Teacher Association Project Awards

The Trust supports Teacher Associations to undertake small-scale projects that aim to enhance English teaching in public education systems

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About the grants

Our Teacher Association Project Award Scheme supports ELT Teacher Associations to engage in small-scale projects, with an overall aim of enhancement of English teaching in public education systems in low- and middle-income countries. The scheme has expanded over the last few years. The scheme has expanded over the last few years and will have funding for up 15 projects in 2024 and 2025.

Who can apply?

Any Teacher Association in a low- or middle-income country with an idea for an ELT-related project that has a clear local goal and/or which is trying to enable an aspect of national provision to ‘work better’ in a local context.

Over the last five years we have funded projects in these countries:

When can we apply?

Applications for projects are invited in July each year with a mandatory review of your proposal to complete before submission at the end of October.

How can we apply?

When applications are open, you can click on the ‘Apply here’ button to download the application form.

What are the particular areas of interest to Hornby?

The Classroom as the Focus – initiatives by teachers/groups of teachers independent of TAs (teachers find ‘local solutions’ to ‘local problems’ through sharing of practices, or adapted materials between teachers within a local area, or through locally focussed exploratory action research (EAR)).
Developing more horizontal/distributed TA leadership and greater membership involvement (implement new models of leadership and/or involve TA members more fully in all aspects of TA decision-making).
Developing TA connections with other key players in their wider English education system, for example pre- and in-service teacher educators (a TA works with teacher educators and/or schools to develop and provide activities that support the effective induction of newly recruited teachers).

What kind of applications get preference?

Those that:

focus on the local needs of learners and teachers
support the development of local solutions to classroom challenges in your context
stimulate contextually appropriate thinking on ELT methodology, materials, assessment, etc.
involve high levels of collaboration
draw on successful examples of other TA projects.

What is the timeline?

July	Call for proposals
18 October	Application drafts reviewed by panel
31 October	Closing date
Nov-Dec	Applications reviewed and successful applicants notified
Jan-Feb	Grant funds transferred
February	Projects commence
February	Projects completed
April	Reports submitted

We recommend that you read our Decentring ELT web page before you apply.

FAQs

You can apply anytime from when the call for proposals is opened in July to the end of October. Remember that you MUST send your proposal for review before 18 October.

We want you to be successful with your application and so we review your draft and give you feedback to help with your final application submission.

Yes. We encourage you to read successful projects from previous years and replicate them in your context.