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- What is the purpose of the Language Resource Centers (LRC) program?
- What kinds of activities can be supported with grant funds?
- How often is a grant competition held?
- What is the duration of the grant?
- What is the average annual grant amount?
- Is there a cost-sharing or matching requirement?
- What are the reporting requirements for grantees?  What kind of records and data should be maintained or collected in order to complete required reports?
- What are the requirements for the evaluation of funded projects?
- Are there program-wide performance measures?
- What are a few concrete examples of allowable activities?
- How will I know about the next competition?
- I am not located by a center.  How can I benefit from the LRCs’ products and services?
- Who is the contact for the LRC program?

This program provides grants for establishing, strengthening, and operating centers that serve as resources for improving the nation's capacity for teaching and learning foreign languages through teacher training, research, materials development, and dissemination projects.

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- Research and dissemination of new and improved teaching methods, including educational technology;
- Development and dissemination of new teaching materials;
- Development, application, and dissemination of performance testing;
- Training of teachers in the administration and interpretation of performance tests, the use of effective teaching strategies, and the use of new technologies;
- Significant focus on the needs of those who are teaching and learning the less commonly taught languages;
- Development and dissemination of materials designed to serve as a resource for foreign language teachers at the elementary school and secondary school levels; and
- Operation of intensive summer language institutes.

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The LRC competition is held once every four years.  The next anticipated competition will be held in spring 2022 for fiscal years 2022-2025.

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The grant provides four years of funding.

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The average annual grant amount is $171,000.

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There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement for this program.

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Grant recipients are required to submit an interim report in the fall and an annual performance report in the spring through the International Resource Information System (IRIS).  Grantees are expected to report on the following categories:

- Objectives and Accomplishments
- Adjustments to Project
- Exemplary Activities
- Priorities
- International Travel
- Budget – Use of Funds and Expected Use
- Projects Conducted
- Adoption of Outcomes
- Publications
- Outreach Activities
- Sources of Funding

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All funded projects must have an evaluation plan for their grant and report on evaluation activities in accordance with that plan through the International Resource Information System (IRIS).

The evaluation plan should discuss goals, objectives, performance measures to monitor progress, data gathering techniques, funding, and personnel.  Activities should focus on both formative and summative evaluation.  The formative evaluation will provide feedback to you on your progress in meeting goals and objectives and reveal areas for improvement.  The summative evaluation should focus on outcomes and should be completed by an independent evaluator that does not have a relationship with your project.

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Yes.  The Department will use the following measures to evaluate the success of the LRC program:

1. Percentage of LRC products or activities judged to be successful by LRC customers with respect to quality, usefulness and relevance.

2. Percentage of LRC products judged to be successful by an independent expert review panel with respect to quality, usefulness and relevance.

3. Cost per LRC project that increased the number of training programs for K-16 instructors of LCTLs (efficiency measure).

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- Hosting teacher training workshops
- Hosting intensive summer language institutes
- Developing workbooks and text books for less commonly taught languages
- Creating and implementing online language-learning materials
- Developing new tools for language assessment and evaluation

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Any announcements regarding the next competition will be posted on the LRC program Web site at www.ed.gov/programs/iegpslrc/applicant.html. Announcements are also sent through the IFLE newsletter.  Subscribe at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USED/subscriber/new?topic_id=USED_61

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The LRC-hosted Web site at www.nflrc.org provides links to all the centers, as well as information regarding products, resources, institutes, and workshops.  Especially helpful is the interactive calendar that tracks activities such as conferences, symposiums, workshops, calls for papers, and presentations.

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The LRC program contact is Carolyn Collins at carolyn.collins@ed.gov.

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