The Ray Tongue Scholarship Fund

The Ray Tongue Scholarship Fund was set up in memory of our late Treasurer, with the purpose of helping IATEFL members in the countries concerned (see below) to attend the IATEFL Annual Conference and give a presentation. Initially, donations came from the many generous people who knew our treasurer. These days many IATEFL members and delegates make regular donations to the fund because they support its aims. One or two scholarships are usually awarded each year.

To qualify applicants must:

• be natives of the following countries: Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka or Thailand.
• be a fully paid up individual member of IATEFL

Each scholarship is worth in the region of £300 plus a free registration for that conference.

The award is paid to the speaker at the conference to offset accommodation and travel costs.

No member can be awarded the scholarship more than once.

To be considered applicants are asked to:

• complete a Speaker Proposal form
• send a brief curriculum vitae
• send a passport size photograph
• send a brief statement of how attending the IATEFL conference would benefit them, with specific references to relevant work, study or research carried out and/or planned
• send all of the above by the end of September
• mark their envelopes: "Ray Tongue Scholarship Fund".

In addition, after the conference, the successful applicant will be asked to send a 250-word article for IATEFL Voices on his/her impressions of the conference (deadline – 1st June).

The Scholarship Working Party meets to select the successful applicant in October.