Project Grant 0853658

This federal Project Grant award of $432,912 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports a collaborative research project to document connected speech in the critically endangered Umoⁿhoⁿ (Omaha) language. The project has two main goals: 1) to document and preserve the speech of the approximately 27 remaining first-language Umoⁿhoⁿ speakers through audio and video recordings, focusing on...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $449,534 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to document endangered languages through training and capacity building in diaspora communities. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Producing richly annotated, multipurpose language documentation materials to serve as the foundation for grammatical studies; 2) Conducting targeted studies of...

This $285,326 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program funds a 3-year community-driven documentation project focused on critically endangered, rarely studied, and infrequently documented languages. The project aims to produce transcribed and translated narratives in an open-access, permanently archived collection, develop a research-enriched, community-based interactive multimedia learning site, and conduct...

The Bay Area Video Coalition, Incorporated (BAVC) received a $215,186 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. The grant will fund a national study of audiovisual preservation to be conducted between March 2023 and February 2025. As part of the study, BAVC will design and implement surveys, interviews, and site visits to assess the demographics, practices, challenges, and needs of organizations...

The Hula Preservation Society was awarded $299,517 under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program by the National Endowment for the Humanities to create indigenous-centered finding aids for its oral history video library and disseminate the results. Specifically, Hula Preservation Society will develop the first Indigenous-Controlled Vocabulary for the contents of its oral history library and prepare 60 sets of finding aids integrated with the new taxonomy....

This National Science Foundation (NSF) CISE Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award for $299,849 to Gallaudet University in Washington, DC will explore the use of multiple cameras to record three-dimensional (3D) videos of social interactions and dialogues in American Sign Language (ASL). The goal is to create larger, more systematic 3D video datasets of social interactions that can be shared by researchers and the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing (DDBHH) community to improve communication...

The Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island received a $150,000 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.311 - Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program) to host a 20-month "Island Times Visits" initiative. This project will document stories shared by elders on Saint Paul Island and preserve the unique culture and history of the community over the past 50 years. The recordings will be stored in the library's cultural archive, edited for...

The University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division operating as Research and Sponsored Programs, has been awarded a two-year, $272,004 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will fund the digitization, preservation, and online accessibility of the video collection of artist Wendy Clarke spanning nearly 30 years. Clarke's...

Under a USD 366,325 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (CFDA 45.313 - Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program), Dr. Kevin J. Mallary at Old Dominion University Research Foundation will conduct multiple case studies at five academic institutions. Through interviews with academic librarians, disability services coordinators, and deaf/hard of hearing (D/HH) students, the project will elicit insights on accessible library services for D/HH patrons. The findings...

This $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will support The Language Conservancy, Inc. in developing the first comprehensive online Arizona Apache Dictionary. Over the one-year period from October 1, 2021 to September 1, 2022, the grant will fund retention of seven staff members and hiring of seven contract personnel from the Arizona Apache community. Key activities include...