Reading/Literacy Research Fellowship

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. 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.

For additional information, contact the Research and Policy Division

Award Recipients

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