Our Liaison from the District of Columbia is Ms. Ewa Zeoli.
NEW GRANT FOR LANGUAGE TRAINING CENTERS -due February 25, 2022
DOD grant available to institutions of higher education to sponsor Language Training Centers to address language training needs of military and other national security personnel. The Language Training Center (LTC) Program is a DoD-funded initiative established in 2011 to accelerate the development of foundational or higher-level expertise in strategic languages and regional studies for DoD personnel by leveraging U.S. institutions of higher education to meet the existing and demonstrated training needs of DoD units, offices, or agencies
The link for information, guidelines, and eligibility is: https://www.dodltc.org/2022-request-proposal. This grant opportunity is an initiative of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO). Deadline for application is: February 25, 2022, 4:30 pm EST
NEW GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT MCASP & WLARP -due April 8, 2022
Notice of Funding Opportunity the FY22 DoDEA Grants to Military-Connected Local Educational Agencies for Academic and Support Programs (MCASP) and the World Language Advancement and Readiness Program Grant (WLARP) is now available for application on grants.gov: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337732
The DoDEA relies on one true vision: “Excellence in Education for Every Student, Every Day, Everywhere.” The grant program beautifully showcases this vision in so many ways. Through our grant program we are building partnerships with public schools and other community organizations that will help military connected students be college and career ready. The goal of our grant program is ensure that children from military families have access to quality educational opportunities. Any Local Education Agency (LEA) awarded a grant under this announcement must use the funds to support programs that can be continued beyond the grant period and demonstrate approaches that could be disseminated to and duplicated in other LEAs. Awarded projects must provide a written project narrative and a detail budget table which identifies which program (either MCASP or WLARP) the LEA is applying for funding to implement under this announcement. Additionally, all projects awarded under this funding opportunity must include a professional development component. DoDEA intends to award multiple grants, subject to the availability of funds. Each individual grant award will be a minimum of $500,000.00 and may be up to a maximum of $2,000,000, for a period of up to five (5) years.
Applications are due Friday, April 8, 2022. Technical assistance webinar information is included in the announcement. If you have questions, dodea.grants@dodea.edu