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In recognition of Mary Spaan's contributions to the field of language assessment for more than three decades at the University of Michigan, the English Language Institute has initiated the Spaan Fellowship Fund to provide financial support for those wishing to carry out research projects related to second or foreign language assessment and evaluation. The Spaan Fellowship has been created to fund up to six annual awards ranging from $3,000 to $4,000 each.
These fellowships are offered to cover the cost of data collection and analyses, or to defray living and/or travel expenses for those who would like to make use of the English Language Institute's resources to carry out a research project in second or foreign language assessment or evaluation. These resources include the ELI-UM Testing and Certification Division's extensive archival test data (ECCE, ECPE, and MELAB) and the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English (MICASE). Research projects can be completed either in Ann Arbor or off-site.
Applications are welcome from anyone with a research and development background related to second or foreign language assessment and evaluation. Preference will be given to those interested in analyzing some aspect of the English Language Institute's suite of tests (MELAB, ECPE, ECCE, or other ELI-UM Test Publications), and to studies applicable to these and other test programs (AEE, GSI testing) at the English Language Institute.
Spaan Fellows are likely to be international second or foreign language assessment specialists or teachers who carry out test development or prepare testing-related research articles and dissertations; doctoral graduate students from one of Michigan's universities who are studying linguistics, education, psychology, or related fields; and doctoral graduate students in foreign language assessment or psychometrics from elsewhere in the United States or abroad.
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