The 2024 TIRF-British Council Research Mentoring Awards (RMAs) proposal deadline closed on Sunday, June 30th. Here is a quick glance at some of the key application data we collected from the second year of the program.
- Total Number of Proposals Received: 16
- Number of Different Countries the 2024 RMA Applicants Come From: 9 (Algeria, Chile, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Morocco, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo, and Vietnam)
- 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: 0
- Digital Technology in Language Education: 5
- English as a Medium of Instruction: 1
- Language Assessment: 1
- Language Planning and Policy: 1
- Language Teacher Education: 5
- Migrants and Refugees: 0
- Plurilingualism in Business, Industry, the Professions, and Educational Contexts: 0
- Research and Revitalization of Endangered Indigenous Languages: 1
- Students’ Age and Effective English Language Education: 1
- Teaching English to Young Learners: 1
The RMAs, first offered last year, are 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 mutual interest to TIRF and the British Council. The RMAs are targeted at individuals from approximately 60 countries in the world, in four particular regions: Africa, Latin America, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Applicants have just been notified of the program results. 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 social media channels at that time.
