The Spokane Regional ESL Conference will again be awarding the following grants for our 2021 conference. If you are interested in sponsoring a grant, fully or partially, click HERE.

Many thanks to Christine and Todd Weaver for helping to sponsor our 2021 grant program.

Professional Development Grant (1-2 offered)
This grant is for $400. Its purpose is to assist with professional development. The recipient can use this grant to attend a conference, workshop or class related to the ESOL field.

Project Funding Grant (1-2 offered)
This grant is for $400. Its purpose is to encourage and benefit classroom/community projects that directly impact English language learning in our conference area (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana).

Guidelines

• Application deadline: February 22, 2021 (10:00 p.m. PST)
• You must be registered for the 2021 conference and logged into your account to access the application form. If you are not sure if you are registered or not for the 2020 conference, click HERE to check. Enter your email to retrieve your password on the login page.
• No Spokane Regional ESL Conference Advisory Committee member or family member may apply.
• You may apply for either the Project Development or the Project Funding Grant, not both.
• Grant recipients must be in attendance at the conference. Winners will be announced during the end of conference Zoom session in the late afternoon. Applicants should be present at this virtual event. See schedule HERE.
• Previous winners of the Spokane Regional ESL Conference grants are not eligible.
• The Spokane Regional ESL Conference Advisory Committee reserves the right to give grants based on qualified applicants and on available funds.
• Applications will be accepted only via our online form below and NOT by email.

• Click the Apply link below to begin the grant application process. You must be registered for the 2021 conference to sign in. You will be asked to sign into your 2021 registration account and then you will be redirected to the grant submission form. If you don't know your password, you can easily retrieve it at the login screen.

Evaluation Criteria

• Click HERE to view the criteria used by the reviewers for the Project Development Grant.
• Click HERE to view the criteria used by the reviewers for the Professional Development Grant.

Click HERE to read testimony from the 2019 Professional Development Grant recipient, Xue Zhang of Washington State University.