GRANTS

Current plans are to disseminate a proposal request to establish additional IC Centers of Academic Excellence through grant funding awards in late 2010 or early 2011, based on the availability of funding, for the 2011-2012 academic year. The Centers of Academic Excellence awarded additional grants in August 2009 for the 2009-2011 academic years. Please revisit this website at a later date for 2011-2012 grant information.

The Centers of Academic Excellence grant program provides partnership opportunities for the IC with colleges and universities. Grant funding is awarded based upon merit competition and the CAE Program reserves the right to not make any grant awards.

Grant Award Guidelines

	Latest award amounts ranged up to $600,000 per year for a two-year base period with three one-year options, based on an institutions' adherence to IC CAE Program criteria
	Commit to the goals and objectives of the IC CAE Program
	Stress development of foreign language and foreign area cultural awareness by sending a minimum of program participants overseas
	Link IC CAE Program activities and curricula to at least one of the five CAE Areas of Focus
	Form cross-disciplinary cooperative relationships
	Commit resources to support the IC CAE Program infrastructure