Reading/Literacy Research Fellowship

Description

The Reading/Literacy Research Fellowship of $5,000 is given to a researcher outside the United States or Canada who has evidenced exceptional promise in reading research and deserves encouragement to continue working in the field of reading. Applicants must have received their doctorate or its equivalent within the past 5 years. Applicants must be Association members.

Application Information

The applicants can complete and submit their applications online using a web-based grant management system. Applicants may apply for more than one research grant; however, you are eligible to win only one research grant per award year. All applicants must be International Reading Association members.

The award submission deadline is November 1, 2009.

For additional information, contact the Research and Policy Division.

Award Recipients

2009

–Not given–

2008

Jurgen Tijms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2007

Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen
University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Literacy development and motivation: A five-year follow-up of children, their parents, and teachers from school entry through early grades

2006

Lisa K. Kervin
University of Wollongong, Australia
Multiliteracies to engage upper elementary readers

2005

Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole
Obafemi Awolowo University
A comparative analysis of the influence of adult litercy activities amongst grassroots people of northeastern Nigeria

2004

Fiona Lyddy
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Automaticity of reading and word recognition in Irish-English bilinguals

2003

Elinor Saiegh-Haddad
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Phonological distance and children’s acquisition of basic literacy

2001-2002

—Not Given—

2000

Clare P. Wood
The Open University, U.K.
Development of measures of spoken word recognition and temporal information processing for young children

1999

—Not Given—

1998

Bente Eriksen Hagtvet
University of Oslo, Norway
Children of dyslexic families: A longitudinal study of children of dyslexic parents, aged two to nine

Chukwuemeka Eze Onukaogu
Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
The relative effectiveness of LUWRS in promoting functional and development-oriented literacy among Nigerian rural women

1994-1997

—Not Given—

1993

Anna-Lena Østern
Abo Akademi, Finland
Bilingualism and linguistic awareness: The importance of bilingualism and teaching for the metalinguistic awareness in children aged six to eight

1992

Victor H.P. van Daal
The Netherlands
Simulation of learning to read from a cross-linguistic view

1991

Adelina Arellano-Osuna
Venezuela
The empowering of teachers with whole language literacy events: A Latin American Experience

1990

Viking Brunell
Finland
Reading research in the Swedish-speaking Finland

1989

Timothy Oyetunde
University of Jos, Nigeria
Reading performance and processing strategies of selected secondary school students in Plateau State of Nigeria

1988

Cristina Zucchermaglio
University of Rome, Italy
Literacy and learning continuity between the ages 5 and 7: An experimental research of the processes of construction of written language

1987

Hsuan-Chih Chen
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Various types of computer display methods in the field of readability

1986

Lars-Erik Olsson
University of Goteborg, Sweden
Pupils’ and teachers’ conception of writing

1985

Marilda do Conto Cavalcanti
Brazil

1984

Sirkka-Liisa Rauramo
Finland examining the relationship between reading and writing and other factors in a child’s development

1983

—Not Given—

1982

Jan Ulijn
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

1981

—Not Given—

1980

Jean Whyte
Queens University, Ireland

1979

Elizabeth Hunter-Grundin
England

1978

Nancy Robinson
Ohio State University

1977

Desmond Swan
University College Belfield, Ireland

1976

Hans Grundin
England

1975

—Not Given—

1974

Renate Valtin
West Germany

1973

—Not Given—

1972

Takahiko Sakamoto
Japan