The Programma Ponte, now in its sixteenth year, is a collaborative initiative, sponsored by the Association of Italian American Educators (AIAE), the Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro (FNCL), and the Istituto Superiore per la Comunicazione e l'Opinione Pubblica (ISCOP), associated with the Department of Social Sciences of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy. It is a four-week summer program of study in Rome and the scholarship covers room and board expenses.