**U.S. Department of Education**

**International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE)**

**GROUP PROJECTS ABROAD FOREIGN LANGUAGE GRANT PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDE FY 2012**

**Evaluation Criteria**

1. **Plan of Operation(20 points)**

2. **Quality of Key Personnel(10 points)**

3. **Budget and Cost Effectiveness(10 points)**

4. **Evaluation(20 points)**

5. **Adequacy of Resources(5 points)**

6. **Impact(15 points)**

7. **Relevance to Institutional Development(5 points)**

8. **Need for Overseas Experience(10 points)**

9. **Program Priorities(15 points)**

**TOTAL110 points**

**Part 1 - Plan of Operation (20 points)**

· **Project Design**

· **Introduction**

· **What are objectives, how will they be accomplished?**

· **What language(s) is to be studied, how and for how long?**

· **Timeline of activities**

· **Number of levels, class size, etc.**

· **Recruitment/publicity efforts**

· **How will students be selected (criteria)?  Equal access**

· **Preparation, support and follow-up with students**

· **Project features (tutors, field trips, technology)**

· **Security/emergency contingency plans**

· **Project Management**

· **Who is the team?**

· **What are their major responsibilities (United States and host country)**

· **Process of communication**

· **Recruitment and selection of participants  (process/committee, selection criteria, equal access)**

**Part 2 - Key Personnel (10 points)**

· **U.S. project director**

· **Other U.S. key personnel**

· **Host country personnel**

· **Project co-sponsors/institutions**

**Describe qualifications of each person, including education, academic and professional training, language proficiency, field experience in host country, evaluation, administrative, language teaching and time commitment to the project.**

**Part 3 - Budget & Cost Effectiveness (10 points)**

· **Federal funds**

· **What are you asking for?**

· **How is this related to and necessary for a successful project?**

· **Adequate, allowable and reasonable expenses in host country**

· **Cost-effective measures**

· **Non-federal funds**

· **No matching funds required, BUT ENCOURAGED!**

· **How will U.S. costs be paid for?**

· **Applicant’s in-kind contribution**

· **Cost sharing by applicant**

· **Cost sharing by participants**

· **Cost sharing by other institutions**

**Part 4 - Evaluation Plan (20 points)**

· **Pre- and Post-Language Testing**

· **How and by whom?**

· **Informal Evaluation**

· **What data will be collected and analyzed?**

· **How will this effectively measure project activities and impact?**

· **What methods will be used?**

· **What effects and impacts will the project have?**

· **How will evaluation results be used to shape the development of the project (before, during, after)?**

· **Describe evaluation tools.**

· **External Project Evaluator**

· **Timetable**

**Part 5 - Adequacy of Resources (5 points)**

· **In the host country**

· **At the site of the applicant**

· **Facilities, supplies, technology, equipment**

**Part 6 - Impact (15 points)**

· **Short and long-term benefits to students**

· **Participating institutions (universities/colleges)**

· **K-12 schools**

· **American education:  development and improvement of modern foreign languages**

· **Multiplier effects?**

**Part 7 - Relevance to Institution’s Educational Goals (5 points)**

· **How does project fit in with the missions, goals and objectives of the applicant institution?  Will it address institutional development goals?**

· **What is the relationship between the project and the institution’s program development in modern foreign languages?**

· **What changes will take place due to a GPA project?**

**Part 8 - Need for Overseas Experience (10 points)**

· **Why is first-hand knowledge and experience necessary?**

· **How were needs identified and how are they addressed by this project?**

· **What benefits will be gained through meeting these needs?**

· **Why this group, for this language, to this place (above all others)?**

**Part 9 – Priorities (up to 15 points) To Be Determined**

**Budget – Table & Narrative**

· **Three- or four-column spreadsheet with detailed narrative**

· **(NO) matching, but really...**

· **Details of how ALL costs were arrived at**

· **Connection of line items to narrative**

· **Budget linked to student numbers**

· **Fly America Act compliant**

· **Pay attention to detailed instructions in application package**

**The Selection Process**

1. **Screen (eligibility requirements)**

2. **Review by panels of academic specialists**

3. **Review the panel comments by program officers**

4. **Review by U.S. embassies and Fulbright commissions**

5. **Review of line item budgets**

6. **Recommend the final slate to deputy assistant secretary (DAS) for approval**

7. **Present the final slate to the Fulbright Scholarship Board (FSB) for final approval**

**Fiscal Year 2012 Estimates**

**Closing Date:  October 31, 2011**

**Amount Estimated:  $3,160,000**

**Number of New Awards:  20**

**Average Amount:  $158,000**

**U.S. Department of Education**

**International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE)**

**Michelle Guilfoil – Senior Program Officer**

***(202) 502-7625******michelle.guilfoil@ed.gov***

9/20/2011