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The application window for TIRF’s 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) program is now open. The Foundation’s flagship program is designed to provide awards for doctoral students nearing the completion of their studies. There are two different types of DDGs offered from TIRF and its partners this year. Once again, we

We are deeply grateful to everyone who supported TIRF during our 2025 year-end appeal. Thanks to the generosity of our global community, the campaign was a wonderful success—raising $16,000 from supporters worldwide, with an additional $11,000 contributed by TIRF Trustees through their matching gifts—totaling $27,000 to help fund TIRF’s programs

(Updated February 17, 2026: Two webinar recordings are available on TIRF’s website—the morning session and the evening session.) We’re pleased to invite you to TIRF’s 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) Fellows Mentoring Webinars—a valuable opportunity for potential applicants and their supervisors—to hear directly from TIRF DDG awardees, gain practical guidance

We are pleased to announce the approval of a new TIRF Research Topic—Artificial Intelligence (AI)—now published on the Foundation’s website. This new topic reflects the rapidly growing influence of AI across language teaching, learning, assessment, and research, and responds to increasing global interest from educators, researchers, institutions, and policymakers. AI-enabled

We are pleased to announce the release of a major new resource from TIRF — AI Ethics: Policy Guidance for Language Education. The paper, authored by TIRF Trustee Michael Carrier, is now available on our website to download for free. This comprehensive framework offers practical, accessible guidance on the ethical

This note is our final appeal as we approach the close of 2025. There is still time to make a year-end contribution to TIRF—and every donation made before December 31st will continue to be matched dollar for dollar by our Trustees, up to $11,000. Click here to donate today. Your

We are pleased to announce the opening of TIRF’s 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition. The commencement of the current DDG program offering marks the 25th consecutive year the Foundation will make awards to help support doctoral students around the world. There are two different types of DDGs offered from

TIRF is pleased to share that sponsorship of our widely used Reference Lists—already available to institutions—has now officially been expanded to welcome individual sponsors as well. This development reflects TIRF’s commitment to broadening participation and offering more ways for passionate professionals, researchers, educators, and supporters to help sustain this valuable

As we reflect on the progress of 2025 and look ahead to the year ahead, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to the many individuals and institutions that form the TIRF community. Whether you have supported our research initiatives, engaged in our professional programming, shared our messages, or simply

We are pleased to announce the 2025 TIRF-British Council Research Mentoring Award (RMA) recipients! Now in its third year, the RMA program is 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

Dear TIRF Board Members and Supporters, In this month’s Chair’s Report, I would like to reflect on the life and legacy of an extraordinary scientist whom I had the privilege of meeting during my time at Stony Brook University, where I served as Vice President and Vice Provost for Global

Editor’s note: In this piece, we share information from ETS, regarding a current grant opportunity for doctoral research in language assessment. ETS is delighted to announce the call for applications for the 2026 TOEFL® Grant for Doctoral Research in Language Assessment. The grant is designed to support Ph.D. candidates whose dissertation