The Trustees of the NCTE Research Foundation support projects that enhance the teaching and learning of language, literacy, and culture. They aim to fund research reflecting the diverse interests of the NCTE membership, including efforts to understand and improve various pedagogical, policy, and community aspects of literacy education.
The grant program from the NCTE Research Foundation is designed to fund projects that address a wide range of topics connected to language, literacy, and cultural studies. Specifically, it supports research on improving education for underrepresented populations, integrating equity pedagogies, implementing curriculum changes, and understanding their effects on various aspects of education. These aspects include student outcomes, school policies, teaching methods, student interaction and learning, community literacy, and the relationships between home and school literacy. It also covers after-school programs and student literacy practices both inside and outside of school. Grants are provided for projects that can last up to one year.