Grants & Awards
A primary function of the Federation is to provide support and services for its membership. To this end, the Federation, thanks to the generosity of its benefactors and sponsors, makes several annual grants and awards.
— School Development grants to help member AFs develop instructional programs and improve their classroom facilities- $30,000 per year. Application Deadline: November 15, each year.
— Cultural Development Grants to help member AF's increase their cultural program activity - $15,000 per year, awarded twice yearly
Application Deadlines: June 1 or December 1 each year
— The Prize Book Fund allows member AFs to purchase prizes for the winners of local French contests and/or the local winners in the AF Concours National de Français which is open to high school and college students as well as to students enrolled in AF classes - $4.000 per year
Application Deadline: February 1 each year
— A. Reynolds and Eleanor Morse Fund to provide small visibility grants for AF chapters for use in projects to promote the awareness and image of the Alliance Française and the Federation.
Application Deadline: February 1 each year
— The Paul B. and Odile Wurzburger Special Achievement Award to acknowledge, recognize and broadcast a significant achievement by an individual Member Chapter in a distinguished cultural or teaching program - $5,000 per year
Application Deadline: September 1 each year
— The Prix Charbonnier Award honors recognized national or international figures for their support of the Federation and their contributions in promoting French language and culture.
Limitations on Grants
Please note that each chapter is eligible to receive one award each calendar year and cannot receive the same award two years in succession. Should a chapter receive any award two years in succession, it must wait one year before applying again.
These limitations do not apply to the Prize Book Fund or to the Visibility Grant. Receipt of the Prize Book Grant and/or the Visibility Grant in any year does not preclude a chapter from applying for and being awarded any other grant provided by the Federation.