ACLS East European language training grants competition

[Natalia Haimson]

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES
GRANTS FOR EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGE TRAINING:
2001-2002 COMPETITION

Pending confirmation of funding, the ACLS will offer grants of up to
$10,000 to U.S. institutions to support beginning or intermediate courses
providing intensive instruction in the East European languages in year 2002
summer programs in the United States.  Support will be available for
Albanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian,
Serbian/Croatian, 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.

This competition will follow a special "accelerated" schedule in order to
be able to make awards well in advance of summer 2002, when courses of
instruction will take place.  Adopting this accelerated schedule (note
deadline: September 17, 2001) will allow a transition to a yearly cycle for
grants for summer programs that better meets the planning schedules of
applying institutions.  (The deadline for applying for language grants for
summer 2003 will be February 15, 2002.)

The deadline for the receipt of completed applications for programs in
summer 2002 is September 17, 2001. Applicants will be notified of awards by
November 30, 2001.  Send completed applications to:  Office of Fellowships
and Grants, ACLS, 228 East 45 Street, New York, NY 10017-3398.  There are
no application forms.

To apply, a proposal should be submitted not exceeding five typed, double-
spaced, 8½ x 11" pages, plus succinct teaching c.v.'s of the proposed
instructors, and a detailed budget describing how the award will be used.
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.

The instruction should be offered in an intensive course lasting 6-8
weeks.  It should be designed to prepare the students to do further work on
their own after returning to their home institutions and also to activate
their use of the language when they go abroad to an area where it is
spoken.  The course should therefore cover all of the basic structures of
the language, emphasize reading ability, and include conversational
skills.  Emphasis should be given to attaining usable proficiency in the
language as quickly as possible.  Courses should provide 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 and
materials, listing the texts and other materials to be used, and should
estimate and categorize enrollment by numbers of graduate students,
undergraduates, etc.

Grants are primarily intended to support faculty salaries.  Support 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 FURTHER INFORMATION, contact Office of Fellowships and Grants, American
Council of Learned Societies, 228 East 45 Street, New York, NY 10017-3398;
<grants at acls.org>

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