Language Resource Centers Program
Grant: Language Resource Centers Program (LRC)
Agency: Department of Education
Division: Office of Postsecondary Education
Deadline: April 20, 2010
Description: The US Department of Education established the first LRCs at US universities in 1990 in response to the growing national need for expertise and competence in foreign languages. The LRC program provides grants for establishing, strengthening, and operating centers that serve as resources for improving the nation's capacity for teaching and learning foreign languages through teacher training, research, materials development, and dissemination projects.
This program provides funding for the following activities:
- research and dissemination of new and improved teaching methods, including educational technology
- development and dissemination of new teaching materials
- development, application, and dissemination of performance testing
- training of teachers in the administration and interpretation of performance tests, the use of effective teaching strategies, and the use of new technologies
- significant focus on the needs of those who are teaching and learning the less commonly taught languages
- development and dissemination of materials designed to serve as a resource for foreign language teachers at the elementary school and secondary school levels and
- operation of intensive summer language institutes.
Fit for public broadcasting: University licencees with experience developing foreign language teaching aids using different forms of media should consider partnering with academics in this field to write a grant proposal.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education
Anticipated funding: Approximately $5,022,000 will be distributed across 15 awards.
How to apply: Applications must be submitted electronically using e-Application, the Department's electronic grant application system. New users can learn how to register and apply with this system here.
After accessing the site, select "continue" on the home page. On the following page, select the e-Application tab located on the upper left side of the screen.
Existing users can visit the e-Grants portal page to login and apply.
Resources:
Program notice
Program website
