Research Initiative
The CCCC Research Initiative funds innovative research on writing, literacy, and communication that produces scholarly and public-facing outcomes to inform both academia and the wider public.
Funder: Conference on College Composition and Communication
Due Dates: September 1, 2026 (Proposal submission deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $8,000 per project; project duration up to 2 years.
Summary: Supports innovative research on writing, literacy, and communication with impact on both scholarly and public audiences.
Key Information: CCCC membership required at time of submission; one proposal per cycle; no CCCC research funding in the past 3 years.
Description
The CCCC Research Initiative funds bold, creative research that advances knowledge about language, literacy, communication, rhetoric, and the teaching, assessment, and technologies of writing. The program encourages projects that address key challenges faced by instructors and administrators in these fields, aiming to generate evidence-based research that informs both scholarly and public audiences, as well as public policy. Methodological diversity is welcomed, including historical, archival, rhetorical, qualitative, quantitative, ethnographic, and textual approaches. Successful proposals are expected to result in concrete scholarly and public-facing products.
