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2021 Funded Program Offerings
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2 0 2 1 A AT G F u n d e d P r o g r a m s
Program Focus Description Eligibility Timeline
AATG Endowed Professional Development Fund
AATG National German Exam (NGE) Award
AATG Spanier-Ladwig Scholarship
AATG Tussing-Mahlkau Scholarship
AVANT (STAMP and ADVANCE) Offerings
Building Professional Connections for Future German Teachers (ACTFL Travel Grant)
Creating a Safe Space 2: Materials Development Focused on People of Color and LGBTQ Communities
Professional development
Student program
Recognizes and awards high scoring NGE participants with summer study programs. In 2021, these programs will occur in conjunction with Concordia Language Villages.
Student program Supports an annual scholarship to be used for advanced German studies and to be awarded to a member of the graduating class at Claremont High School in Claremont, California.
Professional development Supports registration and other costs for attending an AP German Language and Culture Summer Institute.
Testing tools AATG members and their students have access to Avant's STAMP™ (STAndards-based Measurement of Proficiency) assessments in any language through discounted pricing. Teachers also benefit from discounted pricing on Avant's ADVANCE proficiency standards online training tool. All AATG members N/A
Professional development
Supports German teachers attending a professional development program in the German-speaking world.
This program is funded by donations to AATG.
This program is funded in part by partner donations, in conjunction with our partners at Concordia Language Schools.
This program is funded by donations to AATG.
This program is funded by donations to AATG.
This program has been reconfigured in light of ACTFL’s decision to host a virtual-only 2021 conference.
AATG is providing support for flight, hotel, and registration costs for an in-person conference or convention. This grant is meant to support members who might lack robust institutional support.
This program is funded in part by the German Government’s Netzwerk Deutsch Program. All AATG members
Students scoring in the 90th percentile or higher on the NGE
Students from Claremont High School in Claremont, California
High school teachers who teach/plan to teach an AP German class
Early career (5 years or fewer), contingent faculty, BIPOC members Coming soon
April-May results from National German Exam
N/A
Deadline has passed; check back in 2022!
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Professional development AATG supports up to 10 members in the creation of materials focused on People of Color and LGBTQ communities in the German-speaking world.
This program is funded in part by the German Government’s Netzwerk Deutsch Program. All AATG members Deadline has passed; check back in 2022!
AATG is committed to increasing access to programs and has redesigned the application process for almost all of our programs. The process is transparent, accessible, and free of unnecessary administrative hurdles. We're working hard to make funding available to students, teachers, and programs to support German in the US. Not a member? Join today!
Program Focus Description Eligibility Timeline
Deutsch macht Spaß
Program building, student program AATG provides up to $500 to support projects designed to grow and support German programs.
This program is funded in part by the German Government’s Netzwerk Deutsch Program. All AATG members Rolling applications
FLACH Mini Grants Program building
Focus on Fortbildung (Professional Development Consultants)
Professional development AATG supports members who present at regional and national conferences by paying speaker fees and supporting limited travel.
Grassroots Chapter Projects Supporting DaF Instruction
Program building, student program AATG provides chapters up to $1000 to support a larger project.
Internationaler Lehrerfortbildungskurs -Heidelberg University Scholarship
Professional development
Mit Deutsch in die Zukunft
Professional development, student program Methodology training with the Herder Institute in Leipzig for future and early career German teachers.
NextGen Underrepresented German Leader Cohort Training
Professional development, advocacy Leadership and advocacy training for German teachers from underrepresented groups. This grant is meant to support members who might lack robust institutional support.
SPARK for German
Professional development, program building, student program Professional development for future German instructors; also gives young students the opportunity to start learning German at an early age in after-school programs.
Teach German Day
Program building, student program
AATG supplies a kit of fun giveaways to support teacher programs. Members pay only for shipping of the box, delivered in early fall.
The FLACH SIG supports grants of up to $250 to support creative and innovative learning projects focused on the language and culture of Liechtenstein, Austria, or Switzerland.
This program is funded by donations to AATG.
This program is funded in part by the German Government’s Netzwerk Deutsch Program.
This program is funded in part by the German Government’s Netzwerk Deutsch Program. Supports program costs for non-native German speakers to participate in the 4-week online Fortbildungskurs II of the Internationaler Ferienkurs at Universität Heidelberg.
This program is funded by the Germanistic Society of America.
This program is funded in part by the European Recovery Program.
This program is funded in part by the German Government’s Netzwerk Deutsch Program.
This program is funded in part by the German Government’s Netzwerk Deutsch Program, in conjunction with our partner, The Goethe Institut.
This program is funded in part by the German Government’s Netzwerk Deutsch Program.
All AATG members Rolling applications
Qualifying AATG members with field-specific expertise Rolling applications
Chapter-level Chapter applications due September 1, 2021 for 2022 projects
All non-native speaker AATG members Deadline has passed; check back in 2022!
Undergraduate (6+ semesters), graduate students, early career (3 years or fewer) Deadline has passed; check back in 2022!
Early career (5 years or fewer), contingent faculty, BIPOC members
Deadline has passed; check back in 2022!
All AATG members Rolling applications
All AATG members Rolling applications