Grants and Scholarships

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
Summer & Fall 2011 Applications Open

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Gilman Scholarship Program, we are proud to announce the expansion of our summer awards to include all academic majors. We anticipate this will be our most competitive cycle ever so please encourage your students to seek your guidance and utilize all available Gilman resources. For more information about the Gilman Scholarship please visit the Gilman website at www.iie.org/gilman.

Summer & Fall 2011 online applications are due March 1, 2011.

For students applying for any academic term (Academic Year, Fall, Spring or Summer) please find the eligibility requirements below:

• Enrolled as an undergraduate student at a two or four-year U.S Institution
  
• United States citizen
  
• Receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application or during the term of study abroad
• Participating in a study abroad program that is no less than 4 weeks in one country and no more than an academic year
• Receiving academic credit
• Study in any country not currently under a U.S. State Department Travel Warning or Cuba

For more information, please contact the appropriate person below:

Advisors:
Jane Thiele
gilmanadvisors@iie.org
713.621.6300 ext. 16

Applicants (last name A-L):
Aileen O'Donnell
gilman@iie.org
713.621.6300 ext. 25

Applicants (last name M-Z):
Olga Tunga
gilmanapp@iie.org
713.621.6300 ext. 24

Aldeen Foundation: Scholarships to enhance Arabic teaching

Aldeen Foundation, a non-profit organization in Pasadena, California, is pleased to announce offering three (3) separate one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) scholarships to enhance Arabic teaching.

The scholarships are available to enable teachers to attend and improve their competency and skills in language teaching and to expand their knowledge of language methodologies and techniques through participating in annual conferences. Each scholarship recipient is only eligible for one scholarship per year to attend one of the following national conferences:

NECTFL – March 25 – 27, 2010 ISNA Educators Conference – April 2 – 4, 2010 ACTFL – November 19 – 21, 2010

Scholarships for other conferences may be considered, based on the relevance of teaching Arabic as a foreign language.

This scholarship is limited to United States residents only.

The scholarship provides financial support to offset the travel, registration expenses, and membership fees. The scholarship will be paid as reimbursement for expense upon submitting all original receipts, not to exceed $1,000.00, to Aldeen Foundation no later than 15 days from the end of the conference attended.

Each scholarship recipient will be responsible for their own travel arrangements and registration.

The participant must submit a half page summary of one of the sessions attended no later than 15 days from the end of the conference. This material will be added to Aldeen Foundation website under the name of the attendee.

For more information, please contact Aldeen Foundation at aldeenfoundation@aol.com

National Foreign Language Center: STARTALK

The National Foreign Language Center solicits proposals from eligible schools, post-secondary institutions, or community-based organizations to participate in the STARTALK project. STARTALK is part of a federal initiative to enhance the national capacity for critical need languages. The goal of the STARTALK program is to increase the number and expertise of students and teachers in critical languages. For more information on STARTALK please visit: http://startalk.umd.edu/

In 2010, the STARTALK project will provide funding for programs that occur primarily in the summer in the following categories:

Programs that offer professional development opportunities for current or prospective teachers of offer Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Persian, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and/or Urdu. Teacher programs are strongly encouraged to provide a student component to allow classroom observation and/or teaching practicum or micro-teaching.

Programs that offer Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, and/or Urdu language study for students within the K-16 range. Please note that student programs will NOT be funded for Dari or Russian in 2010 except in conjunction with teacher development programs.

STARTALK funding for 2010 programs is currently at the same level as for 2009, with a mandate to add teacher programs in two additional languages and to reach an additional seven states. We therefore expect greater competition for funding this year. Awards per program will be capped at $100,000. The electronic application form will NOT accept budgets with totals above $100,000. Please note that budgets should include the cost of sending at least two representatives to mandatory pre- and post-program meetings, planned for the Atlanta, GA area.

STARTALK funds cannot be used to fund study abroad programs; all instruction must occur in the United States (with the potential for U.S. territorial or tribal participation).

If funded, programs will be expected to adhere to STARTALK “best practice” principles in implementing the program. Specifically, programs will be required to:

have all instructors and curriculum planners complete the Online Curriculum Design Guidelines tutorial: http://startalk.umd.edu/curriculum-guide/

submit for approval curriculum plans for each level of language instruction in student programs and for teacher training programs

attend the April 2010 Pre-program Network Meeting and October 2010 Post-program Summative Meeting.

a.       participate in STARTALK Central pre- and post-program online surveys for student and teacher participants;

b.      participate in LinguaFolio Online for student programs, middle school and higher;

c.       respond promptly to all requests for reports, data, and program information.

STARTALK Central will provide consultation and advice for programs selected for funding. Guidance will also be provided in the preparation of documents that will be required prior to program implementation, such as detailed curricula, lesson plans, and descriptions of expected participant outcomes.

The 2010 STARTALK application is online and located at startalk.umd.edu/proposals. We strongly encourage all applicants to apply online. If you are unable to submit or complete an online application form, please contact us at startalk@nflc.org. All applications must be submitted by 11:59 pm, November 5, 2009.

 Information on the STARTALK proposal and selection criteria is attached, and is also available at startalk.umd.edu/proposals. If you have a question about the online application or the application process itself, please submit it in writing to startalk@nflc.org, no later than Friday, October 16, 2009. Responses will be posted at http://startalk.umd.edu/proposals/faq Friday, October 23, 2009. Additionally, tech support for the STARTALK proposal process will be provided from October 8th to October 28th, weekdays, from 9am-5pm (Eastern time) and from 9am-9pm weekdays from October 29th to November 5th, (Eastern time). For assistance with any technological issues, please email: startalk-support@nflc.org. You may wish to include a phone number where you can be reached.

