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Language Training Center is a grant from the Department of Defense, administered through the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO), that funds university-based language and culture training programs for military and Department of Defense personnel.
Leveraging existing higher education language programs, Language Training Centers (LTCs) deliver instruction in critical and strategic languages including Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Russian, Korean, Pashto, Persian, and others, as well as regional studies courses. A RAND Corporation evaluation confirmed the program meets its statutory goals for building operational readiness.
Eligible applicants are accredited U.S. institutions of higher education as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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Homepage | Language Training Center The Language Training Centers is an initiative of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO). The Language Training Centers (LTC) program provides language and culture training for Department of War (DOW) personnel. LTCs leverage existing university and college language and culture programs to meet the needs of DOW organizations and units.
The Institute of International Education administers the Language Training Centers program on behalf of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office .
- Any - Other: Foreign Language Instructor Course Other: Regional Studies Course Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic) Arabic (Egyptian) Arabic (Iraqi) Arabic (Levantine) Arabic (Moroccan) Arabic (Dialect Blend) Chinese (Mandarin) English French German Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Pashto Persian (Dari) Persian (Farsi) Portuguese Russian Slovak Spanish Thai Ukrainian *N/A - Any - California State University, Long Beach Concordia College George Washington University Indiana University San Diego State University University of Arizona University of Kansas University of Maryland University of Montana University of Utah The Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO) engaged the RAND Corporation to examine the LTC Program, to ensure the LTC program is meeting its goals and to assist the Department of War (DOW) in future planning regarding the program.
To complete the study, RAND conducted site visits to each of the centers, conducted interviews, and analyzed program data.
RAND researchers' findings were that the LTC Program is meeting the vast majority of the requirements of its authorizing legislation, including building skills in language and area studies, providing language training in critical and strategic languages for operational readiness, and using alternative language training delivery systems to provide training to a wide variety of DOW partners. To read the full report, click here .
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Any accredited U. S. institutions of higher education (defined in 20 U. S. C. 1001 of the Higher Education Act of 1965) is eligible for a grant. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Uniformed Services University Medical Research Projects is sponsored by DEPT OF DEFENSE. The mission of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences is to educate, train, and comprehensively prepare uniformed services health professionals, scientists, and leaders to support the Military and Public Health Systems, the National Security and National Defense Strategies of the United States, and the readiness of our Uniformed Services. The Research Support Division is responsible for grant and cooperative agreement execution as codified in 10 USC 2358 and 10 USC 2113(g). The Division proactively leads the grants/cooperative agreements process - announcing, awarding, and administering grants/cooperative agreements - advancing the Agency’s mission to serve the University’s students, faculty, and staff. This listing is currently active. Program number: 12.750. Last updated on 2026-01-21.
National Guard ChalleNGe Program is sponsored by DEPT OF DEFENSE. This is a non discretionary program. The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, has authorized the conduct of this Program, and the use of the National Guard to provide military-based training, including supervised work experience in service to the community and conservation projects, for civilian youth who are credit deficient and/or cease to attend secondary school before graduating so as to improve the life skills and employment potential of such youth. This listing is currently active. Program number: 12.404. Last updated on 2026-01-26.
Congressionally Directed Assistance is sponsored by DEPT OF DEFENSE. To implement Congressionally directed assistance for the purposes identified in the Department of Defense (“DoD”) annual appropriations act. The resulting assistance instruments support a variety of Congressional priorities. DoD awards the appropriate assistance instruments for the Congressionally identified purposes consistent with its authority, including applicable requirements for merit-based or competitive processes. This listing is currently active. Program number: 12.599. Last updated on 2026-01-20.
Amendment 03: The purpose of this amendment is to delete Attachment 1, “Proposer Checklist,” in its entirety and replace with the version provided in Enclosure 1 attached hereto. Enclosure 2 highlights in yellow the changes made and is provided for information purposes only. Amendment 02: The purpose of this amendment is to update the center frequency metric for both TA1 and TA2. It will now be a proposer defined metric between 0.9 and 1.1 GHz for both TAs. All changes made to the BAA are highlighted in yellow. See the attached DARPA-BAA-16-20 document through Amendment 02. Amendment 01: The purpose of this amendment is to update Table 1, “Technical Area 1 Metrics” on Page 14 and Table 2, “Technical Area 2 Metrics” on Page 16 of the BAA. All changes made to the BAA are highlighted in yellow. See the attached DARPA-BAA-16-20 document through Amendment 01.DARPA seeks to transform radio frequency (RF) systems by developing RF analog signal processing and nonreciprocal technologies that perform unprecedented levels of in-band interference suppression. The Signal Processing at RF (SPAR) technology aims to mitigate both self and externally generated interfering signals of known and unknown characteristics. The goal of SPAR isto demonstrate novel in-band signal interference mitigation technologies using analog signal processing techniques as well as novel chip-scale circulator approaches. Funding Opportunity Number: DARPA-BAA-16-20. Assistance Listing: 12.910. Funding Instrument: CA,G,O,PC. Category: ST.
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