ELATE Graduate Student Research Award
Forecasted
ELATE Graduate Student Research Award supports graduate students’ research on important issues in English education to advance ELATE’s work and extend its examination of the field.
Funder: National Council of Teachers of English
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Proposal deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $2,500 for research, plus $500 for NCTE Convention travel
Summary: Supports graduate student research on important issues in English education that advances ELATE’s work.
Key Information: Applicants must be master’s or doctoral students and members of ELATE.
Description
The ELATE Graduate Student Research Award is offered by English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE), a constituent organization of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). It supports specific graduate student research projects that advance ELATE’s work as articulated in its position statements and sponsored publications. The program seeks to contribute to and extend the organization’s examination of important issues in English education.
The award’s scope is broad, with particular encouragement for research addressing current issues in the field and offering implications for multiple audiences. Support covers direct research costs and includes additional funding for travel to present the research at the NCTE Convention. Recognized projects have explored digital storytelling, racial literacies, humanizing pedagogies, climate change in English education, and multimodal composing.
