Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): International Foreign Language Education (IFLE): Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Long-Term Project Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.022B | ED GRANTS 111221 002

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The U.S. Department of Education, through the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) and its International Foreign Language Education (IFLE) office, announced a discretionary grant competition under the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program focused on Long-Term Project support (identified in the notice as the long-term option, ALN 84.021B, although the header text also references 84.022B). The overarching aim of the Fulbright-Hays GPA program is to strengthen modern foreign language instruction and area studies in the United States by funding structured overseas group experiences. These projects are meant to build deeper language proficiency and on-the-ground cultural understanding that participants can then bring back into U.S. classrooms, curricula, and research.

The program is designed for group-based overseas projects involving faculty, teachers, and undergraduate or graduate students. The competition described in the notice allows applicants to seek funding under either of two tracks: a short-term project option (84.021A) or a long-term project option (84.021B). Applicants are required to specify which track they are applying for on the SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance cover sheet, and the notice emphasizes that additional submission requirements are provided within the full application package. While the summary includes descriptions of both tracks for context, this particular opportunity centers on the long-term advanced intensive language project model.

Long-term GPA projects support advanced, intensive language study overseas that is designed by the applicant organization and can be scheduled for a full year, an academic year, or shorter academic periods such as a semester, trimester, quarter, or summer. The core idea is immersion at an advanced level: participants use and strengthen their prior language training in the host country while directly engaging with the local culture. A key eligibility condition for participants in the long-term intensive language component is prior preparation: participants should have successfully completed at least two academic years of instruction in the language they will study. The notice also requires that the language being studied be indigenous to the host country and that the project make maximum use of local institutions and local personnel, reinforcing that these are meant to be genuinely host-country-based learning experiences rather than primarily U.S.-run programs abroad.

For applicants trying to understand how this fits within the broader GPA structure, the notice also outlines the three types of short-term GPA projects, even though they are separate from the long-term track. These include (1) short-term seminar projects lasting about four to six weeks that help participants integrate international studies into curricula by focusing on a specific area-studies theme, (2) curriculum development projects lasting about four to eight weeks that focus on acquiring resources and materials to develop and disseminate U.S.-based curricula in language and area studies, and (3) group research or study projects lasting three to twelve months that support research or structured study in a foreign country. The long-term track differs in that it is specifically targeted to advanced intensive language learning abroad, rather than seminars, resource collection for curricula, or broader research/study formats.

Administratively, this is a Department of Education grant competition with an anticipated maximum award (ceiling) of $300,000 and an estimate of 11 awards. The notice lists an application availability date of November 12, 2021, and an application transmission deadline of January 11, 2022. It also notes that the Department planned a pre-application webinar for prospective applicants, with details posted on the program website, and it points newcomers to a general “funding basics” resource for navigating the federal grants process.

The announcement repeatedly stresses that the funding opportunity description is only a synopsis and that the legally controlling details are in the official Federal Register notice, including the full eligibility rules, application and submission instructions, required assurances and forms, selection criteria, priorities, performance measures, and contact details. It also directs applicants to the Department’s “Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs” (Federal Register, February 13, 2019) for standard submission and procedural requirements. For direct program questions, the notice provides a point of contact at the Department of Education (Cory Neal) and the program email address (GPA@ed.gov).

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): International Foreign Language Education (IFLE): Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Long-Term Project Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.022B" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.021.
• This funding opportunity was created on Nov 12, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 11, 2022 Applications Available November 12, 2021. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications January 11, 2022. Pre-Application Webinar information The Department will hold a pre-application meeting via webinar for prospective applicants. Detailed information regarding this webinar will be provided on the GPA website at www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsgpa/index.html. Additionally, for prospective applicants that have never received a grant from the Department and those that are interested in learning more about the process, please review the grant funding basics resource at https://www2.ed.gov/documents/funding-101/funding-101-basics.pdf. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Cory Neal, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, room 258-12, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone (202) 453-6137. Email GPA@ed.gov.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 11 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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