2013 FEL Grants announced
This year 20 grants were awarded for a total of just over $19,000 (US). Following is a list of the successful applicants, with brief details of their projects, and provisional sums awarded shown in US dollars:
Grantee | Country | Language supported | Grant in US$ (approx) | Purpose |
Mary Paster | USA | Rumsen (Costanoan); California, USA | $864 | Developing materials |
Mark Post | Switzerland | Tangam, Tibet, India | $1,000 | Developing dictionary |
Katherine Bell | USA | Blackfoot language, Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Glacier County, Montana, USA | $688 | Data collection |
Nathalie Pires Vlcek | Brazil | Tuyuka Alto Tiquie River in the Brazilian northwest Amazonian area | $1,000 | Documentation |
Palash Kumar Nath | India | Singpho spoken in the Tinsukia district of Upper Assam in Northeast India | $965 | Developing materials |
Amos Teo | Australia | Sumi, spoken mainly in Zunheboto district, Nagaland, NE India | $984 | Development of mother tongue literacy |
Emmanuel Ngue Um | Cameroun | Leti language spoken in Cameroun | $868 | Developing Learning centre |
Ismail Avci | Turkey | Laz, Northeast Black sea region of Turkey | $1,000 | Developing reading and course book |
Bethany Ojalehto | USA | Ngobere, Panama | $1,000 | Develop curriculum |
Carol Priestley | Australia | Koromu, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea | $935 | Development of reading and audio-visual materials |
Tingsheng Zhou | China | Tulihua dialect | $915 | Survey |
Vera Ferreira | Portugal | Minderico (ISO Code [drc]), spoken in Minde (Portugal) | $991 | Developing teaching software |
Akpobome Diffre-Odiete | Nigeria | Okpe (ISO 639- 3:oke), Urhobo (ISO 639-3:urh) and Uvwie (ISO 639-3:evh) in Delta State, Nigeria | $1,000 | Linguistic and Cultural Documentation |
Jeanette Wiens | Canada | Dene Suline (Athabaskan), Dillon, Saskatchewan, Canada | $904 | Transcription |
Anna Vladimirova | Finland | Khakas language | $976 | Early Childhood Project |
Elena Mihas | Australia | Asheninka Perene | $1,000 | Production of dictionary |
Musombwa Igunzi Michel | DR Congo | Kinyindu | $996 | Data collection and publication |
Firuz Sabzaliev | Tajikistan | Shughni | $1,000 | Translation of film into Shughni |
Bkarshis Bzangro ZHAXIRONGBU | China | Nyagrong Minyag | $990 | Making a DVD |
Sarbajit Singh | India | Kharam language of Manipur, India | $1,000 | Developing materials |