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International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) advises the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education on matters affecting postsecondary, international, and foreign language education. This office is responsible for encouraging and promoting the study of foreign languages and cultures of other countries at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in the United States.

International and Foreign Language Education also administers both domestic and overseas programs. Domestic programs, authorized under Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), are designed to strengthen the capability and performance of American education in foreign languages and in area and international studies.

Overseas programs, authorized under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (Fulbright-Hays Act) are intended to improve secondary and postsecondary teaching and research concerning other cultures and languages, training of specialists, and the American public's general understanding of the peoples of other countries.

Beginning in Fiscal Year 2011, IFLE administers the international special focus programs authorized under Title VII (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education - FIPSE) of the HEA. These international programs are designed to support: multilateral, multi-institutional collaboration; student exchange, faculty cooperation and exchange; shared common curricula; mutual recognition of credits, acquisition of host country language; and apprenticeships and other work activities.

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Programs

Programs Authorized Under Title VI of the Higher Education Act

• American Overseas Research Centers
• Business and International Education
• Centers for International Business Education
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
• Institute for International Public Policy
• International Research and Studies
• Language Resource Centers
• National Resource Centers
• Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access
• Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program

Programs Authorized Under Title VII of the Higher Education Act

• U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program
• European Union-United States Atlantis Program
• Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education
• United States-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education

Programs Authorized Under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (Fulbright-Hays Act)

• Fulbright-Hays Training Grants--Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
• Fulbright-Hays Training Grants--Faculty Research Abroad
• Fulbright-Hays Training Grants--Group Projects Abroad
• Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad--Bilateral Projects

News and Information

FY 2012 Grant Competitions

• Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad - Deadline for submitting applications: October 25, 2011

FY 2011 Grant Competitions

• The Fiscal Year 2011 grant competitions for the following IFLE programs have been cancelled:
• American Overseas Research Centers
• Business and International Education
• European Union-United States Atlantis Program
• Fulbright-Hays Training Grants--Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
• Fulbright-Hays Training Grants--Faculty Research Abroad
• International Research and Studies
• Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education
• Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program
• U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program

• All Office of Postsecondary Education open grant competitions.

• Program for Advanced Mandarin Studies in Taiwan

Resources

• International Education Archived Resources

U.S. Department of Education
Office of Postsecondary Education
International and Foreign Language Education
1990 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 502-7700