Awards
NCTE supports research activity and publication in the field of English and English education through a series of research awards, grants, and scholarships.
Research Awards
NCTE supports research activity and publication in the field of English and English education through a series of research awards, grants, and scholarships. Select from the links below to learn more about each award.
Berry Research Award to Study Careers of English Majors
2024 Kelly J. Sassi
The Berry Research Award to Study Careers of English Majors supports NCTE members in the teaching, learning, and application of literacy learning. It provides research support for an NCTE member(s) who proposes a research project that studies “the careers of English Majors and/or the role and function of English in career development.”
Deadline May 1
CCCC Emergent Researcher Awards
These awards are intended to invest in CCCC members by rewarding and supporting: early career researchers; writing faculty/instructors who have not had the opportunity to engage in funded research; and/or writing faculty/instructors who do not have support for research within their institutions. In addition to funding research up to $10,000 per project, the Emergent Researcher Awards also provide research support.
Deadline September 1
CCCC Research Initiative
The CCCC Research Initiative invites proposals for research projects that can contribute to or affect discussions about literacy and writing instruction in and out of formal education. This program funds proposals up to $10,000 each.
Deadline September 1
ELATE Graduate Student Research Award
2023 Recipients Emma P. Bene and Sandra M. Saco
The ELATE Graduate Student Research Award seeks to support graduate student research that contributes to and extends ELATE’s efforts to examine important issues in English education. While the parameters of the award are broad, we encourage research that examines current issues in the field and offers implications for multiple audiences. The award provides a maximum of $2,500 to support a specific research project conducted by a graduate student; in addition, $500 is provided to support travel to the NCTE Convention to present that research. Graduate students at the master’s and doctoral level are eligible; all applicants must be members of ELATE.
Deadline August 8
ELATE Research Initiative
ELATE invites proposals for research projects that advance the work of the organization as articulated through our various position statements and sponsored publications. 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 policy makers, accreditation agencies, school/department administrators, researchers, teacher educators, practicing teachers and other education leaders. Up to four proposals, at a maximum of $2,500 each, will be funded.
Deadline August 8
Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color Grant Program
The NCTE Research Foundation Cultivating New Voices program is designed to provide support, mentoring, and networking opportunities for early career scholars of color.
Deadline March 15
David H. Russell Award
2024 Todd Craig
This award recognizes published research in language, literature, rhetoric, teaching procedures, or cognitive processes that may sharpen the teaching or the content of English at any level.
Deadline March 1
Promising Researcher Award
2024 Recipient Alex Corbitt
This award competition is open to individuals who have completed dissertations, theses, or initial, independent studies after the dissertations.
Deadline March 1
Research Foundation Grants
The Trustees of the NCTE Research Foundation support projects related to the teaching and learning of language, literacy, and culture. Proposals are invited from teachers, teacher researchers, teacher educators, and scholars of language, literacy, and cultural studies every two years.
Deadline March 15
Research Foundation Teacher Grant Program
The Trustees of the NCTE Research Foundation support projects related to the teaching and learning of language, literacy, and culture. Applicants should be full-time classroom teachers at the time of proposal submission and for the length of the grant. Proposals are invited from teachers of children and youth at any level, birth through grade 12. Calls are announced every two years.