Program Office: International Education Programs Service
CFDA Number: 84.015A
Program Type: Discretionary/Competitive Grants
This program provides grants to institutions of higher education or consortia of institutions of higher education to establish, strengthen, and operate comprehensive and undergraduate language and area/international studies centers that will be national resources for:
- Teaching of any modern foreign language;
- Instruction in fields needed to provide full understanding of areas, regions, or countries in which the language is commonly used;
- Research and training in international studies;
- Language aspects of professional and other fields of study; and
- Instruction and research on issue in world affairs.
A comprehensive or undergraduate National Resource Center (NRC):
- Teaches at least one modern foreign language.
- Provides --
Instruction in fields necessary to provide a full understanding of the areas, regions, or countries in which the languages are commonly used;
Resources for training and research in international and foreign language aspects of professional and other fields of study; or
Opportunities for training and research on issues in world affairs that concern one or more countries.
- Provides outreach and consultative services on a national, regional and local basis.
- Maintains linkages with overseas institutions of higher education and other organizations that may contribute to the teaching and research of the Center.
In the case of a comprehensive Center --
- Maintains specialized library collections; and
- Employs scholars engaged in training and research which relates to the subject area of the Center.
In the case of an undergraduate Center --
- Maintains library holdings, including basic reference works, journals, and works in translation; and
- Employs faculty with strong credentials in language, area, and international studies.
Note:
- Equipment costs exceeding ten percent of the grant are not allowable.
- Funds for undergraduate travel are allowable only in conjunction with a formal program of supervised study in the subject area on which the center focuses.
- Grant funds may not be used to supplant.
