Cactus to Conference Scholarship

This scholarship is intended to enable a teacher new to ELT to enjoy the experiences of attending an IATEFL annual conference and being an IATEFL member

This new scholarship is funded by Cactus Worldwide and is intended to enable a teacher new to ELT to enjoy the experiences of attending an IATEFL annual conference and being an IATEFL member. The scholarship also gives you the opportunity to be published on the Cactus website and in IATEFL publications

The award consists of:

• conference registration
• £400 towards accommodation and travel costs
• a year's IATEFL membership

To qualify you must:

• be a newly qualified teacher with between one and three years' experience in the ELT profession
• agree to write a brief article, about 400 words, on your experience of conference plus two further articles of similar length at 6 and 12 months after the conference about how winning has affected your practice

To be considered you should submit:

• an outline, between 400 and 500 words, of your best lesson so far and why you think it went well
• a brief curriculum vitae highlighting any writing experience you may have (2 sides A4 maximum)
• a passport size photograph (for inclusion in the conference programme if you win)
• a copy of your speaker proposal form if you are submitting one*

* Please note it is not a requirement of this scholarship to give a presentation at the IATEFL conference.  However, part of the full conference experience is giving a presentation, so if you are a member of IATEFL and submit a speaker proposal by 22nd August, we will send this with your scholarship application.  If you are a non-member and wish to submit a speaker proposal then please use the form on the front page of our scholarship details and email it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The submission date is 22nd August 2011.  You will be informed about the award around the end of September.

PLEASE APPLY USING OUR ONLINE APPLICATION FORM, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CV AND PHOTO READY TO UPLOAD