Teacher Professional Development Grant applications are now open. 

Teacher Professional Development (TPD) grants provide up to $2,000 USD (or the equivalent amount in GBP/EUR) for primary and secondary educators currently teaching in public/state-funded schools in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. TPDs can be used to participate in high-quality professional development events which improve your ability to teach the Arabic language or about the Arab world. 

Applicants may apply for funding to attend a local, regional, or virtual professional development event of their choice (some program restrictions apply). Grant funding can be used for attendance costs, including program registration and fees, local travel, and lodging for the program's duration. Please note only local or regional professional development events are eligible for travel funding. If you are presenting at a conference outside of your local or regional area, we may be able to help with travel expenses.  

Please see the list below for events that can be funded by a Teacher Professional Development Grant, as well as events that cannot be funded.  

Eligible Events

Teacher Professional Development Grants can fund the following: 

• Professional development events regarding teaching Arabic as a foreign language including: 

  • Registration Fees 

  • Travel and lodging to the event 

• Attendance to a language-focused conference, both local or regional conferences including: 

  • Registration Fees 

  • Travel and lodging to the event 

• Teacher certification programs, modules or courses related to teaching the Arabic language or Arab World 

• Presenting at a National Conference, excluding ACTFL and ALL (please see note below). Please note that proof of presentation acceptance must be provided under application. 

• Local Teacher Council Professional Development, regional, and state conferences

• Events may be in-person or virtual. 

Ineligible Events

 Teacher Professional Development Grants cannot fund the following: 

• Travel and lodging to attend an international or national conference 

• Cultural immersion trips abroad for teachers and students (i.e. GEEO Educator Tours) 

• Travel and attendance to the American Council for Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL) annual conference and Association for Language Learning (ALL) annual conference 

**We do not fund any ACTFL or ALL requests through this grant program. If you have been selected to present at ACTFL or ALL, select funding may be available from QFI outside of this grant. Please direct all enquiries related to ACTFL (events@qfi.org) or ALL (arabic@qfi.org).  

Applications are not a guarantee of funding. Please do not make any purchases related to your grant application unless you have officially received a TPD grant by QFI. 

QFI has a 21-day review period for this grant and cannot fund events that are a month within the application date.  

Applicant Eligibility 

To be eligible for a Teacher Professional Development grant you must:  

• Be a current teacher or administrator at a primary or secondary (K-12) public/state-funded school  

• Be in North America, the United Kingdom, or Europe  

If you have any questions about Teacher Professional Development grant eligibility or the application, please contact tpdgrants@qfi.org.