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French
Contests, Scholarships & Grants compiled by the American Association of Teacher of French - CT Chapter |
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| For Students (K-12) | For Students (college, grad, postdoctoral) | For Teachers and Scholars |
| For
Students |
for a
graduating HS Senior
in French; nominations must be made by a current AATF member from any
public or private
secondary school with at
least one French teacher. |
| Description |
Outstanding HS
Senior in French Award Only one name
per school per year will
be
accepted. In the event that there are multiple French teachers in a
given
school, they must decide among themselves who the nominee will be and
submit
only one name to the AATF. In the event of multiple submissions, only
the
first name received will be considered for the award, based on
postmark.
To qualify for the award, a student must: 1) be in his or
her senior year at a public or private secondary
school; 2) have maintained an "A" average in French, 3) have maintained
a "B" average overall;
4) have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the study of French by
participating in extracurricular activities related to French which may
include but are not limited to the Grand Concours, study
abroad, National French Week activities, or French Club;
5) at the
time of graduation, have completed at least three years of formal
French study; 6) be a non-native speaker of
French
Students will
receive a special certificate acknowledging their award
and a press release to distribute to local media; a congratulatory
letter
will be sent to the principal, and the student’s name will be placed on
the AATF Outstanding Senior Honor Roll on the AATF Web site. The
registration
fee for the award is $25. For an additional $10 fee, students can also
receive an Outstanding High School Senior in French medal. Click here
for the nomination form.
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| Sponsor | AATF |
| Application
procedure |
The
completed
nomination form can be mailed or faxed to: AATF Awards, Mailcode
4510, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4510; Fax:
618-453-5733; e-mail: rosalba@siu.edu
. Purchase orders
accepted. |
| Application
deadline |
Ongoing |
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| For
Students |
for graduating students
from any level (elementary, junior high, high school. college) enrolled
in the most advanced course of study offered who intend to
continue their studies |
| Description |
NECTFL
Board of Directors Award Certificate for Excellence in Language Study Each
school may devise its own selection process for each language for which
an award (certificate) is made. The Award may be presented at any time
of year, but nominations must be received by the Northeast Language
Conference at least four weeks prior to the award date to allow time
for delivery of the certificates. The names of students receiving
awards and their nominating schools will be published the following
fall in the NECTFL Review. The
registration
fee for the award is $10 for each certificate requested; free if your
school is a member of the Advisory Council.
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| Sponsor | NECTFL (Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) |
| Application procedure |
The completed
can
be mailed to: Excellence Aeards, Northeast Conference at Dickinson
College. P.O. Box 1773, , Corner of College & Louther Sts.,
Carlisle, PA 17013-2896. Purchase orders
not accepted. |
| Application
deadline |
Ongoing |
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| For Students |
pre K-6 in FLES, FLEX, ESL, Bilingual, Immersion, Heritage, Language Camps & After School Programs in CT |
| Description
|
Rhyme Celebration
Theme: The Earth is a House for Us All to be held March 19, 2008 at Marlborough Elementary School, 3:00 - 6:00 pm. Snow Date: March 26, 2008 |
| Sponsor | CT C.O.L.T. / Council of Language Teachers |
| Deadlines |
January 15: for submission of rhymes, names
& grades by fax or e-mail.
January 25: for registration forms sent by US mail. Click here for more information. Please send one registration form per child with rhyme clearly printed or typed, stapled to form and a check payable to "CT COLT" which covers $3.00 per child & $10.00 per school. Questions? Contact Christi Moraga at 860-284-1230. Click here to check out videos of past contests! |
| For Students |
Post-docs planning to be in residence
at the Newberry
Library for a minimum of 3 months studying Romance cultures. |
| Description |
Newberry
Library-Ecole
des Chartes Exchange Fellowship This
fellowship provides
a monthly stipend and free tuition for an
American or Canadian graduate student to study at the École
Nationale des
Chartes in Paris for a period of three months in the fall of 2006. The
École des Chartes is the oldest institution in Europe
specializing in the archival sciences, including paleography,
bibliography, textual editing, and the history of the book. Preference
will be given to students attending institutions that are members of
the Center
for Renaissance Studies Consortium. Click here
for more information about the Ecole des Chartes.
