<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">"Damerow, Ryan" <<a href="mailto:rdamerow@middlebury.edu" target="_blank">rdamerow@middlebury.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>TIRF's 2021 DDG Competition - Final Notice</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">April 27, 2021 at 2:39:45 PM EDT<br></span></div><br><div><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues – Apologies for cross-postings. Please share this information as widely as possible.<span> </span></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important"></span><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">TIRF is pleased to announce its 2021 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition. Grants of up to US $5,000 will be made to successful applicants investigating a range of topics in English language education. The application deadline is Wednesday, May 26, 2021.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></div><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">There are two types of grants offered through TIRF’s DDG program. Information about the two types of grants, as well as eligibility concerns, resource videos, answers to frequently asked questions, and much more can be found at:<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/grants-prizes/doctoral-dissertation-grants/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.tirfonline.org/grants-prizes/doctoral-dissertation-grants/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></div><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">TIRF and its Trustees are grateful to be working in partnership with Cambridge Assessment English and the British Council, as well as individual donors, in support of the 2021 DDG competition.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></div><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-fa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