CoLang 2024 Scholarships
Limited funding opportunities are available to support participants at CoLang 2024. If you have any questions about the scholarships, internship, or application process, please contact colang2024@gmail.com.
Applications for the LSA Emmon Bach Fellowship and ELF Scholarships will be accepted beginning March 1st, 2024. All scholarship applications are due by Monday, April 1st 2024.
Applications for the CoLang Web Committee Internship are due by Sunday, March 31st 2024. Successful applicants will be notified on Friday, April 19th.
Scholarship applications are now closed. Congratulations to our amazing awardees!
LSA Emmon Bach Fellowship
The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) will award one Emmon Bach Fellowship for CoLang 2024. The Emmon Bach fund support a named fellowship which covers the registration fee, lodging, and a meal plan during the workshops and practica at CoLang 2024. The person awarded this fellowship is expected to attend the full duration CoLang 2024 (June 3 - 28, including the full two weeks of workshops, and full two weeks of a practicum).
Eligibility: Applicants must be student members of the LSA. Nonmembers may join the LSA through their website.
Deadline: Applications are due by Monday, April 1st 2024. Notifications will be sent out by April 19th. Awardees must complete their CoLang registration by April 30th.
How to apply: Applications for the LSA Emmon Bach Fellowship must be submitted via this link.
To complete your application, you will be asked for some personal and contact information as well as information about your background in linguistics and community language work.
You must also submit a statement of purpose in no more than 750 words explaining why you want to attend CoLang 2024, how the Institute can help further your studies, what you have to bring to CoLang, and what difference it would make to you if you receive a fellowship, including a description of your commitment to use what you learn from CoLang in the future.
Two letters of recommendation are required for your application. Your letters of recommendation must be received by the organizers on or before the application deadline of April 1. Letters of recommendation should be sent to the awards committee directly via email at colang2024@gmail.com with a subject line in the following format: Recommendation-[YOURFULLNAME]-[THEIRFULLNAME].
ELF Scholarships
The Endangered Language Fund will award four scholarships for CoLang 2024. ELF scholarships are $2,500 each. ELF scholarship awardees may use their award to defray costs for either the two-week (workshops only) or four-week (workshops + practica) session of CoLang.
Eligibility: Anyone may apply for an ELF scholarship, but members of Indigenous communities will be prioritized.
Deadline: Applications are due by Monday, April 1st 2024. Notifications will be sent out by April 19th. Awardees must complete their CoLang registration by April 30th.
How to apply: Applications for the ELF Scholarships must be submitted via this link.
To complete your application, you will be asked for some personal and contact information as well as information about your background in linguistics and community language work.
You must also submit a statement of purpose in no more than 750 words explaining why you want to attend CoLang 2024, how the Institute can help further your studies, what you have to bring to CoLang, and what difference it would make to you if you receive a fellowship, including a description of your commitment to use what you learn from CoLang in the future.
Two letters of recommendation are required for your application. Your letters of recommendation must be received by the organizers on or before the application deadline of April 1. Letters of recommendation should be sent to the awards committee directly via email at colang2024@gmail.com with a subject line in the following format: Recommendation-[YOURFULLNAME]-[THEIRFULLNAME].
CoLang Web Committee Internship
The CoLang Web Committee is accepting applications for one Spring 2024 Intern (May-July) to help with managing communications leading up to and during CoLang 2024 and facilitate the intake process for and the organization of the materials for the online repository after CoLang 2024 has concluded. This is a hybrid internship in collaboration with the CoLang Local Organizing Committee and CoLang Web Committee members. Please review the call for internship applications at this link.
Responsibilities and compensation: Intern will be physically present at CoLang 2024 between June 3-28 and will receive complimentary tuition for the workshop sessions. Intern shall receive $500 at the end of the three-month internship period, and is expected to devote at least 33 hours to internship tasks. The CoLang Web Committee cannot reimburse costs associated with travel, accommodations, or a meal plan.
Eligibility: The internship is open to applicants physically located in the Phoenix metro area.
Deadline: Applications are due by Sunday, March 31st 2024.
How to apply: Send a resume and cover letter addressing your competence to complete the objectives stated above to info@colanginstitute.org with the subject line: Spring 2024 CoLang Web Committee Intern Application.