Stanford Center for African Studies FLAS Fellowships for African Language Study (can also be used to support dissertation research expenses)

Stanford Center for East Asian Studies has several awards for graduate students, including summer grants for academically related work for students of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, as well as travel grants for presenting papers at major academic conferences.

Stanford Graduate Research Opportunity (GRO) Program

Stanford Institute for International Studies: - O'Bie Shultz Fellowships in International Studies - Dissertation Grants in Japanese Studies - Dissertation Grants in Chinese Studies

Stanford Latin American Studies Graduate Student Grants

Getting Funding: Non-Stanford Sources

American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Research Fellowships (for research in Indian studies in India)

The American Philosophical Society's Phillips Fund grants for Native American Research (for one year of research in Native American linguistics or ethnohistory; covers travel, tapes, and informants' fees)

American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowships (for short term visits or one year of study/research in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden; for U.S. citizens or permanent residents; preference given to dissertation level students)

Bourses Chateaubriand (for nine months of research in France)

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers various types of grants for study and research in Germany for citizens of other countries. Of particular interest are Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Academics and Scientists.

Fulbright Travel Grants (for research or study in Germany, Hungary, and Italy)

The Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) at SOAS, University of London, provides individual graduate studentship and pilot project grants.

Foundation for Endangered Languages

International Field Research Fellowship from the Social Sciences Research Council (for 9-12 months of field research for the dissertation; need not be US citizen: Deadline is November 10, 2005)

IREX Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (pays for travel and living expenses for 2 to 9 months of research in countries in Eastern Europe, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan; see web site for precise list)

Kosciuszko Foundation for Graduate Study and Research in Poland (for nine months of research at a Polish university; housing and living stipend only, no travel or tuition)

The Jacobs Research Fund is a grant program supporting anthropological research on the indigenous peoples of Canada, Mexico, mainland United States, including Alaska, with a focus on the Pacific Northwest. Applications are due February 15th of each year.

LSA (links to jobs/funding)

NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants

NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes provide US graduate students in science and engineering first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, or Taiwan in the context of a research laboratory; an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location; and orientation to the culture and language.

Organization of American States Regular Training Program (PRA) Graduate Fellowship: provide for one year of study/research in an OAS country; possibility of renewal for a second year. Must be a resident of an OAS country; pays travel, tuition, stipends, books.

SSILA (Society for Study of Indigenous Languages of America); small grants (for graduates), dissertation awards

Smithsonian Graduate Fellowships (allows 10 weeks of research at the Smithsonian for graduate students who have not been advanced to candidacy)

Terra Lingua (biocultural diversity foundation)

Volkswagen Foundation (big grants must be in a partnership with a German researcher)

Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grants

Personnel (include salaries and on-costs if necessary)
Chief Investigator
Research Assistant(s)
Consultants (Language consultant, Transcriber)

Equipment
Non-consumable equipment
- computer
- memory stick
- software (e.g Sound Forge, Monoconc, ShoeBox)
- additional battery
- video camera (digital if possible)
- tripod
- minidisk player or DAT recorder
- analogue tape recorder (variable speed playback, automatic shutoff, electric and battery operated)
- microphones (lapel/flat/shot)

Consumable equipment
- minidisks
- batteries
- analogue tapes
- CDs/floppies
- photocopying/email/phone/postage expenses
- books/journals and stationary (notebooks, envelopes, slate and chalk etc)

Travel
- Airfare
- daily expenses (per diem; often based on taxation guidelines)
- daily consultant expenses (travel, meals etc)
- Immunisations/medical kit expenses
- Insurance (may be covered by university, but be sure to check repatriation cover)
- Visas/travel permits

Other
- Gifts for consultants, community, contributions to local university (if there is one!)
- contingency money (budget at least 10% extra for changes in $ value etc)