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Grant Opportunities

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Grant Opportunities

Grant Opportunities

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program

Eligibility: The individual to receive the fellowship should be: a citizen, national or permanent resident of the United States; doctoral candidate in modern foreign languages and area studies in an eligible institution of higher education; is planning a teaching career in the United States upon completion of his or her doctoral program; and possesses sufficient foreign language skills to carry out the dissertation research project.

Amount: $15,000-$60,000


 

The Ruth Crymes TESOL Fellowship for Graduate Study

Eligibility: TESOL member, graduate students currently enrolled in a TESOL/TEFL graduate program.

Amount: $1500 

International Dissertation Research Fellowship Competition 

Eligibility: Graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the US and conducting dissertation research about US Indigenous or non-US cultures and societies. 

Amount: Average $23,000

ETS Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment

Eligibility: PhD students with an approved dissertation proposal specializing in second or foreign language assessment.

Amount: Up to $2,000

AAUW- International Fellowship

Eligibility:  Female international students pursuing MA and PhD studies in the US, with the intent to return to their home country upon completion.

Amount: $18,000- $30,000

AAUW-Dissertation Fellowship

Eligibility: Female U.S. citizens and permanent residents in the final year of writing their dissertation.

Amount: $20,000

Mellon/ ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Eligibility: Doctoral students in a humanities and interpretive social sciences program in a US university, who are in the ABD stage of their studies.

Amount: $35000 Stipend, plus up to $3000 research funds, and up to $5000 university fees

IELTS Master’s Award

Eligibility: Master’s students

Amount: £1,000

IELTS Research Program

Eligibility: Faculty

Amount: £45,000/AUD $80,000

TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grants competition

Eligibility: Doctoral candidate

Amount: Up to $5,000 per awardee

Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Advancing Cognitive and Physical Capabilities (FW-HTF)

Eligibility: Faculty

Amount: 
  • Small projects: $750,000-1,500,000 for a period of 3 to 5 years; and
  • Large projects: $1,500,001-3,000,000 for a period of 3 to 5 years.

Research Coordination Networks (RCN)

Eligibility: Faculty

Amount: $7,500,000 to $12,500,000

Typical and Atypical Patterns of Language & Literacy in Dual Language Learners (R21)

Eligibility: Faculty

Amount: Two-year period not exceed $275,000

Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs

Eligibility: Faculty

Amount: $100,000-760,000, Up to 5 years

International Research and Studies (IRS) program

Eligibility: Faculty

Amount: Maximum $101,761/year

Summer Seminars and Institute

Eligibility: Faculty

Amount: $50,000- $225,000

Social Initiatives Foundation

Eligibility: Faculty

Amount: $10,000-20,000

https://www.sifoundation.org/guidelines/

Cognitive Neuroscience- National Science Foundation

Eligibility: Unrestricted

Amount: $8,000,000

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html, Funding Opportunity Number PD-15-1699

Linguistic Program-Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards

Eligibility: Faculty

Amount: $400,000

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=linguistics, Funding opportunity number: 14-551

TIRF Doctoral dissertation Grants

Eligibility: PhD Students in ABD status

Amount: $5000

http://www.tirfonline.org/research-grants/doctoral-dissertation-grants/

NSF Doctoral dissertation Grants

Eligibility: PhD Students in linguistics or interdisciplinary in ABD status

Amount: $10,000-20,000

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505033

TOEFL committee of examiners research program

Eligibility: Faculty and graduate students

Amount: $100,000

https://www.ets.org/toefl/grants/coe-research-program.html

Jacqueline Ross TOEFL Dissertation Award

Eligibility: PhD Students in ABD status

Amount: $2500

https://www.ets.org/toefl/grants/jacqueline-ross-dissertation-award.html

National Professional Development Program

Eligibility: Faculty in ESL

Amount: $20 million

Grants.gov, opportunity NO: ED-GRANTS-022117-001

US Embassy Tokyo Small grant

Eligibility: Faculty focusing on English teaching

Amount: $100,000

grants.gov opportunity # PAS-TOKYO-FY2017-0001

Spencer Small research grant

Eligibility: Faculty focusing on improvement of education

Amount: $50,000

http://www.spencer.org/small-research-grants

Spencer Conference grants for advancing education research

Eligibility: Faculty focusing on measuring educational quality and improvement

Amount: $50,000

http://www.spencer.org/conference-grants-advancing-education-research

Spencer Midcareer Grant

Eligibility: Faculty in Education, having 7-20 years post doctorate

Amount: $150,000

https://www.spencer.org/grant-archive/critical-diversity-framework-intersection-higher-education-and-race-studies-overdue-response

Spencer Research-Practice Partnership program

Eligibility: PI and Co-PIs with earned doctorate, focusing on strengthening existing research-practice partnerships

Amount: $400,000

http://www.spencer.org/research-practice-partnership-program

Spencer Lyle Spencer research award

Eligibility: PI and Co-PIs with earned doctorate, focusing on advancing understanding of education practice and its improvement

Amount: $100,000- $1,000,000

https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/lyle-spencer-research-awards

The Center for Ethics & Education Research grant

Eligibility: PI and Co-PIs with earned doctorate, focusing on educational policy and practice

Amount: $40,000

https://ethicsandeducation.wceruw.org/funded-grants/

IELTS joint-funded research programme

Eligibility: Researchers and institutions, IELTS related research projects

Amount: £45,000/AU$70,000

https://www.ielts.org/en-us/for-researchers/research-proposals

John W. Kluge Center Kluge fellowships

Eligibility: With earned doctorate, Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural or multilingual

Amount: $4,200 per month

https://www.loc.gov/programs/john-w-kluge-center/about-this-program