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 global resource.

In connection to this transition, we are grateful to the sponsors who have recently supported or renewed their support of our Reference Lists. Individual sponsorship has been provided by Dr. Christine Coombe and Dr. Kathleen M. Bailey, and organizational sponsorship has been provided by Ellii, Korea TESOL, National Geographic Learning, TESOL International Association, SUSTech, and World Learning. We are extremely grateful for these wonderful sponsors that help to maintain the TIRF Reference Lists resource. Their generosity directly helps keep these scholarly tools freely accessible to the international language education community.

Each sponsorship—whether from an academic institution, a professional organization, or an individual—contributes to the ongoing maintenance and development of more than 260 curated bibliographies covering central topics in English language teaching and learning. Our Reference Lists continue to be among the most frequently accessed pages on the TIRF website, serving thousands of users each year.

What Sponsorship Provides

For an annual commitment of US $100, sponsors receive recognition:

• on the Reference Lists landing page;
• on the selected list’s individual page;
• directly within the Reference List document itself; and
• with the option to link their name or logo to a personal bio, webpage, or LinkedIn profile.

Sponsors are also welcome to propose updates or recommend new resources to the list they support.

Join Our Sponsorship Community

If you would like to become a sponsor—or explore sponsorship for a particular list—please reach out to us at [email protected]. We would be happy to help you identify available lists or discuss new topic areas, or you may click here to see which lists are awaiting sponsorship.

Through the partnership of sponsors like you, TIRF remains able to champion research, foster global collaboration, and make trusted academic tools freely available to learners, educators, and scholars worldwide.