Nila Banton Smith Research Dissemination Support Grant

The Nila Banton Smith Research Dissemination Support Grant will provide funding of up to US$5,000 to assist any International Reading Association member, including student members, working on a research dissemination activity, (e.g., a literature review, meta-analysis, monograph, or other work) designed to disseminate research to the educational community. Funds may be requested to support various expenses associated with the proposed research dissemination project, including salary support. The project must be completed within one year of the presentation of the award.

Application Information

The applicants can complete and submit their applications online using a web-based grant management system. The deadline for online submission is January 15, 2009. 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.

New Applicants

The links below are for new applicants only. If you applied last year for any of the research grants, see the Previous Applicants section below.

Previous Applicants

If you applied last year for any of the research grants, you already have a profile in the grant system. You selected a username when you created your profile (it is not necessarily your IRA number). If you need a reminder, click "forgot username" on the log in page and it will be emailed to you.

For additional information, contact the Research and Policy Division

Grant Recipients

2008
Lori Fredericks
Georgia State University
Exploring a culturally relevant approach to extensive reading in Tajikistan

2007
Michelle Commeyras and Lone Elizabeth Olebile
University of Georgia
A review of the language of literacy education in Botswana

2006
Marielsa Ortiz
Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta, Venezuela
Dissemination of research about literacy learning for children who are deaf or hard of hearing

2005
Laurie A. Henry
University of Connecticut
Investigation of literacy skills and strategies used while searching for information on the Internet: A comprehensive review and synthesis of research

2004
Michelle Commeyras
Helen Inyega
University of Georgia, Athens
An integrative review of research on teaching reading in Kenyan primary schools

2003
Robert Fecho
University of Georgia, Athens
Finding our way in the complexity of critical inquiry: A teacher-researcher community of novice and experienced teachers

2002
Josephine Peyton Young
Arizona State University
Boys, masculinities, and literacy: Stories about boys in literacy classrooms

2000-2001
—Not Given—

1999
Stephen R. Burgess
Southwestern Oklahoma State
Examining the influence of the preschool home literacy environment on literacy and language development: A meta-analysis and path analytic review

1998
Barbara J. Guzzetti
Arizona State University
Gender and culture as influences on the development of literacies: An integrative review of the literature

1997
—Not Given—

1996
Anne McGill-Franzen
State University of New York
Four children, four years in school

1994-1995
—Not Given—

1993
Andrea V. Davis
Dorcas Place Parent Literacy
The use of shared literature experiences in fostering parent-child communication and understanding within the context of family literacy programs

1992
M. Cecil Smith
Northern Illinois University
The ecology of skillful adult reading

1991
Ralph Omojuwa
University of Calabar, Nigeria
Literacy and reading extension services: Guidelines on planning, running and evaluating literacy programs and workshops in Nigeria