ACLS East European Institutional Language Grants

[Natalia Haimson]

ACLS East European Institutional Language Grants for summer 2004.

Application deadline January 15, 2003.

ACLS announces grants of up to $10,000 to U.S. institutions to support
beginning or intermediate courses providing intensive instruction in East
European languages in year 2004 summer programs in the United States.
Support will be available for Albanian, Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian,
Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, or
Slovene.  The intent of this program is to assure the availability of
elementary instruction in all of these languages and of intermediate
instruction in the more commonly taught of them. A single school may apply
for several awards.

Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of State under the Research and
Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union Act of 1983 (Title VIII).

The deadline for the receipt of completed applications for programs to be
conducted in summer 2004 is January 15, 2003.  Applicants will be notified
of awards by early May 2003.  Send completed applications to: Committee on
East European Language Training, ACLS, 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017-
6795.

There are no application forms.  Guidelines for preparing application
materials are available on request; they should be carefully followed.  Non-
xeroxable brochures, catalogues, or bound material should not be included.
Proposals must be submitted by mail; they will not be accepted by fax, e-
mail, or other electronic means.  Applicant institutions that have received
ACLS grants for summer programs in the last three years must submit final
reports for each of those programs to ACLS by the application deadline in
order to have them reviewed by the selection committee for awards in 2004.

Language instruction should be offered in an intensive course lasting 6-8
weeks, designed primarily for those making a long-term commitment to
research and teaching in East European studies.  The course should cover
all the basic structures of the language in at least 3-4 contact hours of
language instruction, five days per week.  Instructors should have
appropriate academic credentials and demonstrated teaching skills.
Applications should describe proposed teaching methods, listing the texts
and other materials to be used.

Grants are primarily intended to support faculty salaries. Funds may also
be requested for instructional materials and other expenses, but not for
university overhead.  Supported programs must waive tuition for graduate
students specializing in East European studies in any discipline.

For application information contact Natalia Haimson at (212) 697-1505, ext.
135; <natalia at acls.org>.

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