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     Center for Research in Computational Linguistics, Incorporated
 
MISSION       FUNDING       OUTREACH       ASSOCIATES       2004       2005      

Outreach Funding
Individual scholars and small research projects often do not have the technical expertise needed to adequately develop or promulgate their results. Yet they may unable to receive direct financial support, because the foundations or agencies that might help them are restricted to funding nonprofit entities.
    CRCL seeks to help bridge this gap; beginning by using our own endowment to provide technical assistance and support. Projects seeking assistance should:
  • further our mission in promoting Southeast Asian computational linguistics and lexicography;
  • create resources that will be freely, publicly, and permanently available for scholarly use (such materials may, of course, be copyrighted by the applicant);
  • be appropriate to an international audience of scholars, students, and researchers.
Any grant will require a followup report, and permission to display project results via the CRCL website.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
To apply for assistance, please submit a brief statement (no more than five pages) that addresses the following questions:
  • Describe the project  What resource(s) will the project develop?
  • Describe yourself  Who are you, and what is your expertise in this area?
  • Describe the project's benefits  What kinds of study or scholarship will the success of this project further?
  • Describe your needs  What type of technical support can CRCL provide?
  • Provide statements of support   Include brief comments in support of the project from at least two internationally recognized researchers in the field.
FORM OF AWARD
CRCL support takes the form of technical assistance. We do not provide direct financial support, purchase equipment, or pay overhead or travel costs; we do pay reasonable and customary consulting rates for specialized technical support on behalf of the project, and we do provide Web hosting for the results.
  While there is no fixed formula for calculating assistance, grants typically provide between one week and one month of support. Pre-award assistance, not charged to the grant, will be provided to help establish an appropriate level of support, and to ensure the most efficient use of consulting time.
 
GUIDELINES FOR APPROVAL
All funding requests are evaluated by CRCL's Board of Directors, using these guidelines:
  • Quality of the resources  Are these materials of the caliber required to support international research?
  • Quality of the researcher  Is the principle investigator qualifed to pursue this project?
  • Likelihood of success  Are the project's resources and personnel sufficient to ensure its goals will be met?
  • Consistency with the CRCL mission  Does the project further CRCL's purpose as a nonprofit organization?
  • Recognition of need  Do the applicant's statements of support indicate that the project fills a genuine need?
  • Goodness of fit  Is CRCL Inc. uniquely suited to assisting this project?