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From https://www.actfl.org/assessment-professional-development/actfl-research-priorities

The purpose of the ACTFL Research Priorities initiative is to support empirical research on six priority areas that are currently critical to improving language education. Proposals can initiate a new research study, support/expand a study under way, or explore an emerging research area that is connected to one or more Research Priority areas. Recipients are expected to develop a publication for a peer-reviewed journal and grant ACTFL first refusal for submission for publication to Foreign Language Annals. The research grants are funded by ACTFL. Below each priority area is a list of sample research topics; research studies need not be limited to these topics.

Preference will be given to proposals that focus on the cognitive developments of foreign language learning.

  Research Priority Area #1: Integration of Language, Culture, and Content
    Content-based instruction
    Interdisciplinary approaches
    Dual language immersion and other innovative programs
    Literacy
    Heritage language programs
  Research Priority Area #2: Language Teacher Development
    Model teacher preparation programs
    Mentoring/professional engagement
    Preparing foreign language teachers for urban/rural settings
  Research Priority Area #3: Classroom Discourse
    Use of L1and L2
    Interactional practices
    Dialogic inquiry
  Research Priority Area #4: High-Performing Language Programs
    Profiles of effective PK-16 teachers
    Profiles of effective PK-16 classrooms
    Research-informed practices and/or assessment
    Evidence-based decision making
  Research Priority Area #5: Language Use in the Community
    Service learning
    Study abroad
  Research Priority Area #6: Research on Practice in K-16 Settings
    Assessment of learning outcomes associated with an instructional practice
    Learning in blended and online contexts

Deadline: The deadline for proposals is October 14, 2016.

For full details go to https://www.actfl.org/assessment-professional-development/actfl-research-priorities