ESOL funded research

Cambridge ESOL Funded Research Programme

Every year Cambridge ESOL makes funding available for various research projects to be conducted during the following calendar year.

Educational institutions and suitably qualified researchers are invited to apply for funding to undertake research in relation to the Cambridge ESOL examinations and teaching qualifications.

Funded projects are typically supported up to a maximum of GBP 15,000.

Areas of interest:

  • Test validation
  • Contexts of test use
  • Test impact
  • Learning-oriented assessment

Round 3 is currently under way.

Key dates for round 4 (2013)

Call for proposals: 01 August 2012

Application deadline: 01 October 2012

Read about round 1 of funded research in Research Notes 47