In order to be eligible for this program, you must:

• Be a citizen or national of the United States, or a permanent resident of the United States,
• Be employed by an institution of higher education,
• Have been engaged in teaching relevant to your foreign language or area studies specialization for the two years immediately preceding the date of the award,
• Propose research relevant to your modern foreign language or area specialization, which is not dissertation research for a doctoral degree, and
• Possess sufficient foreign language skills to carry out the research project.