2026–2027 Research Initiative
Funds innovative research in language, literacy, communication, rhetoric, and writing studies with potential impact on both scholarly and public audiences.
Funder: Conference on College Composition and Communication
Due Dates: September 1, 2026: Full proposal/application submission deadline (submit proposals by 11:59 p.m. ET)
Funding Amounts: Up to $8,000 per project; project duration up to two years.
Summary: Supports innovative research in language, literacy, communication, rhetoric, and writing studies with potential impact on both scholarly and public audiences.
Key Information: Principal investigators must be CCCC members at the time of submission; no indirect costs or travel to CCCC convention may be charged.
Description
This opportunity funds bold, creative research projects that advance knowledge in language, literacy, communication, rhetoric, and the teaching, assessment, and technologies of writing. The initiative emphasizes research with the potential to impact both academic scholarship and public discourse, inviting diverse methodologies and approaches. Projects should address key challenges faced by instructors and administrators in writing, rhetoric, and literacy fields, and align with the CCCC’s mission of promoting intellectual and pedagogical freedom, ethical scholarship, and community empowerment.
