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Opportunity

Educational Testing Service (ETS) / TOEFL – Grants for Graduate Students

Deadline: 10/15/2018

ETS and the TOEFL® Board sponsor 14 TOEFL grants and awards each year for work in:

  • Foreign or second language research, teaching or assessment
  • International higher education

Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment
Grants are for promising doctoral students working in the area of foreign- or second-language assessment that will help them finish their dissertations in a timely manner. Deadlines: October 15, 2018 & February 15, 2018.

TOEFL® Young Students Series Research Program: Research Grants for Graduate Students
Grants support foundational research that promotes high-quality language assessment related to young English learners between the ages of 8 and 15. Deadline: Letter of Intent due April 20, 2018; full proposal by invitation only due July 13, 2018.

Duration

1 year

Funding

Up to $2,000

Eligibility

Small Grants Applicant must:

  • Be registered in a doctoral program leading to a degree with a specialization in second or foreign language assessment.
  • Have completed all course and examination requirements for the degree.
  • Have a dissertation proposal that has been approved by an appropriate committee at the candidate’s university.

TOEFL Applicants:

  • Must be enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program in language testing, language education, applied linguistics or related fields.
  • May be of any nationality and enrolled in any institution worldwide.
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    Small Grants:

    Terry Axe
    Educational Testing Service
    TOEFL Grants and Awards Program
    E-mail: [email protected]

    TOEFL:

    Educational Testing Service
    Young Students Research Program
    E-mail: [email protected]