Academic research proposal for access to the

Oxford English Corpus, Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) welcomes research proposals to make free use of the
Oxford English Corpus (Corpus) subject to the Terms and Conditions of the license
provisions set out below (Terms and Conditions). Proposals are welcomed from
individuals and research teams in the academic community.
Proposal Form
This proposal form is intended to help assess your application to access the data within
the Corpus for academic research purposes. Proposals will be judged according to
research excellence and relevance to OUPs own research goals. Please read the
Terms and Conditions before completing the form.
Please note that OUP reserves the right at its sole discretion to reject any proposals
without giving any reason or explanation for so doing.
Email the completed proposal form to oec.uk@oup.com. Please mark your email
"Academic research proposal: OEC" in the subject line.
If you have any queries about the application procedure, or would like further
information, please contact oec.uk@oup.com.
Terms and Conditions
The following Terms and Conditions set out the terms upon which OUP agrees to let
you (the "end user") have access to data contained within the Corpus. It is a condition
of being granted access to the Corpus that the end user accepts these Terms and
Conditions. By signing this Proposal form or by accessing the data within the Corpus
the end user is deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions.
Access will be through a corpus query tool (Sketch Engine), into which the Corpus
has been loaded. The whole database will not be supplied. The Sketch Engine
supports a wide variety of queries, and robot access. The end user is required to obtain
a separate licence agreement for use of the Sketch Engine from Lexical Computing Ltd.
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Subject to the approval of this proposal, OUP grants to the end user the nonexclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Corpus free of charge for
academic research purposes provided that such use is not for profit or
commercial gain. To otherwise use the Corpus requires the prior written
consent of OUP.
On acceptance of this proposal, OUP will pass end user contact details to
Lexical Computing Ltd, which will use them solely to be in contact with the end
user for the purpose of negotiating the appropriate licence for use of Sketch
Engine.
Access to the Corpus is provided "as is" and OUP expressly excludes to the
maximum extent permitted by law, all other representations, warranties,
conditions or other terms, express or implied, relating to the Corpus.
OUP reserves the right to withdraw end users access to the Corpus at any
time without giving any reason for such action.
In providing access to the Corpus, OUP is only facilitating access to language
material/data. Any use of such material/data sourced via the Corpus is done at
the end users sole risk.
In any publication making use of specific material/data sourced via the Corpus,
such data/material must be properly sourced. In addition, use of the Corpus as

a resource for research should be acknowledged in published material as follows: Based on research findings
derived from the Oxford English Corpus, Oxford University Press.
Organization
Organization

Division or Department

Principal Contact

Address

Proposed research team

Details

Principal researcher

Co-researcher 1

Co-researcher 2

Title/Initials
Surname
Post held
Organization
Division or Department
Telephone
Fax
Email

Title of proposed research project

Objectives
List main objectives of the proposed research in order of priority.

Summary
Describe the proposed research in about 200 words.

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Other resources to be used

List any other existing resources which you would expect to make use of for the purposes of your research project. This may include other language
data, corpora, computer software, etc.

Start date and Duration

a. Proposed start date

b. Proposed duration (months)

Funding
Describe the nature of the funding for the proposed research project, if any. You should make clear whether this is a project for which funding is being
sought, or whether it will form part of an existing programme.

Collaboration
Please give details of any collaborators and their contributions to the research.
Details

Collaborator 1

Collaborator 2

Name of contact

Name of collaborating body

Address of collaborating body

Telephone

Fax

Email

Type of organization

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Name

Date

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