Editing Esperantic Studies Foundation (section)

== The interlinguistic support fund ==
Together with the Center for Research and Documentation ([[Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems|CED]]), Foundation to support [[Esperanto]] and [[interlinguistics]], 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]], interlinguistics, [[Transnationalism|transnational]] [[language policy]], [[linguistic justice]], and '[[International auxiliary language|''planned'' languages]]'<ref>Planned languages are created by an intentional intellectual effort, usually with the aim of facilitating interlinguistic communication.</ref> (including Esperanto)<ref>[https://www.esperantic.org/en/grants/available/ The interlinguistic support fund], ESF.</ref>

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 de Esperanto|''Tekstaro.com'']], a [[text corpus]] 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),<ref name=":0" /> as well as the postgraduate studies of interlinguistics and esperantology at [[Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań|Adam Mickiewicz University]] in [[Poznań|Poznan]], [[Poland]] and the Chair of Esperanto and Interlinguistics at the [[University of Amsterdam]].<ref>''[https://www.esperantic.org/en/2018/08/20/50-years-of-excellence-honoring-esf/ 50 years of excellence: honoring ESF]'', Esperantic Studies Foundation.</ref>

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 City|New York]] aimed at raising the awareness of the [[United Nations]] about the importance of language equality for human development and [[human rights]].

ESF also sponsored the creation of the documentary film ''[[The Universal Language (2011 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 [[Common European Framework of Reference for Languages]].