ELATE Research Initiative Grants
Forecasted
ELATE Research Initiative Grants support teacher educators, faculty, doctoral students, and K–12 teacher-researchers in research advancing English language arts education, literacy pedagogy, and social justice.
Funder: National Council of Teachers of English
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Proposal deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $2,500 per project; up to four proposals funded per cycle
Summary: Supports research advancing English language arts and literacy teacher education, pedagogy, policy, and social justice.
Key Information: All principal investigators must be ELATE members.
Description
The ELATE Research Initiative is funded by the National Council of Teachers of English and administered by English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE). It supports research that advances ELATE’s work as articulated in its position statements and sponsored publications. The initiative aims to extend and communicate knowledge about English education to policymakers, accreditation agencies, administrators, researchers, teacher educators, practicing teachers, and other education leaders.
Research interests include effective English language arts and literacy teacher education, connections between research-supported pedagogies and secondary teaching, responses to evolving content and issues, and social justice in community, global, and digital spaces. ELATE welcomes qualitative and mixed-methods designs, case studies, interviews, surveys, and teacher-research projects. Proposals should connect their evidence and analysis to research questions and current educational policy issues relevant to ELATE members.