National Security Internship 2010

The National Security Internship (NSI) is an intensive nine-week, full immersion summer program that combines Arabic language, Arab Film & Cultural Studies, National Security Seminars and an internship experience at U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or FBI Headquarters. Students will receive an all-expense paid summer in the nation's capital, including travel to Washington, D.C., up to 11 transferable GWU college credits, full room and board at The George Washington University and an exciting internship at DHS or FBI Headquarters.

This program aims to develop the capacity of high-achieving undergraduate, graduate and recently graduated college students with critical skills, who also possess a higher degree of cultural competencies. It is not designed to develop a cadre of translators but rather to build a national security workforce of individuals and encourage them toward potential careers at DHS or FBI. NSI will be open to qualified applicants who meet the requirements to be granted a top-secret clearance and have an Arabic rating score of 1+ or higher. Program dates are June 7 through August 6, 2010. Applications are due by September 30, 2009.

Visit the NSI Web site for more information and to apply: http://www.nationalsecurityinternship.com

For questions or additional information, contact info@nationalsecurityinternship.com

Dalkey Archive Press: Fellowships in Applied Translation

Dalkey Archive Press, at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), will be offering two to three Fellowships in Applied Translation beginning in the fall of 2009.

The Fellowships are open to any student with at least a BA who wishes to gain practical experience and training in literary translation and publishing.

For further details and application information, please see http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/news/show/17.

US Department of State: NSLI for Youth

American Councils and its fellow Consortium members are pleased to announce that the NSLI for Youth application is now available online at www.NSLIforYouth.org.

NSLI for Youth is a government-funded language initiative that provides scholarships to American high school students and recent graduates to study critical languages in overseas immersion programs. Applications are due February 2, 2009 for Summer 09, Academic Year 09-10, Fall Semester 09 and Spring Semester 10 programs. Should you have any questions, please contact American Councils at nsliy@americancouncils.org or 1-866-790-2086.

The Language Flagship: Promoting Diffusion of Innovation

The Institute of International Education (IIE) is pleased to announce the competition for new awards under the Flagship institutional grants program, "Promoting Diffusion of Innovation." The purpose of this program is to expand the effectiveness, scope, and scale of Language Flagship funding efforts to establish partnerships between the existing Flagship Centers and new institutions and organizations interested in Flagship focused instruction. Proposals are sought for projects that replicate the effective and innovative Flagship practices and diffuse those practices through instruction at their institutions and/or organizations. The deadline for submission of proposals to IIE is Thursday, December 19, 2008.

Proposals must be submitted with the signature of a Flagship Center Director currently receiving funding from The Language Flagship. Partners may include academic institutions, public sector and non-profit sector agencies, school districts, businesses, or private sector organizations. The application should identify the role of each of the partners, which may consist of a group of Flagship Centers, institutions and/or organizations.

We ask that you share this information with your membership and any other interested parties. This application booklet and additional information about The Language Flagship may be found at http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/institutional_funding.html. 

You can access the application directly at http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/downloads/FY2009_Promoting_the_Diffusion_of_Innovation.pdf. We strongly encourage all those submitting proposals to visit this website.

Please direct questions about this new funding opportunity to Ed McDermott - mcdermottg@ndu.edu.

Jacob K. Javits (JKJ) Fellowship Program

The purpose of the Jacob K. Javits (JKJ) Fellowship Program is to award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study in specific fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the selected field of study at accredited institutions of higher education.

The selected fields in the arts are creative writing, music performance, music theory, music composition, music literature, studio arts (including photography), television, film, cinematography, theater arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and dance.

The selected fields in the humanities are

- art history (including architectural history); - archeology; - area studies; - classics; - comparative literature; - English language and literature; - folklore; - folk life; - foreign languages and literature;

- foreign languages that are less commonly taught such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Indic family (including Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala, Bengali, Nepali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, Assamese);

- Iranian family (including Dari, Farsi, Tajiki, Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi);

- Turkic family (including Turkish, Azerbaijani/Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uyghur);

- history, linguistics, philosophy; - religion (excluding study of religious vocation); - speech, rhetoric, and debate.

The selected fields in the social sciences are anthropology, communications and media, criminology, economics, ethnic and cultural studies, geography, political science, psychology (excluding clinical psychology), public policy and public administration, and sociology (excluding the master's and doctoral degrees in social work).

Link to Full Program Announcement: Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html

National Security Internship

A wonderful opportunity is available to students who are studying or speak Arabic this coming Summer at The George Washington University.

The National Security Internship is a nine-week, summer program that combines Arabic language, Arab Film & Cultural Studies, National Security Seminars and an internship experience at U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or FBI Headquarters. 

Students will receive an all-expense paid summer in the nation's capital, including travel to Washington, D.C., 11 transferable GWU college credits, full room and board at The George Washington University and an exciting internship at DHS or FBI Headquarters.

The National Security Internship will be open to only 20 qualified applicants who are able to meet the requirements to be granted a top-secret clearance and have an Arabic rating score of 1+ or higher. Program dates are June 8 through August 7, 2009 and all applications must be submitted by September 30, 2008. For more information, please visit www.nationalsecurityinternship.com.