CCCC Research Initiative
Supports innovative research advancing writing, literacy, communication, and rhetoric, with outcomes for both scholarly and public audiences.
Funder: National Council of Teachers of English
Due Dates: September 1, 2026: Full proposal submission deadline
Funding Amounts: Up to $8,000 per project; project duration up to 2 years
Summary: Supports innovative research advancing knowledge and practice in writing, literacy, communication, and rhetoric, with outcomes for both scholarly and public audiences.
Key Information: CCCC membership required at time of submission; no indirect costs or travel to Convention allowed.
Description
This grant supports bold, creative research projects that advance knowledge about language, literacy, communication, rhetoric, and the teaching, assessment, and technologies of writing. The initiative is designed to address key challenges faced by instructors and administrators in these fields, with a strong emphasis on projects that further the mission of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC): advocating for broad and evolving definitions of literacy and communication, intellectual and pedagogical freedom, and ethical scholarship.
Projects should articulate significant research questions, demonstrate importance for both scholarly and public audiences, and employ diverse methodologies (historical, archival, rhetorical, qualitative, quantitative, ethnographic, textual, and more). Funded research is expected to produce at least two final products: one for a scholarly audience and one for a specifically identified public audience (e.g., op-ed, podcast, blog post).
