Can We Get a Stimulus Federal Funding Opportunities in Support of International Education

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Can We Get a Stimulus?Federal Funding
Opportunities in Support of International
Education

• A. Douglas Kincaid
• Florida International University
• Meeting of the Association of
• International Education Administrators
• February 23, 2009

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Can we get a stimulus?

• Federal budget for FY2010 due in April
• FY2009 appropriations to be finalized soon IE
  funding increases expected
• Washington Update session at 315 pm
• Stimulus funds from federal agencies
• Stimulus funds through state governments

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Selected federal programs

• Department of Education
• Title VI programs
• Fulbright-Hays programs
• FIPSE programs

• Department of State
• Exchange and linkage programs
• Summer institutes

• National Science Foundation
• Partnerships in International Research Education
  (PIRE)

• Department of Defense
• National Security Education Program (NSEP)

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Strategies for federal grant-mongering

• Persevere (ask and ask again)
• Meet the program objectives and adapt to your
  institutions needs
• Find a hook (what is your comparative advantage?)
• Get to know the program officer

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Title VI Undergraduate International Studies and
Foreign Language Program

• Purpose
• funds to plan, develop, and carry out programs to
  improve undergraduate instruction in
  international studies and foreign languages
• IE opportunities
• Jump-start specific area studies or language
  programs
• Leverage grant funds to add faculty positions
• Will support consortia
• Good for linking international studies with
  professional schools
• Good for supporting new study abroad programs

• Program data
• Cycle Annual
• Deadline November
• Average of awards 20
• Average award 80,000 annually for 2-3 years
• Program officer Christine Corey
• E-mail christine.corey_at_ed.gov
• Website http//www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsugisf/ind
  ex.html

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Fulbright-Hays Training GrantsGroup Projects
Abroad

• Purpose
• grants to support overseas projects in training,
  research, and curriculum development in modern
  foreign languages and area studies for teachers,
  students, and faculty
• IE opportunities
• Develop strategic partnerships in given world
  region or country
• Get faculty abroad as part of internationalization
  projects
• Build linkages with K-12 schools through teacher
  participation

• Program Data
• Cycle Annual
• Deadline September
• Average of awards 30
• Average award 78,000 for up to 1 year
• Program officer Michelle Guilfoil
• Email michelle.guilfoil_at_ed.gov
• Website http//www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsgpa/index
  .html

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FIPSE Program for North American Mobility in
Higher Education

• Purpose
• Promotes a student-centered, North American
  dimension to education and training through
  student exchanges within a consortium of US,
  Canadian, and Mexican colleges and universities
• IE opportunities
• Develop strategic partnerships with foreign
  institutions
• Can engage professional schools not usually
  involved in study abroad
• Build close international ties among
  participating faculty

• Program Data
• Cycle Annual (but not run for FY 2009)
• Deadline April
• Average of awards 10
• Average award 180,000 over 4 years)
• Program officer Frank Frankfort
• Email frank.frankfort_at_ed.gov
• Website http//www.ed.gov/programs/fipsenortham/i
  ndex.html

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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Grants Division Summer Institutes

• Purpose
• grants to support overseas summer programs that
  promote foreign participants awareness of US
  educational systems, patterns of civic
  engagement, and specific achievements in science
• IE opportunities
• Build program linkages in specific countries
• Provide international experiences for faculty
  less likely to be so engaged
• Recruit international students

• Program Data
• Cycle varies
• Deadline February
• Average of awards 3 in 2009
• Average award 150,000
• Program officer Carolina Chavez
• Email chavezcc_at_state.gov
• Website http//exchanges.state.gov/grants/open2.h
  tml

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NSEP The Language Flagship Program

• Purpose
• develop advanced training centers for less
  commonly-taught languages that are important to
  the future of the US
• IE opportunities
• While generally oriented to supporting
  institutions with large established language
  programs, will support consortium approaches
• Size of grant can generate substantial leverage
  on home institution
• Spin-off benefits may enhance more mainstream
  foreign language instruction

• Program Data
• Cycle Varies
• Deadline Varies
• Average of awards 3 in 2009
• Average award 100-500,000 for 2-3 years
• Program officer Michael Nugent
• Email michael.nugent_at_wso.whs.mil
• Website http//thelanguageflagship.org/index.php

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NSF Partnerships in International Research
Education

• Purpose
• support partnerships of institutions to engage in
  and benefit from international research
  collaborations promote development of a diverse,
  globally-engaged US science and engineering
  workforce
• IE opportunities
• Funds generous full scholarships for
  semester-long research abroad experiences for
  students (grad and undergrad)
• Supports language training
• Excellent model for science and engineering study
  abroad
• Develop strategic partnerships with foreign
  institutions

• Program Data
• Cycle Bi-annual
• Deadline February (preliminary proposal)
• Average of awards 15-20
• Average award 2.5 million over 5 years
• Program officer Elizabeth Lyons
• Email PIRE-info_at_nsf.gov
• Website http//www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?p
  ims_id12819

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