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| Sponsor |
The Newberry Library |
| Application deadline |
January 10 |
| For Scholars |
Authors with publisher's commitment and
readers' reports on pre-1700 French or Italian literary topic. |
| Description |
Weiss/Brown
Publication Subvention Award
With support from the Roger W. Weiss and Howard Mayer Brown Fund, the Newberry Library will award up to $15,000 to subsidize the publication of a scholarly book or books on European civilization before 1700 in the areas of music, theater, cultural studies, or French or Italian literature. Authors must document that their projects have been accepted for publication and provide detailed information regarding the publication and the subvention request. The application requirements for this award differ from those for fellowships. Authors should download guidelines for this award or request them from research@newberry.org or 312.255.3666. |
| Sponsor |
The Newberry Library |
| Application deadline |
January 10
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| For
Students |
pre- or postdoctoral students, unmarried women between the ages of 25 and 35 |
| Description | Phi
Beta Kappa Society Mary
Isabel Sibley Fellowship
The $20,000
grant is awarded alternately in Greek (language, literature, history,
archeology) and French (language or literature). The 2008 award will be
granted in French.
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| Applications |
January 15 Download the application- and recommendation forms from here, or write to the Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship Committee, Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., NW, 4th floor, Washington, DC 20036. |
| For Teachers & Scholars |
For US Citizens under the age of 40 who can demonstrate their career does or whill involve active use of the French Language. Must have BA from an accredited 4-year institution with a minimum 3.0 GPA in French language and literature as a major. Preference may be given to members of Phi Beta Kappa and educators at the secondary school level or higher. Must deonstrate superior competence in French, according to the standards established by the American Association of Teachers of French. |
| Description | Phi
Beta Kappa Society Walter J. Jensen Fellowship for French Language,
Literature, and Culture
The $10,000
grant is awarded annually for at least six months of study plus a
single round-trip economy-class ticket to France. Some additional
support may be available to those with dependents.
The purpose of the award is to help educators and researchers improve eduation in standard French language, literaure, and culture and in the study of standard French in the US. The recipient must report to Phi Beta Kappa every two months in both English and French. At the end of the fellowship, the Fellow must submit a summary report in English and French,which may be submitted )[referable in French to a scholarly publication such as The French Review. Click here for past Jensen Fellowship Winners. |
| Application deadline TBA |
Application forms to be ready this summer. Please check award site to download. |
| For Students |
PhD candidates; must be US citizens enrolled at an American University |
| Description |
Chateaubriand
Scholarship Program for studying French Literature,
cinema, the humanities, the arts, history, philosophy, political
science or sociology at a French institution. You can be granted
a stipend of 1300 euros / month for a 9 month period,
health insurance and a round trip ticket to France.
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| Sponsor |
Cultural
Services of the French Embassy |
| Application
deadline |
most probably January 15; Download the application form or request one in writing from Cultural Services of the French Ministry of Education. Contact person: Meg Merwin : 202-944-6294; 972 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10021; Fax : (212) 439-1455 |
| For
Students or Teachers |
Doctoral candidates in last stages
of preparation and untenured junior professors (PhD less than 6 years
by January 15) who
need funds to pursue research
in French art,
economics, history, history of
science, linguistics, literature and social sciences. |
| Description |
Gilbert
Chinard Historical Prize and Research
Fellowship, Edouard Morot-Sir
Fellowships, and Harmon
Chadbourn Rorison Fellowship
Four $1500 awards
are available for maintenance
(not travel) during
research in France for a period of at least 2 months.No application
form. Applicants write two pages maximum describing
research
project and planned trip (location, length of stay, etc.), and giving
curriculum
vitae. A letter of recommendation from dissertation director is also
required
for Ph.D. candidates.
