2026 Amplification Awards
As part of ATTW’s commitment to social justice practices and increasing organizational participation and supporting research from underrepresented scholars and teachers of technical communication, ATTW is offering three awards to recognize and amplify the important contributions of underrepresented students and/or non-tenure track faculty presenting at the online ATTW 2025 Conference. The award includes a conference registration waiver and a financial award of $500. Award recipients will be honored at the ATTW awards reception.
Eligible candidates for this award include students and non-tenure-track faculty whose race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, and/or nationality are underrepresented in the field of technical communication. To apply, please submit an extended abstract (not more than 750 words) that summarizes the applicant’s ATTW presentation and its contribution(s) to the field of technical communication. The Amplification Awards Selection Committee will prioritize abstracts that are clearly defined and offer significant pedagogical, theoretical, and/or methodological contributions to the field of technical communication.
Graduate student applicants may apply for both this award and the Graduate Research Award.
Completed applications should be submitted to award co-chairs, G. Edzordzi Agbozo (agbozog) and Erin Clark (froste) by 11:59 PM PST on February 23, 2026.
Important Dates
Application deadline: February 23, 2026
Notification of recipients: April 2026
ATTW Conference: April 17-18, 2026
2026 Graduate Research Awards
ATTW is committed to advancing the research of graduate students in technical and professional communication. This award supports advanced PhD students with clearly defined research projects that contribute to the field of technical and professional communication.
Up to three scholars will receive a monetary award of $500 to be used for research expenses and/or to help defray the costs of attending the annual ATTW conference. In addition, award recipients will be featured in a work-in-progress panel presentation at the 2026 ATTW annual conference and honored at the ATTW conference awards reception. The conference registration fee will be waived.
Preference will be given to doctoral students working on their dissertations. Graduate student applicants may apply for this award and the Amplification Award.
Application Details
Interested students should submit (as one *.pdf file):
- a prospectus (no more than 2-3 single-spaced pages) that describes the current research project, its contribution(s) to disciplinary conversations in technical and professional communication, and plans for future work;
- a description of how the award will be used to support the research; and
- a current CV.
Completed applications should be submitted to award co-chairs, G. Edzordzi Agbozo (agbozog) and Erin Clark (froste) by 11:59 PM PST on February 23, 2026.
Important Dates
Application deadline: February 23, 2026
Notification of recipients: April 2026
ATTW Conference: April 17-18, 2026
Halcyon Lawrence Language Justice in Technical Communication Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Halcyon Lawrence was a transformative scholar who advocated for the importance of language justice, inclusion, and accessibility in technical communication. Her research helped technical communicators recognize, and intervene in, linguistic bias in technology design. Most recently, in her article, “Technical and Professional Communicators as Advocates of Linguistic Justice in the Design of Speech Technologies,” Dr. Lawrence called on all technical communication scholars, teachers, and practitioners to take an active role in the (re)design of speech technologies. As Dr. Lawrence states: “I argue that technical communicators —both researchers and practitioners—are in an ideal position to advocate for a more socially just design of speech devices and to assess and mitigate potential harms to marginalized communities with varying language backgrounds” (p. 1).
To extend and honor Dr. Lawrence’s research and contributions, in collaboration with Dr. Lawrence’s family, ATTW is pleased to announce this annual award to support those whose research, practice, and/or pedagogy focuses on language justice in technical communication. This includes scholars and teachers focusing on technical communication and translation, language diversity, the intersections of race, technology, community, and language, and diasporic and global languages in technical communication.
Eligible candidates for this award include researchers, teachers, and practitioners working to advance language justice in technical communication. Preference will be given to Black women and femme applicants working on issues of language diversity and technical communication. Graduate students, community members, and industry practitioners are encouraged to apply.
To apply, please submit an extended abstract (not more than 750 words). This award is primarily aimed at supporting future work the applicant plans to conduct related to language justice. The Awards Selection Committee will prioritize abstracts that are clearly defined, engage with Dr. Lawrence’s scholarship, and offer significant pedagogical, theoretical, and/or methodological contributions to the field of technical communication.
Completed applications should be submitted to award co-chairs, G. Edzordzi Agbozo (agbozog) and Erin Clark (froste) by 11:59 PM PST on February 23, 2026.
Important Dates
Application deadline: February 23, 2026
Notification of recipients: April 2026
ATTW Conference: April 17-18, 2026
Questions
Please feel free to contact the co-chairs with any questions.
Dr. Halcyon Lawrence, we give you your flowers and we honor you!
G. Edzordzi Agbozo, Ph.D.
[Say my name]
Associate Professor of English
UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON
https://uncw.edu/profiles/a/agbozog