Grant Programs

Foreign Language Assistance Program

FLAP provides 3-year grants to states and local school districts to establish, improve, or expand innovative kindergarten through grade twelve modal programs.

National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y)

The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y), sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, provides full, merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students to learn less commonly taught languages in summer and academic-year overseas immersion programs.

Technical Assistance Information

Considerations when Developing a Program to Teach a Foreign Language in a K-16 Setting

Technical Assistance Centers

Language Resource Centers

Since 1990, the U.S. Department of Education has provided Language Resource Center (LRC) grants for the establishment and operation of centers that serve as resources for improving the nation's capacity for teaching and learning languages other than English through teacher training, research, materials development, and dissemination projects.