CFA: 2024-25 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program

The FLTA host application for academic year 2024-2025 is now open. The application deadline is February 20, 2024.

On behalf of the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), the Institute of International Education (IIE) is pleased to announce the host institution application is open for the 2024-25 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program. We invite your college or university to consider becoming a new host institution, continuing your partnership with us, or expanding your participation by hosting FLTAs in additional languages.

The Application:

  • The direct link for colleges and universities to apply for an FLTA is: https://apply.iie.org/fltahost2024  
  • If you receive an error that “no application types are currently available”, please try to directly copy and paste the URL of the application into your web browser to see if that addresses the issue. 
  • If you submitted an application last year, you will be able to use your previous Slate log-in credentials to log-in and start a new application. Otherwise, you will need to create an account.
  • If you are applying to host for the FLTA Program for the first time, but have submitted a Slate application to IIE in the past, please use your previous log-in credentials when accessing the FLTA Host Application.
  • Information on the application fields that every host institution should consider before applying is available here.

The application deadline is February 20, 2024. If you are unable to submit an application by this date, please contact dcook@iie.org and ahatcher@iie.org. Depending upon the language of interest, a deadline extension may be possible.

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Benefits of Hosting an FLTA:
By hosting an FLTA, you will further the goal of increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. At the same time, an FLTA can enhance and complement your teaching of foreign languages in many ways. FLTAs add an energetic, up-to-date cultural component to foreign language classes as well as to student life on your campus in general. The availability of having an FLTA to host language tables, lead conversation sessions, and be involved in other co-curricular events offers U.S. students the possibility of working with a native speaker in a multitude of settings. This interaction with a representative of the language and the culture can make the studying and learning of the language much more meaningful and real.

Post-secondary accredited institutions wishing to host a Fulbright FLTA are free to tailor the program to meet their unique needs. FLTAs often teach beginning and intermediate classes or offer tutorial sessions to improve students’ language acquisition. On many campuses they serve as directors of language houses or language floors, offering students unique access to the target languages.

Please forward this message to your colleagues in other language departments who may wish to apply to host a Fulbright FLTA. We look forward to receiving your application and to partnering with you.

The Fulbright FLTA Program is only available to colleges and universities. 

Please email dcook@iie.org and ahatcher@iie.org with any questions or concerns about the Fulbright FLTA Program.