Research Grants as Primary Investigator

  • Toponymy and Archives: Deciphering Ecuador’s Palta Language through Historical and Community Knowledge, June 2025 – May 2027, SSHRC Explore Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $10,000 CAD
  • Towards a Community-Centered Shiwiar Chicham Orthography: A Workshop Series, June 2025 – May 2027, SSHRC Exchange Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $7,000 CAD
  • Spanish in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Contact, Variation, and Identity in Puyo, June 2025 – May 2027, SSHRC Insight Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $72,255 CAD (Co-applicant: Alexia Fawcett)
  • Paths to the Past: Reconnecting Shiwiar and Mochica Peoples with Their Cultural Legacies, March 2025 – March 2027, Global Innovation Fund, Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty Relations, University of Saskatchewan, $25,000 CAD (Co-applicant: Rita Eloranta)
  • Revitalizing Kamëntsá Knowledge Systems: A Community-Led Approach to Documenting Endangered Heritage, March 2025 – March 2027, Global Community Service Fund, Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty Relations, University of Saskatchewan, $20,000 CAD (Co-applicant: Katherine Bolaños)
  • Voices of the Ecuadorian Amazon: Community-Driven Knowledge Mobilization and Cultural Sustainability, March 2025 – March 2026, SSHRC Connection Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $49,999 CAD (Co-applicants: Alexia Fawcett, Ricardo Palacio, Jesse Stewart)
  • Peekishkwetawk awn Michif: A collaborative exploration of variation in Michif language banks, June 2024 – May 2025, SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $25,000 CAD (Co-applicant: Chantale Cenerini; Partner Organization: Lee Michif neeyanawn)
  • Analyzing the function of valency markers in Shiwiar discourse, May 2024 – August 2024, DARE Undergraduate Training & Mentorship Award, Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty Relations, University of Saskatchewan, $6,000 CAD
  • Strengthening Indigenous Language Reclamation Work in Canada and Abroad, June 2023 – December 2024, Grant Cluster Fund, College of Arts & Science, University of Saskatchewan, $10,000 CAD (Co-applicants: Chantale Cenerini, Marguerite Koole, Olga Lovick, Randy Morin, Bettina Spreng, Jesse Stewart)
  • An Initial Study of the Toponymy of the Ecuadorean Highlands: The case of Loja and the Palta language, January 2022 – March 2023, SSHRC Explore Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $6,999 CAD
  • The Shiwiar Language Documentation Project: Evaluating a decade of achievements and planning for a new chapter, January 2022 – March 2023, SSHRC Exchange Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $5,000 CAD
  • A Descriptive Grammar of Shiwiar, March 2015 – December 2015, doctoral research grant, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, €2,760 EUR
  • A Descriptive Grammar of Shiwiar, June 2013 – August 2014, Language Legacies Grant, Endangered Languages Fund, $2,000 USD
  • A Descriptive Grammar of Shiwiar, May 2013 – August 2014, Native Language Preservation Grant, Native Languages of the Americas, $1,000 USD
  • A Descriptive Grammar of Shiwiar, June 2012 – February 2013, Language Legacies Grant, Endangered Languages Fund, $2,000 USD
  • A Descriptive Grammar of Shiwiar, January 2012 – February 2013, doctoral research grant, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, €1,837 EUR
  • A Descriptive Grammar of Shiwiar, January 2012 – December 2012, doctoral research grant, Leiden University Fund, €2,000 EUR
  • A Descriptive Grammar of Shiwiar, October 2011 – December 2011, doctoral research grant, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, €373.55 EUR
 

Research Grants as Co-Applicant

  • Coming together: Building a foundation for Michif education and learning, July 2024 – June 2025, SSHRC Connection Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $49,985 CAD (Principal Investigator: Chantale Cenerini)