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ACTFL Research Priorities Grants is a grant from American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) that ctfl | research priorities & grants research priorities & grants call for 2025 world language research priorities proposals the call for proposals application is closed.
The purpose of the ACTFL Research Priorities Project is to support empirical research on six current priority areas critical to improving world language education at the P-16 and adult education levels. Proposals can initiate a new research study, support/expand a study underway, or explore an emerging research area that is connected to one or more Research Priority areas. Eligible applicants include: ACTFL members..
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ACTFL | Research Priorities & Grants Research Priorities & Grants Call for 2025 World Language Research Priorities Proposals The Call for Proposals application is closed. The purpose of the ACTFL Research Priorities Project is to support empirical research on six current priority areas critical to improving world language education at the P-16 and adult education levels.
Proposals can initiate a new research study, support/expand a study underway, or explore an emerging research area that is connected to one or more Research Priority areas. Selected proposals are funded by ACTFL and completed research will be submitted for peer-reviewed publication in Foreign Language Annals .
Assessing Learning Outcomes in P‑ 16 Settings Topics may include but are not limited to: Articulation and learning outcomes within and across P-16 programmatic and curricular sequences Assessment of learning outcomes in relation to an instructional practice Study of P-16 learning processes and interactions Learner voices and experiences Influences of class size and course offerings Equity and Access in Language Learning Topics may include but are not limited to: Heritage language learners Access in language programming Underrepresented/historically underserved populations in language learning Multiculturalism, multilingualism, and translanguaging Social justice, anti-racism, critical and culturally sustaining pedagogies in the world language classroom and curriculum Equity and Access in Language Teaching Topics may include but are not limited to: Access, recruitment, and retention of teachers Underrepresented/historically underserved populations in language teaching Preparing language teachers for diverse settings (e.g., online, urban, mixed-level classrooms) and populations Barriers to the language teaching profession Immersion/Dual Language and Heritage Language Programs Topics may include but are not limited to: Content-based instruction Sustaining student enrollment Articulation to secondary and post-secondary Bi/Multilingualism and bi/multiliteracy Building and sustaining administrator capacity Intercultural Teaching and Learning Topics may include but are not limited to: Development of intercultural and global competence Learning contexts (service learning/study abroad) Intercultural Can-Do Statements P‑ 16 Language Educator Development Topics may include but are not limited to: Teacher education and certification programs Post-secondary language faculty development Professional development and continuing education (e.g., target language use in the classroom, core practices) Teacher knowledge base (e.g. innovative technologies, pedagogical content knowledge) Practitioner research (e.g., action research, exploratory practice) The Call for Proposals application is closed.
ACTFL members who work in P-16 and adult world language learning contexts may submit one application as a first author and be listed as a second or third author on one additional application. Priority will be given to applicants who have not received an award within the past three years. How are the proposals selected?
After the deadline, the Research and Assessment Committee and select reviewers rate the proposals to support quality and innovative research. Preference is given to research projects that use official ACTFL tests. Applicants will be informed of the selections in November 2025.
Feedback will not be provided to applicants beyond a notification of the decision. Selected studies will receive a grant of up to $3,800 from ACTFL to help defray some of the research costs: a $2,500 initial grant, and the remainder upon submission of the research article to Foreign Language Annals and the completion of a short report.
Recipients are expected to apply to present their research at the 2026 ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo in San Antonio, TX, and agree to grant Foreign Language Annals the right of first refusal of any articles that emerge from the research. Recipients will have one year after the award to finish their research, and may apply for up to a one-year extension to finish the project.
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