Note:
Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice.

For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice.

The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal

credit:

Register.

Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.

Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.

Note:
This notice invites applications for two separate competitions.

For funding and other key information for the two competitions, see the Award Information section of this notice.

Purpose of Programs:
The NRC Program provides grants to institutions of higher education and consortia of such institutions to establish, strengthen, and operate comprehensive and undergraduate foreign language and area or international studies centers to serve as national resources for (a) teaching of any modern foreign language; (b) instruction in fields needed to provide full understanding of areas, regions, or countries in which the modern foreign language is commonly used; (c) research and training in international studies and international and foreign language aspects of professional and other fields of study; and (d) instruction and research on issues in world affairs that concern one or more countries.

The FLAS Program allocates academic year and summer fellowships to institutions of higher education and consortia of institutions of higher education to assist meritorious undergraduate and graduate students undergoing training in modern foreign languages and related area or international studies.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers:
8 4. 015A and 8 4. 015B.

Address To Request Application Package:
Monet Peterson-Cox, U.

S.

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6089, Washington, DC 2000 6.

Telephone:
(202) 502-7726 or by email:
monet.peterson-cox@ed.gov.

Applications for grants under these competitions must be submitted in paper format by mail or hand delivery.

For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application by mail or hand delivery, please refer to section IV.

7.

Other Submission Requirements in this notice.