Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

NALSSP funding is targeted in four ways:

1. Funding for state and territory government and non-government education authorities

A total of $43.68 million over 2008 to 2011 will be provided to government and non-government education authorities in each state and territory to support the achievement of the NALSSP 2020 aspirational target and the three key result areas.

2. The Strategic Collaboration and Partnership Fund

Successful projects under Round One of the Strategic Collaboration and Partnership Fund were announced on 22 July 2009.

Through the Strategic Collaboration and Partnership Fund a total of $9.36 million over three competitive funding rounds is available to organisations, including universities, higher education providers, businesses and Asian communities.

The Fund promotes the teaching and learning of Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Japanese, and Korean languages and cultures in Australian schools.

The four priority areas for funding in Round One were:

• Projects that involve strategic partnerships and delivery coalitions between organisations in the teaching and learning of the four Asian languages and studies of Asia.
• Projects that identify strategies to increase language teacher supply and support, including the recruitment and pre-service training of teachers.
• Projects that stimulate student demand and create incentives for students to study one of the four identified Asian languages, particularly at the senior secondary level.
• Projects that use technological infrastructure or applications in the teaching and learning of the four Asian languages and studies of Asia.
  

Priority areas will be reviewed for future funding rounds.

Grants will be provided to support projects of a developmental, pilot or introductory nature. The ability of projects to scale across a broader context to achieve systemic impact and sustainability beyond the project’s period of funding will be an important part of each project.

Grant allocations will vary in accordance with the scope and nature of specific projects. No grant recipient (including consortia) will be awarded more than $500,000 (GST exclusive).

Further details on the Strategic Collaboration and Partnership Fund and application process are available in the NALSSP Guidelines and in the Partnership Fund Information Pack – Round One 2009.

• NALSSP Guidelines

Information Pack 

• ( PDF 176KB | RTF 105KB)

Round Two of the Strategic Collaboration and Partnership Fund will open in March 2010.

3. Becoming Asia Literate: Grants to schools – A direct outreach program of grants to schools run by the Asia Education Foundation 

Successful projects under Round One of the Becoming Asia Literate: Grants to Schools were announced on 14 October 2009.

Funding of $6.24 million through three annual competitive funding rounds is provided for the Becoming Asia Literate: Grants to Schools.  The grants will provide schools with funding to promote the teaching and learning of Asian languages and/or the embedding of studies of Asia in school curriculum and communities.

The projects supported under the program will have the potential to create benefits that will extend beyond the boundaries of the funding recipient’s school. The range of project strategies could include several of the following:

• professional learning for teachers and school leaders in Asian languages and studies of Asia
• development and use of online or virtual learning environments
• community outreach/advocacy initiatives
• curriculum mapping and writing
• curriculum resource acquisition
• electronic linking with schools in the Asian region
• supporting a range of in-country study scholarships
• supporting sister school relationships
• supporting the transition of students from primary to secondary school (middle school initiatives)
  

The maximum grants available are: