CSU Writes is a writing facilitation program for CSU’s professional researchers and academic writers who seek to boost productivity and develop sustainable writing practices for publication, submission, and degree completion.
Upcoming CSU WRITES Events
Fall 2025 marks a decade of CSU Writes supporting research writers across campus. We are deeply grateful to the thousands of writers who have participated in CSU Writes events, supported one another, and helped build a professional research writing community of excellence at CSU.
Fall 2025: How We Write
Join us for a semester of recognition and events focused on how we write—as researchers, experts, and emerging experts in our fields. We’ll explore the practices that shape scholarly excellence and foster a vibrant writing culture.
Spring 2026: Writing the Next Decade
Looking ahead, our spring 20026 programming features guest speakers and special events designed to launch us into the next decade of research writing support. As writing continues to evolve with AI and new modes of scholarly expression, CSU Writes remains committed to helping you adapt, thrive, and lead through successful submissions, publications, and proposals.
What We Offer
Workshops Courses, & Events
Rotating workshops and special courses and events address the 5 areas academic writers encounter their greatest challenges:
Space, Time, Energy / Momentum, Academic Style, and Collaboration.
Retreats
Writers who attend retreats access a writing community here at CSU and tend to produce much more writing than they would on their own.
Grant Support
CSU Writes partners with resident experts to provide low-stakes grant writing support and feedback, including drop-in writing sessions, workshops, and retreats, with special emphasis on NSF Career projects.
Productivity Support
Regular drop-in writing sessions for all CSU research writers.
Dedicated writing accountability groups for faculty and grad students.
What Writers Say
CSU Writes on YouTube
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CSU Writes Supports Innovation
AI-Use Agreement for Co-Authors
In response to the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI and its growing presence in research and scholarly writing, CSU Writes developed an “AI-Use Agreement for Co-Authors” for the Faculty Writes workshop on “How to AI: Tools, Guides, and Conversations.” The AI-use agreement is designed to help co-authors and collaborative
Sit Less, Write More: Reclaiming Health and Focus Through Movement
Many of us at CSU—whether faculty, graduate students, postdocs, or staff—spend more than six hours each day seated at desks, in meetings, or in front of screens. Add time spent commuting or relaxing at home, and our bodies are often seated in a sedentary mode most of the day. In
About the Early Career Grant Program: Support for Your Next Big Project
Are you an early career researcher who plans to write a grant proposal in today’s increasingly competitive funding climate? The Early Career Grant Program, a partnership between the Research Acceleration Office and CSU Writes, is designed to support assistant professors, postdocs, research associates, and graduate students in preparing competitive proposals
We are proud to recognize writers who have participated in CSU Writes and whose writing has been published, funded, or recognized with an award or distinction.
Dr. Tori Arthur, Journalism & Media Communication
Dr. Tori Arthur was awarded the 2021 Outstanding Manuscript Award of the Central States Communication Association for her work titled “‘We’re out here’: Black identity and digital resistance in Instagram
Dr. Julie Heinrichs, NREL
In recognition of her writing productivity, Dr. Julie Heinrichs won the 2019 “Most Publications” award from the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and the department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability (Warner College of Natural Resources). Julie started participating in CSU Writes workshops and retreats in 2018.
We recognize great research is great writing.
To add your, your colleague’s, or your student’s story to CSU Writes’ ACCOLADES page complete the form below or email CSU Writes at [email protected].