The Esperantic Studies Foundation, abbreviated ESF, is a non-profit organisation initiated in 1968 by Jonathan Pool, E. James Lieberman and Humphrey Tonkin, with the aim to further the understanding and practice of linguistic justice in a

multicultural Multiculturalism is the coexistence of multiple cultures. The word is used in sociology, in political philosophy, and colloquially. In sociology and everyday usage, it is usually a synonym for ''ethnic'' or cultural pluralism in which various e ...

world, with a special focus on the study of interlinguistics and the role of

Esperanto Esperanto (, ) is the world's most widely spoken Constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to be 'the International Language' (), it is intended to be a universal second language for ...

. ESF's current president is Humphrey Tonkin.

The interlinguistic support fund

Together with the Center for Research and Documentation ( CED), Foundation to support

and

interlinguistics Interlinguistics, also known as cosmoglottics, is the science of planned languages that has existed for more than a century. Formalised by Otto Jespersen in 1931 as the science of interlanguages, in more recent times, the field has been more fo ...

, ESF (Esperantic Studies Foundation) invites proposals for research grants to assist scholars and graduate students in conducting and publishing research in such fields as

language planning In sociolinguistics, language planning (also known as language engineering) is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure or acquisition of languages or language varieties within a speech community.Kaplan B., Robert, and Rich ...

, interlinguistics, transnational

language policy Language policy is both an interdisciplinary academic field and implementation of ideas about language use. Some scholars such as Joshua Fishman and Ofelia García consider it as part of sociolinguistics. On the other hand, other scholars such as ...

, linguistic justice, and ' ''planned'' languages' (including Esperanto) ESF has funded hundreds of different projects including the development of the educational websites ''lernu.net,'' a website to learn Esperanto and ''edukado.net'', a website for teachers and learners of Esperanto, ''Tekstaro.com'', a

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of Esperanto, ''Summer Esperanto Workshop in Europe'' (SES), ''North American Summer Esperanto Institute'' (NASK) to promote the continued study of Esperanto in the United States. ESF continues to support the Esperanto edition of UNESCO Courier, the ''Conference on the Application of Esperanto in Science and Technology'' (KAEST),Happy Birthday, ESF!
/ref> as well as the postgraduate studies of interlinguistics and esperantology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan,

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and the Chair of Esperanto and Interlinguistics at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan ...

. ESF sponsors also a number of other events, including the ''Nitobe Symposia'', a conference series on world language problems that bring together activists, academics and politicians. as well as a series of symposia on language and development in New York aimed at raising the awareness of the

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about the importance of language equality for human development and

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. ESF also sponsored the creation of the documentary film '' The Universal Language'', and produced the video course ''Esperanto—Pasporto al la Tuta Mondo'' (available on YouTube). ESF also helped to establish official Esperanto examinations in accordance with the

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Esperanto "Access To Language Education" Award

Esperantic Studies Foundation,Esperanto Access to Language Education Award
Calico.org, 25 July 2007. Lernu.net and CALICO (''Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium''),CALICO is the most important American organisation in the field of computer assisted language learning (CALL). yearly present the ''Esperanto'' "''Access To Language Education"'' ''Award,'' abbreviated ''ALE Award'' for the best non-commercial website offering outstanding resources for language learning.

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The interlinguistic support fund

Esperanto "Access To Language Education" Award

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