🗣️ 2025 Language Revitalization Fellowship – by 7000 Languages
2025 Language Revitalization Fellowship
Are you passionate about preserving your ancestral or endangered language? The Language Revitalization Fellowship offered by 7000 Languages is now accepting applications for its Fall 2025 cohort. This remote fellowship empowers community members worldwide to create digital learning resources and support language sustainability efforts.
🌱 About the Program
7000 Languages is a global nonprofit dedicated to helping communities teach, learn, and sustain their endangered languages using open, accessible technologies (linguistlist.org). Their Fellowship offers:
- Intensive, 10-week remote experience
- Cohort-based peer learning and structured guidance
- Creation of free online language learning materials accessible globally (7000 Languages, Reddit, 7000 Languages)
Responding to overwhelming demand, in 2024 they received over 2,100 applications for just 8 spots—highlighting the urgency and impact of this work (7000 Languages).
🎓 Fellowship Experience & Structure
Fellows work with their own language community to design and produce:
- Digital courses, audio/text lessons, or grammar resources
- Custom projects using the nonprofit’s language tech platform
- Final deliverables showcased publicly at the Fellowship Showcase (7000 Languages, Reddit, 7000 Languages)
Your role includes project planning, community collaboration, tool training, content development, and course publication. You will also receive feedback and logging of project progress.
💵 Compensation & Attendance
- Part-time, remote fellowship: ~10 hours/week for ~10 weeks
- Stipend: Approximately $20/hour (USD) — total value varies by region/project (jobs.ffwd.org)
- Open globally—no university enrollment required
- Special emphasis on candidates from West & Central Africa (including Ghana), California, and Latin America (Global South Opportunities, jobs.ffwd.org)
✅ Who Should Apply?
Ideal applicants:
- Self-identify as Indigenous or from a community with an endangered ancestral language
- Have a strong commitment to documenting or teaching the language
- Can plan and execute a project remotely with attention to detail
- Are comfortable using basic technology tools and following project timelines
- Preferably familiar with language revitalization or willing to learn (jobs.ffwd.org)
No formal degree in linguistics or tech is required—only passion, community connection, and dedication.
📝 Application Details
- Deadline: August 24, 2025, 11:59 PM ET
- Apply via a short digital form: describe your language, proposed project ideas, your team/community involvement, and learning goals
- Fellowship begins in September 2025, with projects completed by mid-December
💡 Why Apply?
- Get structured training in language documentation, curriculum design, and tech tools
- Join a global cohort of fellow language advocates in Indigenous and endangered language work
- Earn a stipend while creating a lasting, open-access resource for your community
- Receive mentorship, exposure, and public recognition in the Fellowship Showcase (jobs.ffwd.org, 7000 Languages)
👥 Join Our Peer Support Communities
Ready to apply or need help refining your proposal? Connect with our supportive network:
- Telegram: https://t.me/youthcareernexus
- WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb6atO51SWst4vMCxW0N
We offer peer feedback, deadline reminders, and shared resources to boost your application.