Purpose
SMCLRD is structured for long-term cultural and educational impact. Support enables stable documentation, language revitalization resources, and digital infrastructure that keeps the language usable in modern life.
- Mission-aligned: cultural heritage, education, and language revitalization
- Measurable: public outputs, adoption signals, and usage metrics
- Sustainable: infrastructure and maintenance, not one-time campaigns
Current status: program under SMRA. Future: potential independent cultural NGO/foundation (see Governance).
What funding supports
Funding supports durable public-benefit outputs across three program areas.
- Heritage documentation: curated reference materials and archival access
- Language revitalization: literacy support, learning resources, structured content
- Infrastructure: tools and platforms enabling daily use (text, dict, AI, social, education)
Programs overview: /programs/
Why infrastructure matters
Documentation alone cannot stop language decline. Revitalization becomes effective when people can use the language in daily life—search, communication, publishing, and learning.
- Access: learning and reference become easier and more widespread
- Usage: the language is used in real contexts, not only preserved in archives
- Continuity: systems can be maintained and improved over time
Measurable outcomes
SMCLRD emphasizes outcomes that can be tracked over time. Typical indicators include:
- Public outputs: reference resources, standards, tools, learning resources
- Adoption: usage of tools and educational resources; growth of active users
- Education: learning pathway utilization and resource access
- Community usage: publishing and participation in language-enabled spaces
Platform: mongol.world · Access: auth.mongol.world
Partnership models
- Universities: research collaboration, evaluation, peer review
- Libraries / museums: archival cooperation, metadata standards, preservation
- Language institutes: curriculum alignment and pedagogy
- Community organizations: outreach, usability feedback, content priorities
Funding themes
- endangered and minority languages
- cultural heritage documentation
- education and literacy
- digital inclusion and access
- open educational resources
Accountability & transparency
- Governance roadmap: /governance/
- Transparency reference: SMRA Transparency
- Public references: /resources/
This page is a public framework. Specific grant proposals and budgets are prepared per program and partner requirements.
Last updated: 23 December 2025