Canadian Council on Learning has recently completed a call for various research proposals in the area of adult learning. It issues on-going calls for research in other Knowledge Centre areas that also include adult learning, such as Aboriginal learning, work and learning, structured learning and health and learning.
See http://www.ccl-cca.ca/ (Canada)

National Literacy Secretariat (NLS) “has two funding streams. Through its federal- provincial/territorial funding stream, it sponsors projects which are directed to regional or local needs. Through its national funding stream, its supports projects in partnership with a variety of non-governmental and voluntary organizations, both literacy and non-literacy groups and business and labour organizations.”
See http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/lld/nls/Funding/indexfund.shtml (Canada)

National Literacy Secretariat (NLS) Valuing Literacy in Canada. (A shared strategic research fund with SSHRC specifically for adult literacy).
See http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/nav/top_nav/program/nls.shtml (Canada)

Adult Literacy Research in Ontario supports adult literacy research by providing access to research publications and information that clarifies and explains the research process. It provides links to other Canadian and international sites related to literacy research.
See www.research.alphaplus.ca/ (Canada)

Directory of Canadian Adult Literacy Research in English is a database, which contains Canadian research in adult literacy from 1994, as well as research in progress.
See www.nald.ca/crd (Canada)

NCSALL Research includes research projects, profiles of NSCALL researchers and their publications as well as resources for researchers.
See http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=16 (United States)

Adult Basic Education Focus on Basics
Journal of Literacy Research, Language and Literacy (a Canadian e-journal),
Literacies
Literacy and Numeracy Studies
Literacy across the CurriculuMedia Focus
Literacy at Work
Reading Horizons