2026–2027 CCCC Research Initiative
Forecasted
2026–2027 CCCC Research Initiative supports researchers studying language, literacy, rhetoric, and writing instruction to address classroom and program challenges and inform scholarly and public conversations.
Funder: Conference on College Composition and Communication
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $8,000 per proposal for projects lasting up to two years
Summary: Supports creative research on language, literacy, rhetoric, communication, and writing instruction that contributes to scholarly and public conversations.
Key Information: Principal investigators must be CCCC members at submission; recent CCCC research grantees face a three-year reapplication restriction.
Description
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Research Initiative supports bold, creative research on language, literacy, communication, rhetoric, and the teaching, assessment, and technologies of writing at the postsecondary level and beyond. Its scope includes multimodal discourse, digital communication, and diverse language practices. The initiative promotes intellectual and pedagogical freedom, ethical scholarship, and research that empowers individuals and communities.
Projects should investigate challenges faced by instructors and administrators in classrooms and programs, explaining their implications for scholarly and public conversations, including public policy. Areas of interest include social, racial, and linguistic justice; writing across communities and organizations; writing transfer; disciplinary development; historiography; assessment; writer development; and working conditions for writing instruction. Diverse perspectives, genres, registers, and research methodologies are welcome.
