NFMLTA support grants
Dissertation Writing Support Grants
Instituted in 2013 by the NFMLTA and the MLJ, this grant supports graduate students in the fields of applied linguistics and language education at the dissertation writing stage. These grants can provide resources at any stage of dissertation writing, e.g., data gathering, data transcription, data analysis, or write-up of the findings.
Questions about the grants and/or the application process, please contact:
nfmlta.director@gmail.com
Research Support Grants
Instituted in 2014 by the NFMLTA and the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), this grant supports graduate student research in the fields of applied linguistics and language education with small grants focused on the teaching and learning of less commonly taught languages (all languages except English, Spanish, French, and German)
Questions about the grants and/or the application process, please contact:
nfmlta.director@gmail.com
Travel Support Grants
Instituted in 2017 by the NFMLTA and the MLJ, this grant is intended to help defray the costs of conference attendance by foreign language professionals.
Questions about the grants and/or the application process, please contact:
nfmlta.director@gmail.com
Learning and Teaching Priorities Grants
Established in 2020, these new grants fund priorities in learning and teaching and consist of two conference panel or workshop organization grants -one spring and one fall and three webinar grants focused on improving second-language learning and teaching by introducing practical solutions to concrete problems.
Questions about the grants and/or the application process, please contact:
nfmlta.director@gmail.com
2016 Awardees
The ACTFL/NFMLTA/MLJ Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education
tara w. fortune and diane j. tedick, University of Minnesota
“Oral proficiency assessment of English-proficient K–8 Spanish immersion students”
Modern Language Journal, 99, 4, 637–655 (2016)
The ACTFL/NFMLTA/MLJ Emma Marie Birkmaier Award for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Foreign Language Education
sarah young, Ph.D., Georgetown University (American University)
“Reframing metalinguistic awareness for low literate L2 learners: Four case studies”
NFMLTA/MLJ Dissertation Support Grants
Laura Hamman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
“Bilingualism for all?: Interrogating language and equity in dual language education”
Hyung-Jo Yoon, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
“Investigating the interactions among genre, task complexity, and proficiency in L2 writing: A comprehensive text analysis and study of learner perceptions”
Ju Seong Lee, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“Informal, digital learning of English: The case of Korean university students”
The NFMLTA/NCOLCTL Graduate Students Research Support Award
Myriam Abdel-Malek, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
“A genre-based approach to teaching writing in Arabic: A mixed method investigation”
Miaochun Wei (魏妙純), George Washington University, Washington, DC
“The practice of placement procedures of less commonly taught languages at U.S. postsecondary Institutions: In the Chinese case”
Xin Zhang, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
“Using literary language in spoken discourse: Native speaker perceptions and pedagogical insights for advanced level Chinese language learner”
renot hendryanti, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
“The impact of an intensive professional development institute on Chinese teachers’ transfer of training into their U.S. classrooms”
Shinsuke Tsuchiya, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
“The construct and effects of the native speaker fallacy in a U.S. university Japanese language program”