A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Biennial Evaluation Report - FY 93-94

Chapter 522

Fulbright-Hays Training Grants Program

(CFDA Nos. 84.018, 84.019, 84.020, 84.021, 84.022)

I. Program Profile

Legislation: Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act), Section 102(b)(6), P.L. 87-256 (22 U.S.C. 2452 (b)(6)) (no expiration date).

Purpose: To fund, promote, develop and improve modern language and area studies throughout the educational structure of the United States by supporting overseas research, training, and curriculum development projects focused on languages and areas of the world underrepresented in American education.

Funding History

Fiscal Year	Appropriation	Fiscal Year	Appropriation
1967	$3,000,000	1986	$5,263,000
1970	2,430,000	1987	5,500,000
1975	2,700,000	1988	5,266,000
1980	3,000,000	1989	5,203,000
1981	6,200,000	1990	5,136,000
1982	4,800,000	1991	5,855,000
1983	5,000,000	1992	6,000,000
1984	5,500,000	1993	5,843,000
1985	5,500,000	1994	5,843,000

II. Program Information and Analysis

Population Targeting and Services

The Fulbright-Hays Act funds four programs: Group Projects Abroad, Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad, Faculty Research Abroad, and Special Bilateral Projects. Each targets a different population.

Group Projects Abroad awards grants to institutions of higher education, State departments of education, and private, nonprofit educational organizations to conduct overseas group projects in research, training, and curriculum development in modern foreign language and area studies. Participants in the group projects are faculty members, teachers, graduate students, and undergraduates in their junior or senior year.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad provides support for graduate students admitted to doctoral degree candidacy in modern foreign language and area studies at U.S. institutions of higher education. Eligibility is restricted to students who possess the language skills necessary to carry out the dissertation project, who plan a teaching career in the United States upon graduation, and who are United States citizens, permanent residents, or intend to become permanent residents of the United States.
Faculty Research Abroad provides support for faculty members at U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct research abroad in modern foreign language and area studies.
Special Bilateral Projects provides funding for seminars abroad on topics in the social sciences, humanities, and foreign languages. The program targets undergraduate faculty members, administrators, supervisors, and curriculum specialists of State or local education agencies with responsibility for the social sciences, elementary and secondary school social studies teachers and supervisors, and teachers of foreign languages.

Program Administration

Tables 1 and 2 profile each of the four programs for FY 1992 and FY 1993, including details on the number of projects and participants, average awards per project, and budget authority.

Table 1

FY 1992 Program Information

Program	Number of Projects	Number of Participants	Average $Award	Budget Authority	USIF Rupees
Group Projects Abroad	36	570	$ 64,306	$ 2,315,000	Rs. 8,978,000
Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad	67	67	26,797	1,768,000	2,931,072
Faculty Research Abroad	24	24	37,334	896,006	706,732
Seminars Abroad Projects	8	121	109,875	879,000	2,000,000
Total	144	7821/		$6,000,0002/	Rs. 14,615,8043/

Indian Rupees supported an additional 82 participants.
Does not include a grant of $100,000 to the Committee for Scholarly Communications with China and $41,379 for administation. These figures are also not included in the computation of the average award.
Appropriated funds were supplemented with Indian rupees from the United States-India Fund (USIF). To convert rupees to dollars for$ FY 1992, divide by 26. Rupee support was excluded when comp,uting the number of projects, participants, and average awards.

Source: III.1.

Table 2

FY 1993 Program Information

Program	Number of Projects	Number of Participants	Average $Award	Budget Authority	USIF Rupees
Group Projects Abroad	40	653	$55,836	$2,233,437	Rs. 8,463,780
Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad	60	60	29,468	1,768,074	2,473,360
Faculty Research Abroad	24	24	36,503	876,077	1,077,480
Seminars Abroad Projects	8	114	115,537	924,292	2,092,900
Total	132	8511/		$5,834,0002/	Rs. 14,107,5203/

Indian Rupees supported an additional 111 participants.
Does not include $41,000 for administration. This figure is also not included in the computation of the average award.
Appropriated funds were supplemented with Indian rupees from the United States-India Fund (USIF). To convert rupees to dollar for FY 1993, divide by 30. Rupee support was excluded when computing the number of projects, participants, and average awards.

Source: III.1.

In FY 1993, the largest share of program funds (38 percent) went for the Group Projects Abroad program followed by the Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program (30 percent), and then the Faculty Research Abroad (15 percent) and Special Bilateral Projects programs (16 percent). These proportions are approximately the same as those in FY 1992.

The United States Information Agency (USIA) was paid $38,000 in FY 1992 and $41,000 in FY 1993 for administrative services in support of grant programs. These services were provided by overseas diplomatic missions and by national commissions.

With the exception of bilateral projects that are administered by multinational Fulbright Commissions, Fulbright-Hays Training Grants programs are administered by United States institutions of higher education and, in some cases, State departments of education and nonprofit educational organizations.

III. Sources of Information

Program files.

IV. Planned Studies

None.

V. Contacts for Further Information

Program Operations:: Joseph Belmonte, (202) 708-7283
Program Studies:: Gregory Henschel, (202) 401-0182

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[Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program]

[International Education and Foreign Language Studies]