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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_Hlk162965422"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Colleagues – Apologies for cross-posting. Please share this information as widely as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is pleased to share information about two different award programs currently available to individuals worldwide: (1) TIRF D<a name="_Hlk100061968">octoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) and (2) TIRF Kathleen M. Bailey Teacher-Research Award (i.e., TIRF Bailey Award). <o:p></o:p></a></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>TIRF DDG Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Grants up to US $5,000 <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Applications invited from current doctoral candidates advanced to candidacy in language education-related fields<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Application deadline is Wednesday, May 14, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Learn more: </span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'></span></span><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/doctoral-dissertation-grants/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://www.tirfonline.org/doctoral-dissertation-grants/</span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'></span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>TIRF Bailey Award <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk100061968'></span><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>US $1,000 per award<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Applications invited from practicing teachers worldwide of English as a second/foreign/additional language, including from dual-language immersion teachers in two-way programs with English learners<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Application deadline is Monday, June 9, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Learn more: </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'></span><a href="https://www.tirfonline.org/bailey-award/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://www.tirfonline.org/bailey-award/</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>TIRF and its Trustees are grateful to be working in partnership with the British Council, Cambridge (part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment), Duolingo, and the TOEFL® program at ETS, as well as individual donors, in support of the 2025 DDG competition. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Please write to </span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/TIRF/TIRF_DDG/Annual%20Competitions/2019%20Competition/Dissemination/info@tirfonline.org"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>info@tirfonline.org</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> if you have any questions about this announcement, or visit the links above. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk162965422'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kind regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ryan Damerow <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Chief Operating Officer, TIRF<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>PS: If you wish to unsubscribe from future TIRF DDG/Bailey Award dissemination messages, please reply “Unsubscribe.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>