Any person resident in UK with an affiliation to a UK educational institution. The award agreement may be with either the individual or the institution.

Note: Although the applicant must be resident in the UK, the research may, in whole or in part, take place outside the UK or by persons not resident in the UK.

			The British Council is particularly interested in research within the following areas: Learning & teaching of English at younger ages ICT and new technologies in ELT Teacher education and training English language testing and assessment and applications of the CEFR English language programme evaluation English for development:  Social, economic, political aspects of English, education,  and language teaching. ESOL / EAL for migrants in the UK.
			However, proposals for any research activity relating directly to the learning, teaching, or assessment of English as a foreign, second, or additional language will be considered.
			There must be a clear research output which must be in a form that can be shared publicly and without cost throughout the world.
			In addition to this output, researchers are encouraged to publish further outputs elsewhere, for example in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences.
			The research must not have already taken place or be under way.
			The research output / final report must be in English (though there may be a version in another language as well).
			Successful applicants must produce a final report on the project, and in the case of longer projects, an interim report. This would normally include the rationale, methodology, findings, discussion and implications, and references.
			Funding will only be agreed for a maximum initial period of one year.
			This scheme is not intended to fund the field work of Ph.D. candidates or similar.
			We define research as original investigation undertaken in order to gain knowledge and understanding.

Current ELT Research Partnership projects:

			Attitudes to English as a language for international development in rural Bangladesh, The Open University
			Learner Autonomy: English Language Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices, University of Leeds
			Researching cognitive processes in reading and in the computer-based testing of reading, through the use of eye-tracking technology, University of Bedfordshire
			Using online learning objects to develop intercultural awareness in ELT: a critical evaluation in a Thai higher education setting, University of Southampton
			Global Survey of EYL teachers’ qualifications, experience and career path development, University of Essex
			Making oneself understood by international students: the role of metaphor in intercultural communication,  University of Birmingham
			Primary school children with English as an Additional Language: a multi-disciplinary and international approach, University of York
			The impact of training on the classroom practice of Chinese secondary school teachers: evaluation of a UK programme, Reading University
			Global practices in teaching English to young learners, Aston University
			Computers and learner autonomy: trends & issues, Salford University
			Perceptions & methods of learning English as an additional language by Singapore primary school children with dyslexia, De Montfort University
			Identifying best practice in ELT INSET, Lancaster University
			European vocabulary project, Manchester University

All applications for a research award proposal must be submitted within the ELTRP application form. Send the completed form to: eltra@britishcouncil.org.

Deadline is 13 June 2011

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