Your Community Network for the Love of Research
Welcome to The Community Stories and Conversation Project (TCSCP)!
You have found your research partners. We provide a one-stop community resource for connecting to research expertise and a collaboration, learning and support hub for individual researchers.
Founded in December 2025 with the support and guidance of our 20 founding members, the TCSCP Network is comprised of a growing community of experienced, independent researchers from a wide variety of backgrounds and a wide variety of skills and focuses.
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The problems we solve
In 2025, many researchers had their careers significantly disrupted by large-scale layoffs and cuts to federal contracts. Many found themselves in unexpected career transitions or as newly independent consultants. Additionally, many established consultants experienced steep reductions in their volume of work. The TCSCP Network was created as a resource to connect and empower independent researchers and change the way research services are provided.
The collaborative potential of our network means that we are able to provide a wide range of services for large and small projects from a single hub, which is a significant improvement over the usual process, with its ongoing challenges of finding individual consultants with the right range of abilities to fit a client’s current and evolving needs.
What we do
The TCSCP Network provides a home for independent researchers by providing a way for them to learn from each other, network and work together, and negotiate group discounts. By providing a collaborative network, member researchers can increase their capabilities and decrease their overhead costs in offering services. The TCSCP Network then provides a simplified way to request matches from a wide variety of research service providers.
Our clients
The network serves typical research clients with their specialized needs, such as larger research firms, tech or product producers, Federal State and Local governments, membership organizations, universities and nonprofits.
Additionally, the accessibility of the network and lower cost of hiring an independent researcher together open the network up to less traditional clients, such as small businesses, community-based organizations, places of worship, and other local community resources.
The work of the Community Stories and Conversation Project, LLC is guided by the following basic guiding tenets and principles:
●Community is important and worth building and empowering.
● Research is a powerful tool for understanding people, and research skills are necessary and valuable.
● Every voice should be heard, not just the loudest.
● Creating safe spaces to listen and to be heard is vital, and effective feedback loops are worthwhile.
● “Nothing about us without us.” We believe in empowering community members in every phase of the research project, not simply as research subjects.
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