Excellence in Language Program Direction Award AAUSC is pleased to solicit applications for the Excellence in Language Program Direction Award to recognize outstanding examples of curricular and pedagogical innovation in the field of foreign/second languages education within institutions of higher education. In addition to receiving monetary award, the winner will be recognized during AAUSC’s annual business meeting* and given the opportunity to share their project with colleagues. All AAUSC members (tenure-track faculty, non-tenure track faculty, adjunct faculty and graduate students not currently serving on the Executive Board or as SLRP editors) currently employed in an institution of higher education are eligible to apply. Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria: Relevance: How relevant is the project to language program direction and L2 education? Innovation: Does the project leverage innovative theories, technologies and/or practices?  Replicability: Can the project be replicated by other language programs in the US? Impact:  How many students are potentially impacted? How profound is the impact? Applicants must submit a Word file document (approximately 750 words) that contains their name, affiliation, and description of their programmatic innovation by September 1, 2022 to arossomo@ku.edu. Applications will be evaluated in a blind, peer-review process.  Winners will be contacted by September 14th in advance of the annual business meeting that will take place via ZOOM on *Friday, October 7 from 4:30-6pm (Central Standard Time) during the SOLPHE 2022 conference.