Grant funding to develop undergraduate modern foreign language (MFL) degree courses with opt-in initial teacher training (ITT). Please note this is for a grant and not a contract.

Seed-funding is being offered by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) to successful bidders to support the rapid development of undergraduate MFL with ‘opt-in’ ITT degree courses to increase the number of MFL teachers entering the profession in England.

Length of grant agreement: As a seed-funded grant to support the development of ‘opt-in’ degree courses commencing in 2017/18, a one-off payment will be made by BACS transfer to successful grant recipients upon receipt of the signed grant agreement. Payment is expected to be made in August 2016.

Additional information: ITT providers and universities can bid up to £10,000 for each language course they want to develop.