{"id":9125,"date":"2014-10-15T08:38:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=9125"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:43:31","slug":"globagrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=9125","title":{"rendered":"UNC Global and Area Studies Centers Awarded $10.1 Million in Federal Education Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Title-VI-carousel1-325x200\"<\/a>Six global and area studies centers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive approximately $10.1 million in competitive federal Title VI grants over the next four years.<\/p>\n

Through two programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education, UNC has been awarded approximately $1.14 million for National Resource Centers (NRC) and $1.4 million for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) scholarships for 2014-2015.<\/p>\n

Federal funding for international education has tightened in the past few years, and this cycle\u2019s application process was especially competitive. In the past cycle, 144 National Resource Centers were funded, and in the current cycle, 100 were funded.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe grants support many key programs in the College of Arts and Sciences<\/a> and beyond, including language instruction, teaching, research and community outreach that spans the globe,\u201d said Karen M. Gil, dean of the college. \u201cWith these international centers, we are educating our students to be the leaders of tomorrow in a fast-changing global society.\u201d<\/p>\n

UNC has consistently been among the top U.S. universities in the number of these resource centers with six, which are located in the FedEx Global Education Center<\/a>. Five area studies centers are part of the college, and the sixth is the pan-university Center for Global Initiatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese awards allow UNC-Chapel Hill to substantially advance global education and the scholarly opportunities for our students and faculty. The work of these centers enhances international research and learning, and this is critical to our being a leading global public research university,\u201d said Ronald P. Strauss, executive vice provost and chief international officer for UNC.<\/p>\n

Interdisciplinary programs supported through the centers by the federal grant awards include:<\/p>\n