The scope and
purpose of the Institut
Français de Washington was then and is
now to promote, in the United States, the study of French civilization, history, literature, and
art, and to preserve
the memory of contributions
to the history of
modern civilization in North America by French
missionaries, educators, explorers, settlers, scholars and artists. To encourage the work of
scholars in these areas,
the Institut has
established (with the Society
for French Historical Studies) the following
awards:
1) Gilbert Chinard
Historical Prize,
awarded annually to
the best American book on
the history of
French-American relations
(on the
recommendation of a committee of the Society for French Historical Studies)
2) Edouard
Morot-Sir Pedagogical
Prize, awarded annually
for the best
article on
the teaching of French language and literature
in the French Review;
3) Gilbert
Chinard Research Fellowship; 4) Harmon Chadbourn Rorison Fellowship. |
| Sponsor | Institut Français de Washington |
| Application deadline | January 15; Write to Catherine A. Maley, President, Institut Français de Washington, Dept. of Romance Languages, CB 3170, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-3170; (919) 962-0154 |
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| For Students |
Post-docs planning to study Romance
cultures. |
| Description |
Newberry
Library-Ecole
des Chartes Exchange Fellowship This
fellowship provides
a monthly stipend and free tuition for an
American or Canadian graduate student to study at the École
Nationale des
Chartes in Paris for a period of three months in the fall of 2009. The
École des Chartes is the oldest institution in Europe
specializing in the archival sciences, including paleography,
bibliography, textual editing, and the history of the book. Preference
will be given to students attending institutions that are members of
the Center
for Renaissance Studies Consortium. Click here
for more information about the Ecole des Chartes.
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| Sponsor |
The Newberry Library |
| Application deadline |
January 10 |
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| For Teachers For Scholars For Students |
Secondary or
College/University faculty or professors emeriti on leave from their
institutions Independent Scholars and writers, visual artists, video artists, filmmakers, photographers, musicians... working on specific projects Graduate students for whom a stay in France would be beneficial to finalizing dissertation work |
| Description |
Camargo
Foundation in Cassis, France offers
apartments and access to a reference library for scholars pursuing
projects in the humanities and social sciences related to French
and francophone cultures. $3500 stipend. See website for other
conditions. |
| Sponsor |
Camargo
Foundation |
| Application
deadline |
January
15, 2007.
Write to The Camargo Foundation, U.S. Secretariat, 400 Sibley St.,
Suite 125, Saint Paul, MN 55101-1928. Tel (651) 238-8805. Click here for links
to online forms. |
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| For
Teachers |
AATF
members who excel in motivating their high school students to speak
French through exemplary motivation and creative methods. They must
also have provided authentic immersion experiences for their students
to use French outside the classroom. Participation in ISE programs is not a prerequisite. |
| Description |
Intercultural
Student Experiences: Language Matters Grant: $500
and a framed certificate |
| Sponsor |
Intercultural Student Experiences (ISE) |
| Dossier | The following
items, which should not be bound or stapled, constitute the monimee's
dossier: 1) A letter of nomination from an AATF member
outlining why the nominee deserves the award and specifically
addressing the criteria listed abote; 2) A leeer supporting the nomine
from a school or dsitrict supervisor/administrator; 3) The nominee's
CV, (wih all contact information), plus the name of the school
principal and his/her contact information, and the e-mail of those
providing leters in #1 and #2; 4) A personal statement fromt he
nominee, noting evidence of activities, stragegies, and techniques
designed to promote and improve students' speaking abilities in French,
students' achievements, and student exchange/travel experiences, as
well as other immerzion experiences outside of the classroom. |
| Application
deadline |
February 1 for
postmark; must arrive by February 8. Send to AATF, Mailcode
4510, Southern Illinois University, Carbonmdale, IL 62901 |
| Notification | April 1. The award will be presented during
the AATF Convention in Baton Rouge, July 12-15, 2007. For more
information, contact Brenda Benzin. |
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| For
Students |
Grades 7-12, in different age
categories |
| Description |
CT COLT Poetry
recitation
contest to be held April 9, 2008 at East Haven
High School; 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm Download PDF forms for Registration, Rules and Procedures. For more information, contact Giancarlo DeStefanis or Maria DeStefanis. |
| Sponsor |
CT
C.O.L.T / Connecticut
Council of Language Teachers |
| Application deadline |
February 1. |
| Winners Notified |
April 9, 2008 at the conclusion of the contest |
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| For
Teachers For Students |
For American citizens whose first
language
is not French, and who hold a teaching position during 2006-2007.
