ACLS East European Language Training Grants for Institutions

[Natalia Haimson]

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 2005 summer programs in the United States.
Support will be available for Albanian, Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian,
Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian,
Polish, Romanian, Slovak, or Slovene. Funding also will be available for
Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian for programs in summer 2004.

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 2005 is January 15, 2004.  Applicants will be notified
of awards by early May 2004.  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 2005.

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.

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

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