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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">See below for these funding opportunities from the International Research Foundation for English Language Education, especially the Doctoral Dissertation Grants, which are generous
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">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) competition and (2) TIRF Kathleen M. Bailey Teacher-Research Award (i.e., TIRF Bailey Award).
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<span style="color:black;background:yellow">Wednesday, May 15, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Learn more:
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https://www.tirfonline.org/doctoral-dissertation-grants/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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 from dual-language immersion teachers in two-way programs with English learners<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Application deadline is Thursday, June 20, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Learn more:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">TIRF and its Trustees are grateful to be working in partnership with Cambridge (part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment) and the British Council, as well as individual
 donors, in support of the 2024 DDG competition. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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info@tirfonline.org</a> if you have any questions about this announcement, or visit the links above. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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