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12.900 Language Grant Program
AUTHORIZATION:
Public Law 95-224.
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OBJECTIVES:
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To foster foreign language training to Americans.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:
Project Grants
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USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
None.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility:
Investigations must be an employee of a U.S. college, university or nonprofit institution as related to language.
Beneficiary Eligibility:
Private, public educational institutions and other private, public nonprofit organizations which are operated primarily for language and are not organized primarily for profit.
Credentials/Documentation:
Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular Nos. A-21, A-87, A-88, A-122 and Subpart 31.2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation applicable to commercial firms and those nonprofits exempted from OMB Circular No. A-122. The administrative requirements of OMB Circular Nos. A-102, A-110, and A-133 apply.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:
Pre-application Coordination:
None. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure:
All eligible private, public educational institutions and other private, public nonprofit organizations may submit proposals in response to the relevant agency announcement.
Award Procedure:
Award decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a RUA review. If selected for award, the proposal is incorporated into a grant document and the applicant agrees to perform the research described therein.
Deadlines:
December 15 is the deadline for submission of proposals.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:
Awards may be made at any time throughout the year for which funding is authorized.
Appeals:
None.
Renewals:
Reapplication with a new proposal.
ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula and Matching Requirements:
None.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:
Funding will reflect the period of performance.
POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
Interim and final reports are required.
Audits:
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records:
Each grantee will maintain accounting records which will permit determination that the funds were used for the grant purpose.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Account Identification:
97-0100-0-1-051.
Obligations:
FY 07 not reported; FY 08 est not reported; and FY 09 est not reported. Note: No current information provided by Agency.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance:
$5,000 to $500,000.
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Provided support which led to the documentation of low density languages; the development of foreign language reference works, and the improved research in training methods and computer assisted instruction technologies.
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
None.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office:
Not applicable.
Headquarters Office:
Chief, Language Training, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, ATTN: E41, Fort George Meade, MD 20755-6000. Telephone: (410) 859-6087. Use the same number for FTS.
Web Site Address:
http://www.darpa.mil/
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
1. CALICO; 2. development of a hypermedia area studies module; 3. research on student learning center to maintain less commonly taught languages; 4. ALICE prototype natural language processing environment; and 5. monograph defining priorities for listening comprehension research.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
1. Overall language, technical or socio-economic merits; 2. potential contributions of the effort to the agency's specific mission; 3. the offerer's capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these, which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives; 4. the qualifications, capabilities and experience of the proposal principal investigator, team leader or key personal who are critical in achieving the proposal objectives; 5. realism of the proposed cost and availability of funds; and 6. potential contributions of the effort to the American public.
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