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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
and prestigious funding opportunities for newly emerging scholars. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">*************** <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tirfonline.org/doctoral-dissertation-grants/__;!!IBzWLUs!QgttIWPT8003WU1OgELbMBtYgy91BTuWouxnhu-CMqREYIJEVP3Owqn3yCe9lz2ZScC-gl3l2F4mqsA$"><b>TIRF
DDG Program</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Grants up to US $5,000
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Applications invited from current doctoral candidates advanced to candidacy in language education-related fields<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Application deadline is
<span style="color:black;background:yellow">Wednesday, May 15, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Learn more:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.tirfonline.org/doctoral-dissertation-grants/__;!!IBzWLUs!QgttIWPT8003WU1OgELbMBtYgy91BTuWouxnhu-CMqREYIJEVP3Owqn3yCe9lz2ZScC-gl3lT-uFWJY$">
https://www.tirfonline.org/doctoral-dissertation-grants/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.tirfonline.org/bailey-award/__;!!IBzWLUs!QgttIWPT8003WU1OgELbMBtYgy91BTuWouxnhu-CMqREYIJEVP3Owqn3yCe9lz2ZScC-gl3lgtB-n7U$"><b>TIRF
Bailey Award</b></a><b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">US $1,000 per award<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Applications invited from practicing teachers worldwide of English as a second/foreign/additional language, including
from dual-language immersion teachers in two-way programs with English learners<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Application deadline is Thursday, June 20, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Learn more:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.tirfonline.org/bailey-award/__;!!IBzWLUs!QgttIWPT8003WU1OgELbMBtYgy91BTuWouxnhu-CMqREYIJEVP3Owqn3yCe9lz2ZScC-gl3lgtB-n7U$">
https://www.tirfonline.org/bailey-award/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Please write to
<a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/TIRF/TIRF_DDG/Annual%20Competitions/2019%20Competition/Dissemination/info@tirfonline.org">
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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Best wishes, Kathi B.
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