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2025–2026 CCCC Research Initiative Application Form

Please complete the form below in-full to submit your application for the 2025–2026 CCCC Research Initiative grant. If applying as a team, only one application should be submitted by the primary researcher. The requested documents should be uploaded in PDF format. Please email cccc@ncte.org with questions. Applications are due by September 1, 2025.

 

  • Proposal Narrative

  • The proposal narrative, in PDF format, should be no more than 1,500 words and address the items from the call for proposals below. Proposals may employ diverse perspectives, genres, registers, and methodologies.
    1.Define the project—keeping in mind that we conceptualize research broadly and are open to a range of approaches—and articulate specific research questions.
    2. Explain the significance of the project for CCCC audiences within and beyond postsecondary institutions and the implications for this research and its potential impact/importance to the field and beyond; and identify what gaps in knowledge it seeks to fill, and address how the research aligns with the CCCC mission (i.e., why should CCCC fund this research?).
    3. Describe the proposed evidence and methods of analysis, including a brief explanation of why the particular methodology was selected and its appropriateness for the project (no more than 300 words).
    4. Describe one or more possible audiences beyond the scholarly (i.e., more “public” audiences) invested in the project and outline at least one public genre (e.g., podcast episode or guest blog post in an outlet relevant to the topic, such as The Conversation or Huffington Post article, etc.) that will be created to engage with these audiences.
  • Submit a single PDF with the items requested above.
    Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 100 MB.
  • Max. file size: 100 MB.