dr. Mite Lingi, Language Legacies Recipient 2015

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    • About ELF
    • People
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  • Grants
    • ELF-UNESCO Traineeship
    • Language Legacies
    • Native Voices Endowment
    • Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship
  • Projects
    • Project Spotlight
    • Testimonials
    • Photo Gallery
  • Resources
    • Breath of Life
    • CoLang
    • General Resources
  • Get Involved
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