National Resource Center

Last updated November 02, 2024

The National Resource Center (NRC) Program of the U.S. Department of Education provides funding grants to American universities to establish, strengthen, and operate language and area or international studies centers that will be national resources for teaching any modern foreign language.

Also known as Title VI grants, because the program is formally established in Title VI, Part A, § 602 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Title VI was originally authorized as Title VI of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 as a response to the launch of Sputnik and the U.S. government’s recognition that a stronger and broader capacity in foreign language and area studies was needed);^[1] these grants support undergraduate and graduate programs that focus on:^[2]

instruction of fields and topics that provide full understanding of areas, regions or countries;
research and training in international studies;
work in the language aspects of professional fields and research, and
instruction and research on issues critical to current world affairs.

The NRC grants are awarded on a quadrennial schedule, through a competition overseen by the Office of International and Foreign Language Education ^[3] (formerly the International Education Programs Service) within the Department of Education. The most recent award competition provided funding for the FY 2022–2025 period.

List

2018–2021 National Resource Centers
Focus	University	State	Center name	Notes
Africa	Boston University	Massachusetts	African Studies Center
Africa	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Center for African Studies
Africa	Howard University	Washington, D.C.	Center for African Studies
Africa	Indiana University	Indiana	African Studies Program
Africa	Michigan State University	Michigan	African Studies Center
Africa	University of California, Berkeley	California	Center for African Studies
Africa	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	Center for African Studies
Africa	University of Kansas	Kansas	Kansas African Studies Center
Africa	University of Michigan	Michigan	African Studies Center
Africa	University of Minnesota	Minnesota	African Studies Center
Africa	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	African Studies Center
Africa	University of Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Center for African Studies
Africa	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Wisconsin	African Studies Program
Canada	University of Maine	Maine	Canadian-American Center	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Canada	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	New York	Center for the Study of Canada	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Canada	University of Washington	Washington	Canadian Studies Center	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Canada	Western Washington University	Washington	Center for Canadian-American Studies	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
East Asia/Pan-Asia	Columbia University	New York	Weatherhead East Asian Institute
East Asia/Pan-Asia	George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	Sigur Center for Asian Studies; Institute for Korean Studies
East Asia/Pan-Asia	Michigan State University	Michigan	Asian Studies Center
East Asia/Pan-Asia	Stanford University	California	Center for East Asian Studies
East Asia/Pan-Asia	Ohio State University	Ohio	East Asian Studies Center
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Arizona	Arizona	Center for East Asian Studies
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of California, Berkeley	California	Institute of East Asian Studies
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of California, Los Angeles	California	Asia Pacific Center
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Chicago	Illinois	Center for East Asian Studies
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Colorado Boulder	Colorado	Center for Asian Studies
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Hawaii	Hawaii	East Asia Council
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Kansas	Kansas	Center for East Asian Studies
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Michigan	Michigan	International Institute
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Carolina Asia Center
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Center for East Asian Studies
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Asian Studies Center
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Utah	Utah	Intermountain Consortium for Asian and Pacific Studies	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
East Asia/Pan-Asia	Brigham Young University	Utah	Intermountain Consortium for Asian and Pacific Studies	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Washington	Washington	East Asia Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
East Asia/Pan-Asia	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Wisconsin	Center for East Asian Studies
International	Georgia Tech	Georgia	Atlanta Global Studies Center	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
International	Georgia State University	Georgia	Atlanta Global Studies Center	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
International	Indiana University	Indiana	Center for the Study of Global Change
International	Pennsylvania State University	Pennsylvania	Center for Global Studies
International	Stanford University	California	Stanford Global Studies
International	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	Center for Global Studies
International	University of Iowa	Iowa	National Resource Center for Translation and Global Literacy
International	University of Minnesota	Minnesota	Institute for Global Studies
International	University of Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	PittGlobal
International	University of Washington	Washington	Center for Global Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
International	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Wisconsin	Institute for Regional and International Studies
International	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Center for International Education
Latin America	Florida International University	Florida	Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center
Latin America	Indiana University	Indiana	Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Latin America	Michigan State University	Michigan	Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Latin America	Stanford University	California	Center for Latin American Studies
Latin America	Ohio State University	Ohio	Center for Latin American Studies
Latin America	Tulane University	Louisiana	Stone Center for Latin American Studies
Latin America	University of Arizona	Arizona	Center for Latin American Studies
Latin America	University of California, Berkeley	California	Center for Latin American Studies
Latin America	University of California, Los Angeles	California	Latin American Institute
Latin America	University of Florida	Florida	Center for Latin American Studies
Latin America	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Latin America	University of Kansas	Kansas	Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Latin America	University of Michigan	Michigan	Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Latin America	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Latin America	Duke University	North Carolina		^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Latin America	University of Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Center for Latin American Studies
Latin America	University of Texas at Austin	Texas	LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections
Latin America	University of Utah	Utah	Intermountain Consortium for Latin American Studies	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Latin America	Brigham Young University	Utah	Intermountain Consortium for Latin American Studies	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Latin America	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Wisconsin	University of Wisconsin Consortium^{[lower-alpha 3]}	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Latin America	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Wisconsin	University of Wisconsin Consortium^{[lower-alpha 3]}	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Latin America	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
Middle East	Columbia University	New York	Middle East Institute
Middle East	George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	Institute for Middle East Studies
Middle East	Georgetown University	Washington, D.C.	Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Middle East	Indiana University	Indiana	Center for the Study of the Middle East
Middle East	New York University	New York	Kevorkian Center
Middle East	State University of New York at Binghamton	New York	Center for Middle East and North African Studies
Middle East	University of Arizona	Arizona	Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Middle East	University of California, Los Angeles	California	Center for Near Eastern Studies
Middle East	University of Chicago	Illinois	Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Middle East	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Middle East	University of Michigan	Michigan	Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies
Middle East	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies^{[lower-alpha 4]}	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Middle East	Duke University	North Carolina		^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Middle East	University of Texas at Austin	Texas	Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	Arizona State University	Arizona	Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	Indiana University	Indiana	Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	Indiana University	Indiana	Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center ^{[lower-alpha 6]}
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	Stanford University	California	Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	Ohio State University	Ohio	Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	University of California, Berkeley	California	Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	University of Kansas	Kansas	Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	University of Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	University of Texas at Austin	Texas	Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Wisconsin	Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
South Asia	Columbia University	New York	South Asia Institute
South Asia	Cornell University	New York	Cornell-Syracuse South Asia Consortium^{[lower-alpha 7]}	^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[4]^[5]
South Asia	Syracuse University	New York	Cornell-Syracuse South Asia Consortium^{[lower-alpha 7]}	^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[4]^[5]
South Asia	University of California, Berkeley	California	Institute for South Asia Studies
South Asia	University of Michigan	Michigan	Center for South Asian Studies; Center for Southeast Asian Studies
South Asia	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	South Asia Center^{[lower-alpha 8]}
South Asia	University of Texas at Austin	Texas	South Asia Institute
South Asia	University of Washington	Washington	South Asia Center
South Asia	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Wisconsin	Center for South Asia
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands	Cornell University	New York	Southeast Asia Program
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands	Northern Illinois University	Illinois	Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands	University of California, Berkeley	California	UC Berkeley - UCLA Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies^{[lower-alpha 9]}	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands	University of California, Los Angeles	California		^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands	University of Hawaii	Hawaii	Center for Pacific Islands Studies ^{[lower-alpha 10]} [lower-alpha 1]
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands	University of Hawaii	Hawaii	Center for Southeast Asian Studies^{[lower-alpha 11]}
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands	University of Michigan	Michigan	Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands	University of Washington	Washington	Southeast Asia Center
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Wisconsin	Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Western Europe	University of California, Berkeley	California	Institute of European Studies
Western Europe	University of Florida	Florida	Center for European Studies
Western Europe	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	European Union Center
Western Europe	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Center for European Studies
Western Europe	University of Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	European Studies Center
Western Europe	University of Texas at Austin	Texas	Center for European Studies
Western Europe	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Wisconsin	Center for European Studies

