The International Literacy Association (ILA) is dedicated to connecting research and practice to improve the quality of literacy learning across the globe. ILA celebrates and supports the contributions of individuals and chapters within its network towards this mission.
The ILA awards and grants program aims to recognize and honor the outstanding contributions of graduate and doctoral students, literacy educators, and researchers at all stages of their careers. It acknowledges an exceptional empirical study published in English in a refereed journal. The research must investigate aspects of literacy acquisition, with clear implications for literacy instruction. Areas of interest include phonemic awareness, the alphabetic principle, bilingualism, home literacy development influences, or cross-cultural studies of beginning reading. The award is presented only when a submission meeting the high-quality standards and relevance is identified.