<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">*Apologies for cross-posting*</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> Dear Colleague,</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> The deadline is rapidly approaching for TIRF’s 2019 Alatis Prize competition. The nomination deadline is August 31<sup class="">st</sup>. Please could you help TIRF by sharing this note and/or the attached call for nominations below broadly across your network?</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> The Foundation established the TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts to honor the contributions of our outstanding educator and association founder and leader to the field. With this message, we are inviting nominations for the 2019 TIRF Alatis Prize competition.</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> For this year’s prize, we invite nominations of outstanding articles or chapters that were published during calendar years of 2017 or 2018. TIRF will only consider publications nominated by someone other than the author(s) of the published work. Individuals may only nominate one article/chapter per competition year. An author may have only one article/chapter under review per competition year. TIRF Trustees are ineligible to be nominated for the Alatis Prize.</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> A prize of $500 will be awarded for an article or chapter published in English and dealing with some aspect of language policy or planning in educational contexts. Submissions may be articles published in scholarly peer-reviewed journals or peer-reviewed chapters in edited books.</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> As noted above, nominations are due by August 31, 2018. For more information about TIRF’s Alatis Prize, further details pertaining to important dates, and to learn about the nomination procedures, please visit <a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/grants-prizes/alatis-prize/" class="">https://www.tirfonline.org/grants-prizes/alatis-prize/</a>. </div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> Please help us by sharing this news via your organizational mailing list(s) and/or with anyone who may have interest in nominating a paper for the TIRF Alatis Prize. Many thanks for your support!</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> Kind regards,</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> Ryan Damerow</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Chief Operating Officer</div><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="http://www.tirfonline.org/" class="">The International Research Foundation</a> <a href="http://www.tirfonline.org/" class="">for English Language Education (TIRF)</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><div class="">
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