Source: U.S. Department of Education^[6]

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Consortium listed as one collaborative NRC
↑ Composed of the Institute for the Study of the Americas at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Duke
↑ Composed of the Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program at UW–Madison and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UW–Milwaukee
↑ Composed of the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Middle East Studies Center at Duke
↑ For Russia and East Europe
↑ For the Inner Asian and Uralic Region
↑ Composed of programs within the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell and the South Asia Center at Syracuse
↑ Also the Department of South Asia Studies; the South Asia Regional Studies Graduate Group; and the Center for the Advanced Study of India
↑ Composed of the Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley and the Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UCLA
↑ For the Pacific Islands
↑ For Southeast Asia

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References

↑ "Announcement: Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference". Michigan State University . Retrieved 2024-01-04.
↑ "National Resource Centers Program for Foreign Language and Area Studies" (PDF). U.S. Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
↑ "National Resource Centers | U.S. Department of Education". www.ed.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
↑ "South Asia Consortium awarded $1.7 million grant". Syracuse University News . September 8, 2010.
↑ Miller, Jonathan (September 5, 2018). "South and Southeast Asia Programs named National Resource Centers". Cornell Chronicle .
↑ "Awards". National Resource Centers. U.S. Department of Education. 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2024-01-04.

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[consortium-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Consortium listed as one collaborative NRC

[5] Composed of the Institute for the Study of the Americas at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Duke

[6] Composed of the Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program at UW–Madison and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UW–Milwaukee

[7] Composed of the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Middle East Studies Center at Duke

[8] For Russia and East Europe

[9] For the Inner Asian and Uralic Region

[10] Composed of programs within the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell and the South Asia Center at Syracuse

[13] Also the Department of South Asia Studies; the South Asia Regional Studies Graduate Group; and the Center for the Advanced Study of India

[14] Composed of the Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley and the Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UCLA

[15] For the Pacific Islands

[16] For Southeast Asia

[1] "Announcement: Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference". Michigan State University . Retrieved 2024-01-04.

[2] "National Resource Centers Program for Foreign Language and Area Studies" (PDF). U.S. Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2024-01-04.

[3] "National Resource Centers | U.S. Department of Education". www.ed.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-01.

[11] "South Asia Consortium awarded $1.7 million grant". Syracuse University News . September 8, 2010.

[12] Miller, Jonathan (September 5, 2018). "South and Southeast Asia Programs named National Resource Centers". Cornell Chronicle .

[17] "Awards". National Resource Centers. U.S. Department of Education. 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2024-01-04.

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