The 2024 TIRF Kathleen M. Bailey Teacher-Research Award (hereafter, the “TIRF Bailey Award”) proposal deadline passed earlier this month, on Thursday, June 20th. Here is a quick glance at some of the key application data we collected from the inaugural offering of the program.
- Total Number of Proposals Received: 55
- Number of Different Countries the 2024 DDG Applicants Come From: 37
- Breakdown by Research Topic (The sum of the figures in this list exceeds the total number of proposals received because some proposals concern more than one TIRF research area.):
- Content-based Instruction: 3
- Digital Technology in Language Education: 16
- English as a Medium of Instruction: 9
- Language Assessment: 8
- Language Planning and Policy: 5
- Language Teacher Education: 13
- Migrants and Refugees: 6
- Plurilingualism in Business, Industry, the Professions, and Educational Contexts: 6
- Research and Revitalization of Endangered Indigenous Languages: 2
- Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education: 2
- Teaching English to Young Learners: 3
The TIRF Bailey Award is meant to recognize Dr. Bailey’s research, her lifelong commitment to teaching, and her desire to support and encourage research carried out by practicing English language teachers, as well as to honor her service to TIRF. The award is designed to encourage, support, and recognize research conducted by teachers. It also serves as a vehicle for the creation of new knowledge about language teaching and learning as well as the development of research skills for both new and experienced teachers. Recipients of the TIRF Bailey Award will receive $1,000 and will have an opportunity to receive mentoring services from the Foundation.
Applicants will be notified in October concerning the results of the proposal review process. News of this year’s awardees will be announced via TIRF Today (click here to sign up to receive our newsletter), our website, and on our Facebook page at that time.
Good luck to all the applicants!
