Firebird Foundation for
https://www.firebirdfellowships.org/
$54.8M
Total Assets (2023)
$235K
Total Giving (2023)
29
Grants on File (2023–2023)
$8K
Avg Grant Size
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
Unknown
Contact Person
Firebird Foundation for Anthropolog
Phone
2076393939
Deadlines
None
How to Apply
The Foundation provides fellowships to enable anthropologists, linguists, and other scholars, as well as individuals or teams of local researchers in indigenous societies, to collect and preserve these unique oral traditions. Fellows are encouraged, where possible, to foster the development of local teams of collectors to continue the work of recording traditional literature, language, and ecological knowledge. Transcriptions of the recordings are encouraged. There is no application form. Applicants are asked to submit a proposal with a budget by email to address noted above. Applications are accepted on a continuous basis and grants are awarded quarterly. The primary selection criteria are the importance of collecting oral literature among the society in which the applicant will be working, the methods to be used, the goals to be achieved, and the urgency of the project.
Restrictions
Anyone engaged in the documentation of threatened oral literature and traditional ecological knowledge may apply for a fellowship. Specific academic credentials are not required, but academic credentials are taken into consideration. Fellowships are currently awarded by the Foundations board. Foundation directors and members of the selection committee are ineligible to receive grants, as are their family members; certain descendants and family members of George N. Appell and Laura W.R. Appell are also ineligible. The terms and conditions of each fellowship are set forth in a letter sent to the grant recipient. The Foundation must receive a current report for each fellowship of the progress made and use of grant funds at least annually, and a final report on the results of the grantees research with an accounting for the funds expended.
Grant Size Distribution
Min: $807
Median: $9K
Avg: $8K
Max: $35K
Geographic Distribution
Key Personnel
| Name | Title | Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Charity R Appell | Exec. Director/Vice President | $58K |
| Steven G Hoch | Director | — |
| Laura P Appell-Warren | Pres./Sec./Treas./Director | — |
| Amity A Doolittle | Director/Vice President (end 5/2023) | — |
Grants Awarded (29 total)
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew D Harvey | Leiden | $34,830 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Akpobome Diffre-Odiete | Ugboroke | $9,000 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Anna Ziya Geerling | Tromso | $9,000 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Xiyao Fu | New Haven, CT | $9,000 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Holly Drayton | Southampton | $9,000 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Jesse Gates | Lynden, WA | $9,000 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Jorge Gomez Rendon | Quito | $9,000 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Phurwa Gurung | Erie, CO | $9,000 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Suzanne Cook | Victoria | $9,000 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Godini G Darah | Warri | $8,963 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Roberto Carlos Pacheco Angulo | Tuxtepec | $8,959 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Junhan Hu | New Haven, CT | $8,955 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Emily Drummond | Berkeley, CA | $8,928 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| David Ginebra Domingo | Sabadell | $8,924 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Ghilyana Dordzhieva | Sackets Harbor, NY | $8,917 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Patience Odiete | Eghwu | $8,901 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Oghenekevwe Abamwa | Eghwu | $8,838 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Rosemary Grace Beam De Azcona | Benito Juarez | $8,700 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Akpan Aniefon Daniel | Uyo | $8,126 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Emily Akpomedaye | EghwuUrhobo | $8,096 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Marin Constantin | Bucharest | $7,380 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Harriet Sheppard | $7,006 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 | |
| Natalia Castelnuovo-Biraben | Buenos Aires | $6,372 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Timotheus Bodt | Sudbury | $4,053 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |
| Gino Marcelo Rivera Bulnes | Lima | $3,600 | Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge | 2023 |