International Foreign Language Education (IFLE): Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program Short-Term Projects

Overview

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Fulbright-Hays GPA Program is to promote, improve, and develop the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States. The program provides opportunities for faculty, teachers, and undergraduate and graduate students to conduct group projects overseas. Projects may include either (1) short-term seminars, curriculum development, or group research or study, or (2) long-term advanced intensive language programs. This competition invites applicants to submit an application to request support for either a Fulbright-Hays GPA short-term project (GPA short-term project 84.021A) or a Fulbright-Hays GPA long-term project (GPA long-term project 84.021B).

There are three types of GPA short-term projects: (1) short-term seminar projects of 4 to 6 weeks in length designed by the applicant to help participants integrate international studies into the curriculum at an institution of higher education (IHE) or a school system when they return to the United States, by focusing on a particular aspect of area studies, such as the culture of an area or country of study (34 CFR 664.11); (2) curriculum development projects of 4 to 8 weeks in length that provide participants the opportunity to acquire resource materials for curriculum development in modern foreign language and area studies for use and dissemination in the United States (34 CFR 664.12); and (3) group research or study projects of 3 to 12 months in duration designed to give participants the opportunity to undertake research or study in a foreign country (34 CFR 664.13).

Priorities: This notice contains one absolute priority and five competitive preference priorities. 
Absolute Priority: Specific Geographic Regions of the World. A group project that focuses on one or more of the following geographic regions of the world: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean), Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East. 

For FY 2024, there are five competitive preference priorities.
Competitive Preference Priority 1—Applications for GPA Short-Term Projects from Selected Institutions and Organizations (3 Points). Applications for GPA short-term projects from the following types of institutions and organizations: 

• Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) (as defined in this notice); 
• Community colleges (as defined in this notice); 
• New applicants (as defined in this notice); or 
• State educational agencies (SEAs) (as defined in this notice). 

Competitive Preference Priority 2— Applications for GPA Long-Term Projects from MSIs (2 Points). 
Applications for GPA long-term advanced overseas intensive language training projects from MSIs. 
Competitive Preference Priority 3— Substantive Training and Thematic Focus on Less Commonly Taught Languages (2 Points for short-term projects or 4 Points for long-term projects). Applications that propose GPA shortterm projects (2 points) or GPA longterm projects (4 points) that provide substantive training and thematic focus on any modern foreign language except French, German, or Spanish. 
Competitive Preference Priority 4— Inclusion of K–12 Educators (2 Points). Applications that propose short-term projects abroad that develop and improve foreign language studies, area studies, or both at elementary and secondary schools by including K–12 teachers or K–12 administrators as at least 50 percent of the project participants. 
Competitive Preference Priority 5— Thematic Focus on Academic Fields (2 Points). Applications that propose short-term projects abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies with an academic focus on any of the following academic fields: science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, education (comparative or international), international development, political science, public health, or economics. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award 3 additional points to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 1; 2 additional points to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 2; 2 additional points for short-term projects or 4 additional points for long-term projects to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 3; 2 additional points to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 4; and 2 additional points to an application that meets Competitive Preference Priority 5. Applicants for GPA short-term projects may address Competitive Preference Priorities 1, 3, 4, and 5. Applicants for GPA long-term projects may address Competitive Preference Priorities 2 and 3. In the application narrative, an applicant must 
indicate the priority or priorities being addressed, provide a substantive description of how the proposed activities support the applicant’s selected priority or priorities, and provide documentation supporting such claims.