The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications (NIA) for the 2023 Native American Language Resource Centers (NALRC) Program.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Education
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of Palau, and Republic of the Marshall Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/27/2023
Size of the Grant:
- For a Regional Center: $250,000 – $350,000
- For a National Center: $1,000,000 – $1,300,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The purpose of this program, which further aligns resources provided by the Department with the policies in the Native American Languages Act (NALA), is to support establishing, strengthening, and operating one or more Native American language resource centers.
The NALRC Program supports projects that will preserve, protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Americans to use, practice, and develop Native American languages in furtherance of the policies in NALA and the United States trust responsibility to Tribal Nations. Native American language resource centers supported by the NALRC Program will be staffed by individuals with relevant expertise and experience, including staff who speak American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian languages and have worked in Native language education in a preschool, elementary school, secondary school, adult education, or higher education program.
Priorities
This notice includes two absolute priorities and one competitive preference priority.
Absolute Priority 1 – Regional Centers
- To meet this priority, applicants must propose a regional Native American language resource center that supports the provision of high-quality capacity-building services to Tribal clients and recipients to identify, implement, and sustain effective programs, practices, and interventions that:
- encourage and support the use of Native American languages within educational systems in the same manner as other world languages, including by encouraging State educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and IHEs to offer Native American language courses that offer the same full academic credit as courses in other world languages;
- support the development, adoption, and use of assessments, qualifications, and processes based on promising practices in Native American language medium education;
- provide technical assistance to Native American language programs seeking other Federal resources; and
- provide technical assistance to Native American communities and school systems to support the development of Native American language medium education programs in preschool, elementary school, secondary school, or adult education programs.
In a single application, an applicant must propose to operate a Regional Center in one and only one of the following regions:
- Appalachia (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia);
- Central (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming);
- Mid-Atlantic (Delaware; District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania);
- Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin);
- Northeast and Islands (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Virgin Islands);
- Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington);
- Pacific (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Palau, and Republic of the Marshall Islands);
- Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina);
- Southwest (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas); and
- West (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah).
Absolute Priority 2 – National Center
- To meet this priority, applicants must propose a project that supports a National Center that will provide high-quality capacity-building services to Regional Centers, other Department-funded technical assistance centers, Tribal clients and recipients, and IHEs, including TCUs, to identify, implement, and sustain effective programs, practices, and interventions that –
- encourage and support educator preparation programs, as well as appropriate alternative pathways to teacher certification, that prepare teachers to teach Native American languages and to use Native American languages as a medium of instruction, including by disseminating promising practices and developing pedagogical programming;
- provide information and resources on promising practices in –
- The use and revitalization of Native American languages in Native American communities, including use in educational institutions; and
- The use of technology in school and community-based Native American language programs to support the retention, use, and teaching of Native American languages;
- support the use of distance learning technologies in Native American language acquisition and related training for parents, students, teachers, and learning support staff associated with Native American language programs, including through –
- The compilation and curation of digital libraries and other online resources for Native American languages, except that any materials collected by the center may only be materials provided by a Native American language program or Native American community;
- The development of optional distance learning curricula appropriate for preschool, elementary school, secondary school, adult education, and postsecondary education;
- pedagogical training for Native American language teachers;
- other efforts necessary to continue Native American language acquisition through remote learning; and
- support regional centers, Native American language programs and Native American communities in –
- accessing international best practices, resources, and research in indigenous language revitalization; and 7
- gathering and sharing technical assistance, promising practices, and experiences.
Competitive Preference Priority
- For FY 2023 and any subsequent year in which they make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, this priority is a competitive preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), they award up to an additional 2 points to an application that meets the competitive preference priority.
- This priority is:
- Tribal College or University Lead Applicants (0 or 2 points). To meet this priority, an application must be submitted by a TCU (as defined in this notice) that is eligible to participate in the NALRC Program. A consortium application that is submitted in accordance with is eligible to receive the preference only if the lead applicant for the consortium is the TCU.
- This priority is:
Funding Information
- For a Regional Center, we estimate that awards will average $250,000 – $350,000 per year.
- For a National Center, they estimate the award to average $1,000,000 – $1,300,000 per year
Project Period
Up to 60 months.
Eligible Applicants
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility
The following entities are eligible to apply under this competition:
- An institution of higher education (as defined in this notice);
- An entity within an institution of higher education with dedicated expertise in Native American language and culture education; or
- A consortium that includes one or more entities described in paragraph (a), or one or more entities described in paragraph (b).
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