Awards & Grants

Elva Knight Research Grant  |  Est. 1982

The International Literacy Association (ILA) Elva Knight Research Grant provides a grant up to US$5,000 biennially for promising research that addresses significant questions for the discipline of reading/literacy research and practice. The grant is intended to provide researchers with the opportunity to develop important perspectives on the reading/literacy field.

Please check back for more information on applying for this grant.

Guidelines

Recipient

2026

Katia-Ciampa

Katia Ciampa, Associate Professor, Widener University, Critical AI Digital Storytelling in Community Library Spaces

Past recipients

2024

Tobias Kroll

2023

No award given

2022

No award given

2021

No award given

2020

Alisha Nguyen

2019

Shea Kerkhoff

 

Complete list of past recipients

 

For additional information, contact ILAAwards@reading.org.