Preference will
be given to AATF members in good standing since January
1, 2003. Student applicants must be recommended
by an AATF member teacher/professor or be AATF student members
in good standing. AATF chapter presidents, members of the
AATF Executive Council and recipients of an AATF grant during
the past 5 years are ineligible. Scholarship
recipients must agree to make a presentation at a major foreign
language conference, and recipients of the Belgian and
Swiss scholarships must prepare a cultural project which will
become part of the AATF Lending Library and present a session
at the AATF national convention in Atlanta. Click here
for more information. |
| Description |
AATF Summer Scholarships Click here for more details about and applications forms for 1) Université de Montréal 2) Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 3) Université Laval 4) Québec 5) Belgium 6) France |
| Selection Process | The
applications
will be reviewed by a national committee and the decision will be
announced by late March 2007. These factors will be weighed in
the selection process: 1) Clarity and specificity of the
candidate's statement; 2) reasons for applying and level of French as
evidenced on the cassette tape (candidates rae expected to have a level
of proficiecy which will allow them to follow university-level
coursework in French); 3) teaching assignement (number of Fench classes
and number of students impacted) or program of study 9student
appicant); 4) evidence of professional commitment; 5) future career
plans in education; 6) ned for an immersion experience in a Francophone
country; 7) letters of recommendation. |
| Sponsor | American Association of Teachers of French |
| Application deadline | 1 March |
| Application procedure |
Complete both sides of the application form (follow link on info page), including the signature on the second side, and attach additional pages to the application. Request that 2 letters of recommendation plus 4 copies be sent directly to Jayne Abrate, AATF Executive Director. (The letters should come from the principal, dean, or department chairperson, and one from someone who knows the candidate and his/her work well.) As these letters of recommendation are very carefully considered during the application process, they should contain a serious, detailed evaluation of the applicant's professional and personal qualities. Include a stamped, self-addressed postcard with the application for confirmation of receipt of the application & recommendation. Send the original plus four copies of the application form and supplementary pages, cassette, and postcard to Jayne Abrate, AATF, Mailcode 4510, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4510. If applying for more than one scholarship, separate sets of application materials must be submitted for each country |
| Winners Notified |
TBA |
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| For Teachers & Scholars |
Post-docs planning to be in residence
at the Newberry
Library for a minimum of 3 months studying Romance cultures. |
| Description |
Audrey
Lumsden-Kouvel Short -Term Fellowship This
fellowship ($4000
stipend) is for post-doctoral scholars who wish
to use the Newberry's extensive holdings in late medieval and
Renaissance history and literature. The fellowship is intended to
encourage scholars to pursue research at the Newberry during
sabbaticals; it could also help a scholar to extend a leave. This
fellowship may be combined with non-residential fellowships.
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| Sponsor |
The Newberry Library |
| Application deadline |
March 1. |
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| For
Teachers |
for AATF members; all levels of instruction |
| Description |
AATF
Small
Grant Awards To
support local
projects by Chapter
members who need an extra infusion of cash in order to get their
project off the ground or to bring their project to completion.
The total amount of funds available is $5000, with the maximum award
being $500. Projects must bear a relationship to the
purposes of the Association, namely the furthering of French studies in
North America, and be of potential benefit to other members of the
Chapter or to his/her students of French. Under no circumstances
will
awards be made to carry out strictly personal research or to
travel abroad for the sake of general enlightenment.
