Grant Funding for Overseas Language Programs

The Office of Academic Exchange Programs of the Bureau of Educational andCultural Affairs announces an open competition for two or more assistanceawards for the 2010 Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive SummerInstitutes, which provide foreign language instruction overseas for Americanundergraduate and graduate students. Public and private non-profitorganizations, or consortia of such organizations, meeting the provisionsdescribed in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3), may submitproposals to cooperate with the Bureau in the administration and implementationof one or both of the two components available under this competition. Eachcomponent requires a separate proposal submission.It is anticipated that the total amount of funding available for all FY 2010administrative and program costs to support both program components A and B,including all language groupings, outlined below will be $10,000,000. Applicantorganizations bidding on two or more language groups must submit a separateproposal not exceeding $350,000 for the recruitment and selection of allparticipants (Component A).

Applicant organizations may submit proposalsrequesting funds not exceeding $9,650,000 to implement the CLS institutesbetween June and August 2010 (Component B).Average participant costs per language group under Component B should notexceed $16,000.Component A: Participant Recruitment and Selection:The first component of this competition is for recruitment and selection of all U.S.participants for these summer institutes. While the CLS Institutes are active inmultiple countries, it is important that a single worldwide program identity bemaintained. Therefore, applicant organizations applying to administer programsfor two or more language groups are required to submit a separate proposal for2this component, demonstrating the capacity to conduct a nationwide participantrecruitment and selection process for all language institutes.Only applicant organizations applying for two or more of the language groupslisted below will be eligible to bid on this component. Only one organization willbe selected to administer the participant recruitment and selection process.Component B: Administration and Implementation of Institutes:The second component is for the administration and implementation of six- toten-week summer institutes overseas for participants in countries where Arabic,Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and the Indic, Persian, andTurkic language families are widely spoken.Eligible organizations or consortia may submit proposals for the administrationand implementation of one or more of the following language groupings:· Arabic language institutes in the Near East and North Africa region fornot less than a total of 185 advanced beginning, intermediate and advancedstudents.· Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, and Korean language institutes in theEast Asia and Pacific region for not less than a total of 155 beginning (Koreanand Indonesian only), intermediate and advanced students.· Azerbaijani, Russian and Turkish language institutes in the Europe andEurasia region for not less than a total of 143 beginning (Turkish only),intermediate and advanced students.· Persian and Indic (Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu) languageinstitutes in the South Central Asia region for not less than a total of 92 beginning(Indic languages only), intermediate and advanced students.See section on “Country and Language Information” under “Administration andImplementation of Institutes” for additional information and a description oflanguage levels.These summer institutes should offer U.S.

undergraduate and graduate studentsstructured classroom instruction and less formal interactive learning opportunitiesthrough a comprehensive exchange experience that primarily emphasizeslanguage learning. Proposals from applicant organizations should demonstratethe development of new institutional language-teaching capacity overseas forthese summer institutes and not propose enrolling participants in programsalready in existence. This program is designed to develop additional overseaslanguage study opportunities for U.S. students.