Application for grants in support of Italian language and culture courses - Academic year 2026/2027

consolato NYC

Riceviamo e pubblichiamo dalla Direzione Scolastica del Consolato Generale di New York

Dear Principal,

Dear Teachers,

I am pleased to inform you that, as usual, also for the academic year 2026/2027, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will assign grants to private or public schools who offer integrated or extracurricular courses of Italian language and culture. Grants can be applied also for teaching materials.

These grants that are usually given through the Managing bodies (Enti gestori) recognized by the Consulate General and enrolled in the register you can find at the following web page: Managing bodies/promoters – Consolato Generale d'Italia a New York.

At present there are five Managing bodies, working in the Tristate Area, you can get in touch with:

  1. IACE (Italian American Committee on Education) - info@iacelanguage.org
  2. In Italiano – Bilinguismo a New York - Bilinguismoany@gmail.com
  3. WorldLangAmerica - info@worldlangamerica.org
  4. GEF (Global Edulanguage Foundation) - globaledulanguage@gmail.com
  5. FIEIT (The Foundation for Innovation and Excellence in Italian Teaching) - carmela.scala@rutgers.edu

If you are interested in, you must submit a request for funding to one of these Managing bodies, following their instructions.

The deadline is  October 10th 2025.

Please, feel free to forward this message to all the schools you think might be interested in starting or continuing Italian languge and culture activities.

The Education Office of the Consulate General of Italy in New York is at your disposal for any request in this regard.

Sincerely,

Daniele Castellani

 

 

 

Daniele Castellani

Dirigente Ufficio Scuola

 

Consolato Generale d’Italia a New York

690, Park Avenue, New York (NY) 10065

Diplomazia culturale – Consolato Generale d'Italia a New York