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<p style="font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-size:14px;line-height:125%;text-align:left"> We are pleased to announce the continuation of the TIRF-British Council Research Mentoring Awards (RMAs) program. The RMAs, first offered last year, are designed to support new researchers and improve the quality of research undertaken by students in doctoral programs within the field of English language education on issues of mutual interest to TIRF and the British Council.<br>
The RMAs are offered to doctoral students in more than 60 countries from four different geographic regions around the world: Africa, Latin America, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Continue reading to learn more about the goals of the program, eligibility criteria, the award timeline, and more.</p>
<p style="font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-size:14px;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><b>Goals:</b> The main goals of the Research Mentoring Awards are (1) to elevate the research capabilities of the mentees, thereby increasing the mentees’ ability to improve their skills as researchers, and (2) to support doctoral research supervisors in guiding their students’ research design and development.</p>
<p style="font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-size:14px;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><b>Eligibility</b>: Promising doctoral students who will have opportunities to influence pedagogy and research in the future in their home countries are encouraged to apply. Early-career doctoral students are welcome to apply, as are those who have applied for TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs) in the past but have not been selected as DDG grant recipients. We welcome applications from ... [<a href="https://tirfonline.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf79d0e7850633394ec4b1855&id=0ba04d4541&e=6e48465f68" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">continue reading</a>]</p>
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