If you’re involved or work in research into assessment, then the British Council Assessment Research Awards and Grants might interest you. These awards recognise achievement and innovation within the field of language assessment and form part of the British Council’s extensive support of research activities across the world. Find out more below.
Assessment Research Awards and Grants - 2013
Key Dates
Call for proposals: October 18th 2013
Closing dates for proposals: January 10th 2014
Winners announced: February 14th 2014
British Council Assessment Research Awards and Grants 2013 call for proposals
Assessment Research Awards
These awards (of up to £2,500) are designed to assist research students in their studies or dissemination activities. The award winners for 2012 were:
Stéphanie Gaillard (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Ruslan Suvorov (Iowa State University, USA)
Tami Aviad (University of Haifa, Israel)
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Assessment Research Grants
Designed to support projects which are directly focused on Aptis or which are more exploratory in nature. Maximum award is normally £17,500. The grants for 2012 were made to:
Dr Tineke Brunfaut & Gareth McCray (Lancaster University, UK) for their project, which explores cognitive processing whilst reading
Prof Charlotte Mbali & Julie Douglas (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) for their project, which examines the use of APTIS with initial teacher training students
Dr John Field (University of Bedfordshire) for his exploration of the impact of single and double play on candidate behaviour in tests of L2 listening
Prof Steve Walsh & Prof Paul Seedhouse (Newcastle University) for their corpus-based study of interactive competence
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Innovation in Assessment Prize
The prize celebrates innovation in the area of language testing and assessment. The 2012 prize goes to:
Carol Spöttl (Project Leader), Kathrin Eberharter & Doris Frötscher (Marker support coordinators) for their contribution to the SRP (Standardisierte Reifeprüfung) Project at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. The successful team developed real-time marker support for national high-stakes school-leaving examinations.
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International Assessment Award
