The Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) funds foreign language instruction in elementary and secondary schools under Title V of the No Child Left Behind Act (2001).  FLAP provides 3-year grants to states and local school districts to establish, improve, or expand innovative kindergarten through grade twelve modal programs.
The following Local Education Agencies received [...]

Foreign Language Assistance Program: The U.S. Department of Education’s Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) provides grants to local and state education agencies for innovative model programs providing for the establishment, improvement, or expansion of foreign language study for elementary and secondary school students. Federal Registry announcement for Local Education Agencies and for State Education Agencies. [...]

The Institute of International Education is pleased to announce the opening of the 2009-10 academic year competition for NSEP David L. Boren Scholarships for undergraduate students and NSEP David L. Boren Fellowships for graduate students.  Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. students to add important international and language components [...]

The U.S. Department of Education announced the award of more than $2.2 million in grants to school districts in seven states to help increase the number of Americans learning foreign languages critical to national security and commerce. The five-year grants were awarded to local educational agencies to work in partnership with one or more institutions [...]

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is supporting the participation of American high school students in intensive, substantive foreign language study to further strengthen national security and prosperity in the 21st century as part of the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI), launched by President Bush in January 2006.
Foreign language skills are essential to [...]

“Mündliche Kompetenz im Unterricht amerikanischer High-Schools: Theorie, Praxis, Evaluierung und Didaktik”
AATG announces funding for a seminar at the University of Leipzig from June 28-July26, 2008. Deadline for application: February 1, 2008.
Please consult the website of the American Association of Teachers of German at http://www.aatg.org

Middlebury College is pleased to announce The Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace: Investing in the Study of Critical Languages . Now in the second year of this program, these fellowships are made possible as part of a $1 million gift from Kathryn Davis to address today’s critical need for more effective language proficiency.
Fellowships will cover [...]

Members of Appalachian University and Burke County Public Schools (NC) received a $500,000 FLAP grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Grant monies will be used to enhance the existing Spanish program and expand language offerrings to French and German.
Read the news article at University News of the Appalachian State University