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PANSALBPan South African Language Board
PANSALB was established through an Act of parliament (59 of 1995, amended by Act 10 of 1999) mainly to promote multilingualism in South Africa and to develop the country's 11 official languages. The Act mandates PANSALB to initiate studies and research aimed at promoting and creating conditions for the development of all 11 official languages, as well as the Khoe and San languages and South African sign language(s).
In carrying out this mandate, PANSALB facilitates, finances and encourages relevant research and development projects to solve language questions and further develop all the official languages with special preference to the nine previously marginalised African languages. In order to do this, PANSALB has identified various grant types: standardisation of the official languages, terminology, lexicography, status language planning, language in education, translation, interpreting, development of literature and the previously marginalised languages, and language rights and mediation. A booklet has been produced to provide information on the funding opportunities available for research and development projects for these grant types.
PANSALB contracted the NRF to administer the research and development grants. Applications for research grants in the languages will be evaluated according to the NRF's peer review system, with a panel of language experts looking at applications and making recommendations to PANSALB.
Language researchers from higher education, non-governmental and community-based organisations, as well as other groups, may apply for funding to a maximum of R250 000 per grant. Grants will be awarded for projects on language in education, translation, interpreting, terminology, language rights and mediation, status language planning, standardisation, the development of literature and previously marginalised languages, and lexicography.
The grants will be awarded in the current financial year - applications should reach the NRF by 15 September 2000.
An online version of the booklet Regulations for PANSALB Research and Development Grants as well as an online version of the PANSALB Grant Application Form can be downloaded here:
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Enquiries
email: abudgetr@nrf.ac.za
Contact
Tselane Morolo, manager, Research Funding
Tel: +27 12 481 4193
email: tmorolo@nrf.ac.za
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