The STARTALK.info website is no longer being updated and the program director portal has been decommissioned.
For information about STARTALK, email
STARTALKgrants@nsa.gov.
For program directors with open/active STARTALK grants, direct all communications, to include submission of required documentation, to the STARTALK Program Management Office at
STARTALKgrants@nsa.gov.
STARTALK Mission:
STARTALK is a federal grant program managed and funded by the National Security Agency. STARTALK grants fund innovative programs with strong language learning outcomes for K-16 students in support of the STARTALK goals. STARTALK grants currently support programs offered in the following critical need languages: Chinese and Russian.
STARTALK Goals:
- Increase the number of students enrolled in the study of critical languages
- Increase the number of highly effective critical language teachers in the U.S.
- Increase the number of highly effective materials and curricula available to teachers and students of critical need languages
- Enhance workforce development in the federal government to meet national security needs through the study of critical languages
