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Chapter 523
Purpose: To establish programs that support national resource centers; graduate fellowships; research, business, and international education programs; and grants for international and foreign language studies at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Funding History
| Fiscal Year | Appropriation | Fiscal Year | Appropriation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | $15,800,000 | 1986 | $25,408,000 |
| 1970 | 13,002,000 | 1987 | 27,550,000 |
| 1975 | 11,300,000 | 1988 | 25,419,000 |
| 1980 | 17,000,000 | 1989 | 25,855,000 |
| 1981 | 19,800,000 | 1990 | 34,658,000 |
| 1982 | 19,200,000 | 1991 | 40,012,000 |
| 1983 | 21,000,000 | 1992 | 47,480,000 |
| 1984 | 25,800,000 | 1993 | 49,283,000 |
| 1985 | 26,500,000 | 1994 | 59,126,000 |
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships program provides grants to selected institutions of higher education enabling them to offer academic year and summer awards to graduate students. Awards are used for a combination of modern foreign language study and area study, or language and international or professional study; or for dissertation research.
Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language program provides awards to institutions of higher education and consortia which are used to plan, develop, and implement programs to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages.
International Research and Studies program awards grants to institutions of higher education, public and private agencies, and organizations and individuals to conduct research, surveys, and studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields.
Business and International Education program provides matching grants to institutions of higher education for projects carried out in partnership with business enterprises, trade organizations, or associations engaged in international trade. These projects are designed to enhance international studies programs at colleges and universities, and to expand the capacity of the business community to engage in commerce abroad.
Centers for International Business Education program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education, or combinations of these institutions, to pay the Federal share of the cost of planning, establishing, and operating multidisciplinary educational centers on international trade. These centers are to serve as a national resource for the teaching of improved business strategies, to provide instruction in critical foreign languages, and to support research and training in international trade.
Language Resource Centers program provides grants to institutions of higher education to carry out activities to improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages. Projects under this award category include the development of new materials, the development and application of proficiency testing, the training of teachers in the administration and interpretation of proficiency tests, the use of effective teaching strategies and new technologies, the publication of instructional materials in less commonly taught languages, and the dissemination of research results, teaching materials, and the development of improved pedagogical strategies.
Foreign Periodicals program provides grants to institutions of higher education, public or nonprofit private library institutions to acquire periodicals and other research materials produced and published outside the United States that are not commonly held by American academic libraries; preserve the acquired materials; make the material available to researchers and scholars and maintain bibliographic information on the acquired materials in machine readable form and enter that information into one or more of the widely available bibliographic data bases.
| National Resource Center | FY 1991 | FY 1992 | FY 1993 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of centers | 105 | 105 | 110 |
| Average award | $136,000 | $164,527 | $164,441 |
| Budget authority | $14,250,000 | $17,275,375 | $18,088,500 |
| Foreign Language and Area (FLAS) Fellowships | |||
| Number of programs with fellow allocations | 133 | 134 | 136 |
| Number of academic year fellowships | 610 | 650 | 634 |
| Average academic year award | $16,000 | $17,435 | $17,516 |
| Number of summer award | 420 | 440 | 446 |
| Average summer award | $3,315 | $3,789 | $3,726 |
| Budget authority | $11,152,500 | $12,999,912 | $12,767,000 |
| Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language | |||
| Number of programs | 56 | 67 | 65 |
| Average award | $56,991 | $60,933 | $60,761 |
| Budget authority | $3,191,500 | $4,082,500 | $3,949,475 |
| International Research and Studies | |||
| Number of projects | 32 | 27 | 24 |
| Average Award | $72,000 | $82,572 | $93,206 |
| Budget authority | $2,316,625 | $2,229,442 | $2,236,940 |
| Business and International Education | |||
| Number of projects | 43 | 42 | 41 |
| Average Award | $68,221 | $72,417 | $76,974 |
| Budget authority | $2,933,500 | $3,041,500 | $3,155,934 |
| Center for International Business Education | |||
| Number of projects | 16 | 23 | 25 |
| Average award | $364,746 | $267,704 | $260,103 |
| Budget authority | $5,835,935 | $6,157,183 | $6,502,591 |
| Language Resource Centers | |||
| Number of projects | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Average award | $414,000 | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| Budget authority | $1,242,000 | $1,200,000 | $1,600,000 |
| Foreign Periodicals | |||
| Number of projects | - | 11 | 16 |
| Average award | - | $45,455 | $16,380 |
| Budget authority | - | $500,000 | $982,080 |
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