National Resource Centers and Fellowships Program for Language and Area or Language and International Studies

Examples of Funded Projects

The University of Washington/East Asia Studies Center offers training programs in East Asian languages and in a wide variety of disciplines at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and in professional schools. The Center for Advanced Study of International Development and the Women and International Development programs at Michigan State University offer courses and activities focused on development studies in the new era of globalization. University of Wisconsin/Latin American Studies Center offers courses in languages and in many disciplines at the undergraduate level in all participating campuses. The Madison and Milwaukee campuses offer extensive graduate and some professional training programs in Latin American studies as well.

Program Accomplishments

Centers and Fellowships: In fiscal year 2005, 120 National Resource Centers were funded at institutions of higher education and 124 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship grants were awarded to institutions of higher education.