The Language Flagship Grants to Institutions of Higher Education

 

(1) To establish centers for the teaching of critical languages that enable students to reach or exceed Level 3 in proficiency based on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale in African Languages, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi/Urdu, Korean, Persian, and Russian; (2) To develop curricular, institutional, and instructional models for advanced language learning; (3) To test those models; (4) To stimulate institutional support and long term commitment to reforming language learning; and (5) To improve national capacity in critical languages

Active 12.550 Department of Defense B - Project Grants; Z - Salaries and Expenses Fiscal Year 2023 Scholarship and fellowship administration David L. Boren National Security Education Act, Public Law 102-183, 50 U.S.C. 1901 - 1912 The award for this program is made to a nonprofit organization that administers this assistance program on behalf of DoD. The award is typically a cooperative agreement made to administer this CFDA program as well as CFDA # 12.551 (National Security Education Program David L. Boren Scholarships) and CFDA # 12.552 (National Security Education Program David L. Boren Fellowships). The award is reported to USASpending.gov only under this CFDA number since it has the most funding of the three programs. Any accredited U.S. institution of higher education (defined in 20 U.S.C. 1001 of the Higher Education Act of 1965) is eligible to apply for assistance (subaward) under this program. This includes 2 and 4 year colleges and universities, both public and private. Other organizations, associations, agencies, and foreign institutions may be included in proposals for subawards but may not be receive assistance directly from the administering nonprofit organization. Eligible entities for subawards must be located within the fifty (50) states, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The cooperative agreement award is subject to: 1) receipt of applicable/acceptable certifications and representations from applicant; 2) the applicant having a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov); 3), the applicant, its principals, proposed subrecipients/subrecipient principals not appearing in SAM Exclusions as currently debarred, suspended, or otherwise ineligible; and 4) the applicant meeting other proposal requirements specified by the awarding office. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. All eligible, private and public U.S. institutions of higher education may submit proposals for subawards in response to the relevant announcements for assistance under this program. All qualified applications for subawards will be forwarded to an objective review committee. Subaward decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from an independent merit review. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 90 to 120 days. From 60 to 90 days. From 30 to 60 days. Renewals of subawards are negotiated through the administering nonprofit organization and are conducted annually based on performance. Significance of the problem and subaward proposal's response to the problem; proposals effectiveness, and evaluation plans. Subawards (grants) are made to U.S. institutions of higher education to develop or strengthen their capabilities to enhance the national capacity and educate U.S. citizens in critical languages and cultures together with a variety of academic and professional disciplines. The National Security Education Act places no special or unique requirements on institutions receiving subawards. The only requirements that govern all Federal subawards will apply to institutions receiving National Security Education Program (NSEP) assistance. No International exchange programs may be funded by NSEP. Performance Reports: Reports are submitted via http://grants.thelanguageflagship.org. Not applicable. Record keeping requirements are in accordance with the terms and conditions of the award, which will include appropriate provisions related to recipient records that are required by the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs). Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Subawards are multi-year renewed annually based on performance, pending availability of funding. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Quarterly. None/Not specified. Ed McDermott,
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Fax: 703.588.0288 http://www.thelanguageflagship.org 97-0100-0-1-051 (Salaries and Expenses) FY 22$43,000,000.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$43,000,000.00; FY 20$41,390,000.00; FY 17$24,494,000.00; FY 18 est $18,330,000.00; FY 19 est $41,730,948.00; FY 16$23,096,000.00; - Current award ends this FY. No cost extension will be granted, however no new funds will be added.(Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 est $0.00; - Subawards range from $200,000 to $500,000 depending on type of project. The average award is estimated at $325,000 per subaward for each budget period. The core program has four-year project periods pending availability of funds. The DoDGARS (as updated through DoD's interim implementation of 2 CFR part 200 which can be found at 2 CFR part 1103) applies to DoD grants and cooperative agreements. Fiscal Year 2020 Project GO
Fiscal Year 2023 Boren Scholarship