Please see
information
page for more details |
| Sponsor | American Association of Teachers of French |
| Application deadline | 1 March 2008 |
| Application procedure |
Please include (1) name of applicant and Chapter to which he/she belongs; (2) a brief summary of the project, including purpose, individuals involved, inclusive dates; (3) total anticipated budget; (4) funds requested; (5) other sources of funds being sought, INCLUDING AMOUNT TO BE MATCHED FROM CHAPTER TREASURY (This must be attested to by Chapter Secretary-Treasurer). PLEASE NOTE: Every year some interesting requests remain unfunded because of lack of financial support at the Chapter level; it is important to begin the application process AS SOON AS YOU READ THIS by alerting your chapter officers to your upcoming request |
| Applkication Deadline |
March 1. Application procedures and requirements remain the same as in previous years. A letter specifying the following should be sent to the Executive Director, Mailcode 4510, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4510 |
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| For
Students |
Undergraduates with a minimum GPA of 3.5 majoring in a world language and teacher education program at an accredited CT institution. Must have completed a minimum of 15 semester hours of work in the major field (not including introductory classes). Nominees may not be previous recipients of the award. |
| Description |
Irene
B. Stanislawczyk
Scholarship, A
$1000
prize in memory of a distinguished language
teacher, to be
used in the following academic year. Disbursement of funds will be made
to the recipient upon receipt
of appropriate documentation.The recipient will agree to attend the
Fall
Conference as a guest of CT COLT and submit a brief article reflecting
on the conference to the CT COLT News Exchange.
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| Sponsor |
CT C.O.L.T. / Council of Language Teachers |
| Application deadline |
March 1. Click
for more info, application form. |
| Winners announced | TBA |
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| For
Teachers |
Elementary FLES teachers who are current CT COLT members with at least 2 years of continuous membership and who are teaching FLES at least 50 per cent of the time in a public or private elementary school in Connecticut. Nominees may not be previous recipients of the award. |
| Description |
Jane G. Graveen Award: $300 toward the purchase of classroom materials |
| Sponsor | CT C.O.L.T. / Council of Language Teachers |
| Application Deadline |
March 1 |
| Winners announced | TBA |
| For Teachers |
all levels; Nominations may be made by an individual AATF member in good standing or by an AATF Chapter. |
| Description |
Dorothy
S. Ludwig Excellence
in Teaching Awards Four
annual awards of $400 (for elementary
school, middle-
or junior high school, high school, and post-secondary/university,
college, or junior college) for
outstanding
teachers who have demonstrated excellence and commitment
in the
teaching of French language, culture, and literature.
If there is no suitable candidate in
any of the award areas, the AATF reserves the right not to make an
award for that year in that area.
The award itself will be a framed
certificate from the
AATF recognizing the recipient for his or her outstanding contributions
to the teaching of French and a one-year complimentary
membership. An official presentation
will be made at the AATF Awards Banquet. Please see information
page for more details.
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| Sponsor |
AATF |
| Application
deadline |
March
1. Click for application
form |
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| For
Students |
FLES (grades 1-6), 7-8, 9-12,
including students
studying
French on overseas campuses, with a private tutor exclusive of any
formal classroom instruction in French, or via Homeschooling |
| Description |
Le
Grand Concours, or
National French
Contest A
French event in the
form of a 60 minute national
examination, designed, written, financed, and disseminated by the
members of the American
Association of Teachers of French. Its purpose is to help
stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of French and
to help identify and reward achievement on the part of both students
and teachers.
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| Sponsor |
AATF |
| Exam date |
February 27, 2007 for CT high
school students. FLES date TBA |
| Winners announced |
online at the Grand Concours website
and in the AATF bulletin |
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| For
Students |
Open only to Connecticut
High School Seniors whose nominating teachers are current members of
AATF-CT |
| Description |
AATF-CT Prize
Two
$500 scholarships
will be awarded to two deserving graduating Connecticut
seniors who plan to continue studies in French or in a related area.
See AATF-CT Prize Information page for
details and downloadable application form
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| Sponsor |
AATF-CT |
| Application
deadline |