Awards and Grants



Any WATESOL member may apply for these grants. Grant recipients must contribute an article to the WATESOL Newsletter giving an account of the professional development experience facilitated by the grant. See below for more information about each grant.


 TESOL International Convention Travel Grant

This Grant is intended to help WATESOL members cover the costs of traveling to the TESOL International Convention. The recipient will receive up to $1,000 in a form of reimbursement for conference travel expenses, including but not limited to registration, transportation, and lodging. Up to 2 awards will be made.

 $1000
 

Application Guidelines

Application Form


Applications closed for 2024

Graduate Student Action Research Grant

The Graduate Student Action Research Grant is intended to provide additional support to WATESOL student members in their research that focuses on improvement of student learning and teaching practices in the area of TESOL. This grant is only open to current graduate students in TESOL or a related field. Up to 2 awards will be made.
 $500 Application Guidelines

Application Form


Applications closed for 2024

Jim Weaver Scholarship for Professional Development

The Jim Weaver Scholarship was created to help defray educational or professional development costs.  These could include professional conference registration fees, fees for short courses, seminars, workshops, subscriptions to journals in the field, or funding of professional development groups at a particular institution.  Up to 2 awards will be made.

 $500 Application Guidelines

Application Form


Applications closed for 2024

J. Michael O'Malley Action Research Grant

This award supports classroom-based research in the interest of improving teaching and encouraging reflective teaching practices.  Up to 2 awards will be made. 
 $500 Application Guidelines

Application Form


Applications closed for 2024

WATESOL Innovative Teaching Award

The WATESOL Innovative Teaching Award is designed to recognize the incredible existing contributions of WATESOL members to educational excellence through teaching. Up to 2 awards will be made.
 $250 Application Guidelines

Application Form


Applications closed for 2024

WATESOL Excellence in ESOL Advocacy Award

The WATESOL Excellence in ESOL Advocacy Award is designed to recognize the incredible existing contributions of WATESOL members to educational excellence through advocacy. Up to 2 awards will be made.

 $250 Application Guidelines

Application Form


Applications closed for 2024

WATESOL Travel Grant

The WATESOL Travel Grant is intended to help WATESOL members cover the costs of traveling to any conference relevant to the teaching of English as a second/foreign language. Up to 2 awards will be made.

 $500 Application Guidelines

Application Form


Applications closed for 2024

Questions or comments about WATESOL Grants may be directed to pastpresident@watesol.org


Grants and Awards Recipients

WATESOL Travel Grant

Established 1987

2024 Eden Langston and Xiaowen Chen

2020 April Salerno and Rebecca Sachs

2019 Megan Fullerton and Greer Mancuso

2018 – Yulia Khoruzhaya

2017 – Kelly Hill Zirker

2016 Betsy Wong (NOVA) and Silvia Hildesheim (Carlos Rosario)

2015 – Sarah Warfield (Virginia Commonwealth University) 

2014 – Pei-Jie Chen (AAAL)

2013 – Kirsten Wittkowski (NCFL)

2010 – Christina Sfekas (TESOL)

2008 – Marietta Brandinova

2005 – Amber Gallup (United Association of Labor Education)

2004 – Francesca Reilly-McDonnell (DDEL Conference)

2003 – Diane Staehr

2002 – Holly Gray (TESOL Salt Lake City)

1999 – Martin Van Opdorp (TESOL New York)

1997 – Dana Frye (TESOL Orlando)

1996 – George Bunch (TESOL Chicago)

1996 – Genie Holmes (TESOL Chicago)

1995 – Henry Amador (TESOL Long Beach)

1993 – Patricia Johnson (TESOL Atlanta)

1993 – Lynn Poirier (TESOL Atlanta)

1992 – Janet Giannoti (TESOL Vancouver)

1992 – Janette Haynes (TESOL Vancouver)

1991 – Sharon McKay (TESOL New York)

1990 – Ellen Kohn (TESOL San Francisco)

1988 – Kay Scruggs (TESOL Chicago)


TESOL Convention Travel Grant

Established 2020

2024 –Sharon McKay and Jaye  Arp

2023 Anne Lomperis and Sierranicole Butler

2020 Xuewei He


J. Michael O’Malley Action Research Grant

Established 1998

2020 - Greer Mancuso

2017 - Amy Melendez

2014 – Shelley Wong and Maryam Saroughi

2013 – Gena Bennett and Megan Siczek

2008 – Rashi Jain

2004 – Harvey Rosenbaum

2003 – Jane Kirsch


ATES Travel Grant

2010 – Charlotte Van Londen

2009 – DeAnna Coon

2008 – Rae Roberts

2007 – Anita Bright


Graduate Student Action Research Grant

Established 2023

2024 – Heather Mehrtens

WATESOL Lifetime Service Award

Established 1984

2014  Brock Brady and JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall

2013 – Nina Liakos

1991 – Judy Paiva and G. Richard Tucker

1987 – Christine Meloni

1986 – Janet Giannoti

1984 – Susan Bayley

1983 – Mary Niebuhr

1982 – Patricia Miller


WATESOL Helping Hand Award

Established 2013 (recipient receives 3 years of membership)

2022 - Tabitha Kidwell and Christopher Scott

2019 - Connie Lee

2018 - Heather Tatton-Harris

2017 - Sharla Rivera and Heather Weger

2016 - Masha Vassilieva

2015 - Jacqueline Gardy

2014 - Caralyn Bushey

2013 – Heather Ritchie 

 

Jim Weaver Scholarship for Professional Development

Established 1985

2024 - Julie Lake and Heather Weger

2023 - Krisztina Domjan

2020 - Elizabeth Pandya

2019 - Mark Sherman

2018 Caroline Cherry 

2017 – Tabitha Kidwell 

2014 – Brian Adler

2013 – Heather Linville

2010 – Kumiko Akikawa

2008 – Patricia Bellman

2005 – Anita L. Bright

2004 – Molly P. McHarg

2003 – Sheila Weston

2002 – Amy Vernier

1996 – Shanna Grossman

1993 – Carolyn Vincent

1988 – Elle Kohn

1987 – Susan Joyner

1986 – Andrea Elfin


WATESOL Excellence in ESOL Advocacy Award

Established 2023

2024  M.J. Park

2023 – John Simpson


WATESOL Advocacy Award

Established 2002

2002 – Maria Malagon


2024 Fall Conference Sponsors


Contact vicepresident@watesol.org for WATESOL sponsorship opportunities.


Platinum Sponsor


Silver Sponsors