Communication Elevation Grant 2027
The Communication Elevation Grant 2027 from the National Communication Association supports research on academic freedom, censorship, and sociopolitical challenges in communication.
Funder: National Communication Association
Due Dates: September 15, 2026: Full application deadline (applications due September 15 for awards given in the following year)
Funding Amounts: Up to $12,500 per project; awarded for research projects beginning the following year.
Summary: Supports research addressing academic freedom, censorship, and sociopolitical challenges in communication, in line with NCA’s mission and strategic priorities.
Key Information: Applicants must be NCA members with a PhD and no prior external research grant funding post-degree.
Description
The Communication Elevation Grant, offered by the National Communication Association (NCA), aims to advance research that addresses urgent challenges in academic freedom, censorship, and sociopolitical constraints on scholarship. The grant supports projects that explore how communication intersects with identity, dehumanization, threats to academic freedom, authoritarianism, freedom of speech, censorship, activism, and the globalization of communication studies. The initiative seeks to foster scholarly excellence, protect the integrity of intellectual inquiry, and enhance the public relevance of the communication discipline, in alignment with NCA’s strategic priorities.
