ELATE Research Initiative Grant

ELATE Research Initiative Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: English Language Arts Teacher Educators
Amount: Up to US $2,500
Last Updated: June 27, 2025

Summary

The ELATE Research Initiative invites proposals for research projects that enhance English education through innovative methodologies. Open to all educators and researchers, the initiative seeks to address critical questions about effective teacher education and the evolving landscape of literacy. By fostering collaboration across educational levels and spaces, ELATE aims to engage diverse audiences in discussions about research-supported pedagogies and social justice in education. Grants will support projects that directly impact policy and practice in English language arts.

Overview

English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) is pleased to announce the eighth year of the ELATE Research Initiative Grants. We invite proposals for research projects that advance the work of the organization as articulated through our various position statements and sponsored publications. We hope that the research supported by this initiative contributes to and extends ELATE’s efforts to communicate what we know and believe about English education with many different audiences: state and federal policymakers, accreditation agencies, school/department administrators, researchers, teacher educators, practicing teachers, and other education leaders. We welcome proposals from applicants representing all levels of instruction (from K–12 to university) and all types of educational spaces (from teacher education classrooms to community programs), including doctoral students, early career faculty members, and K–12 based teacher-researchers. Particular questions of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: What does effective English language arts and literacy teacher education look like in the current educational climate?What are the relationships between research-supported English language arts and literacy education pedagogies and effective secondary teaching?How is the field of English language arts and literacy changing to respond to new/evolving content and issues?How can English language arts and literacy teacher education address and support specific issues of social justice in community, global and digital spaces? We invite proposals employing a variety of methods, including qualitative or mixed-methods research designs, case studies, interview or survey-based projects, and teacher-research projects. Proposals should state research questions, describe methods of gathering and analyzing data, and explain how the evidence and its analysis will address both the research questions and current educational policy issues of interest to ELATE members.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. The principal investigator(s) of each proposal must be a ELATE member.