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The 2023 East Coast Organization of Language Testers (ECOLT) conference will be held on Friday, October 27, 2023. For the first time since 2019, the conference will be held in-person at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. ECOLT is hosted jointly by the Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center (AELRC) at

Dear TIRF Colleagues and Friends: I was gratified to see so many TIRF Trustees during our Board meeting in Portland last week during the TESOL Convention. Our first post-pandemic face-to-face Board meeting was extremely energized and productive. As the result of our engaging discussion, we came away with four meaningful

Just last week, TIRF Trustees and staff gathered in Portland, Oregon, USA for its spring 2023 Board meeting and presentations, as part of the TESOL 2023 International Convention & English Language Expo. In this piece, we update our supporters on our various activities. TIRF Board Meeting On Tuesday, March 21st,

Editor’s note: The following content is shared with our supporters by TIRF’s partner, the British Council. We are pleased to announce that this year’s call for the British Council and MetaMetrics Research into Reading Grants is now open. The Grants are intended to provide a body of evidence which can

The application window for TIRF’s 2023 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition is now open. The Foundation’s flagship program is designed to provide awards for doctoral students nearing the completion of their studies. Along with our long-standing partners – Cambridge (part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment) and the British Council

Russell N. Campbell, a founding Trustee of TIRF and a tireless advocate for language education worldwide, passed away on March 30, 2003. Now, on the twentieth anniversary of his death, the TIRF Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the launch of an endowment in his honor that will support

Dear TIRF Colleagues and Friends: There’s a time in your life when you are a child and a holiday is approaching and you are filled with excitement and anticipation. Such a time has arrived for me in my adult life. Next month, the anticipation of waiting for many conferences in

The application window for TIRF’s 2023 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition is now open. The Foundation’s flagship program is designed to provide awards for doctoral students nearing the completion of their studies. Along with our long-standing partners – Cambridge English (part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment) and the British

Throughout the month of February, TIRF is spreading the love for researchers around the world! Show your appreciation for a mentor, scholar, colleague, or even an organization by submitting a text- or video-based tribute that shares how that person’s (or organization’s) research affected your life. If you would like to

Editor’s note: In this piece, we share information from colleagues at Educational Testing Service (ETS), long-time TIRF partner, regarding their research grants currently available to members in our community. ETS is pleased to announce the TOEFL® Committee of Examiners (COE) 2024 Research Grant Programs. Full details about the three grant

TIRF is preparing for its activities next month in Portland, Oregon, USA during the TESOL 2023 International Convention & English Language Expo. In this piece, we share information about the various events we will be participating in and share how our supporters and partners can engage with us. For the

Dear TIRF Friends, Happy Chinese Lunar New Year!  For the first time in over the last three decades, I spent the Spring Festival in Macau. It was memorable. Traditionally, families gather during the Chinese New Year. In modern China, migrant workers travel home to have reunion dinners with their families

We are thrilled to report that, due to the outstanding response from supporters like you, TIRF more than met its 2022 year-end fundraising goal! Beginning mid-November 2022, when our appeal was first announced, through December 31, 2022, gifts from the public totaled $18,049.96. This level of giving allowed us to

The application window for TIRF’s 2023 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition is now open. The Foundation’s flagship program is designed to provide awards for doctoral students nearing the completion of their studies. Along with our long-standing partners – Cambridge English (part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment) and the British