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Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy

The Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) at the University of Southern California promotes interdisciplinary research in communications between the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Viterbi School of Engineering, and the separate USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, also funded by Walter Annenberg.

Personnel
People affiliated with the CCLP include Julian Bleecker, John Seely Brown, Vinton Cerf, Bill Dutton, John Gage, Joi Ito, Merlyna Lim, Eli Noam, Howard Rheingold, Adrienne Russell, Larry Smarr, Robert Stein, Douglas Thomas, and Robert Winter. As of 2026, USC professor Geoffrey Cowan is the director of the CCLP. ==History==
History
In 2007, it was announced that the focus of the CCLP funding strategy would undergo a major shift towards primarily funding graduate fellowships in interdisciplinary research, with $4 million annually planned for 100+ graduate fellowships based on funding from the Annenberg Foundation. ==References==
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