Internal Funding

Funding from CUNY

Current Internal Funding Opportunities from CUNY

Descriptions

Research in the Classroom Grant

The CUNY Office of Research has a Research in the Classroom Grant ($7,500) for innovative ideas to incorporate authentic research projects into the undergraduate curriculum. Successful projects may be implemented into new or existing courses but must incorporate authentic research. The research question should be based on the expertise of the PI, and should involve the development of new avenues of inquiry.

Applications encouraged from across all disciplines including the Arts, Humanities, Engineering, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. A workshop will be held for successful applicants in June 2020 (please see program guidelines for more information).

The call for proposals can be accessed using this link: http://www.cuny.edu/research/faculty-resources/internal-funding/research-in-the-classroom/

The deadline for application is April 10, 2020

Past Internal Funding Opportunities from CUNY

Interdisciplinary Climate Crisis Research Grant (Due: Monday, February 24, 2020, 12:00 pm EST)

Description. This CUNY RFP encompasses the Interdisciplinary Research Grant program (IRG) and leverages additional funds to focus on the climate crisis. For this RFP, applications must combine expertise across disciplines and should be geared toward providing a pathway to NEW external funding. Projects must involve at least two investigators and the lead PI and Co-PIs must be from different disciplines (ideally from different CUNY institutions). The Interdisciplinary Climate Crisis Research Grant will support the following activities: (1) establishing new or expanded interdisciplinary research collaborations, (2) developing and convening interdisciplinary conferences or symposia, (3) funding the purchase of equipment or instrumentation necessary to conduct interdisciplinary research. More details, including program guideline are available at https://www.cuny.edu/research/faculty-resources/internal-funding/interdisciplinary-research-grant-program/

The HEO-CLT Professional Development Fund (Due: Five times a year)

The HEO-CLT Professional Development Fund was won as part of the 2000-02 PSC/CUNY collective bargaining agreement and was the first time CUNY HEOs and CLTs were granted support for academic and professional pursuits. Grants of up to $3,000 are available to eligible applicants.

The CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP) (Due, Oct. 25, 2019)

The CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP) is sponsored by the Office of Recruitment and Diversity in order to advance CUNY’s institutional commitment to diversity. This University-wide initiative assists full-time untenured CUNY faculty (assistant professors) in the design and execution of writing projects essential to progress toward tenure. These projects may include research-based scholarly articles for juried journals, books for academic presses and creative writing projects. This program provides three credit hours of course release for the spring semester, a writing group, and the guidance of a senior faculty member. To be eligible, you must be untenured assistant professor hired on a tenure-track line, on or between September 2013 and September 2018, and meet additional criteria explained in the Call for Proposal

PSC-CUNY Adjunct-CET Professional Development Fund (Due: November 1, 2019)

The PSC/CUNY Adjunct Professional Development Fund is one of the initiatives the Professional Staff Congress has won contractually. It represents the first time in CUNY’s history that a professional development grant program has been offered to adjuncts and is one of the first such programs in the country. Grants of up to $3,000 are available to adjunct faculty who are teaching six or more classroom contact hours in the semester and to continuing education teachers who are teaching a minimum of 20 hours per week. (Other eligibility criteria are explained in the guidelines) The grants can be used towards research, courses, conferences, field studies and other activities that will enhance your professional development.

Curricula Design in Public Interest Tech Using OER (Due: Nov. 18, 2019)

Public Interest Technology (PIT) has been generally defined as technology for the public good. Since PIT is broadly defined, and an emerging discipline, there is a lack of available curricula that can be shared with the academic community in this area. Because of this, there is a need for shared curricula materials that can be adopted into university majors, general education offerings, tracks within a major, interdisciplinary minors, etc. This RFP calls for the creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) to create a body of curricula in PIT. We seek proposals from faculty in the humanities, public policy, law, and technology related areas, to create modules, courses, tracks within a major, minors, or majors in Public Interest Technology. More details at RFP PIT OER (.pdf)

PSC-CUNY Award Program (Due: December 15, 2019)

This Award Program was established as a major vehicle to encourage and support faculty research. PSC-CUNY seeks to enhance the University’s role as a research institution, further the professional growth and development of its faculty, and provide support for the established and junior scholar. Full-time members of the instructional staff, including Higher Education Officers (HEOs) and College Laboratory Technicians (CLTs) are eligible to apply for the PSC-CUNY Award Program.

The CUNY Book Completion Award (BCA) (Due: Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 at 5.00pm)

The CUNY Office of Research Book Completion Award (BCA) grant program is accepting proposals from faculty for book projects that are in the development and prospectus stage, as well as for manuscripts that have been accepted for publication and are nearing the completion and submission stage. Funds will be awarded on a competitive basis to faculty in the arts, humanities, social sciences and Professional school disciplines. For detailed information, including proposal guideline and template, please visit the BCA webpage: http://www2.cuny.edu/research/faculty-resources/internal-funding/book-completion/

The CUNY Junior Faculty Research Award in Science and Engineering program (JFRASE) (Due: December 20, 2019)

The CUNY Junior Faculty Research Award in Science and Engineering program (JFRASE) aims to cultivate excellence and ensure the promise of research-intensive early career science and engineering faculty at CUNY. All untenured tenure-track junior faculty who have a promising and innovative research program in the life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, mathematics, or engineering are eligible and encouraged to apply. Each CUNY Junior Faculty Fellow will receive a one-year $50,000 award. It is anticipated that four awards will be given in 2020.

Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) award (Due: Dec. 31, 2019)

The Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) of The Graduate Center invites tenured and tenure-track scholars both within and outside of CUNY to apply for our Distinguished Faculty Awards.Preference will be given to scholars conducting research in Inequality, Immigration, Multilingualism & Translation, and Global Cities, but scholars working in other fields, especially in the Humanities, are also encouraged to apply. Distinguished Awards fall into two categories:

  • Distinguished Visiting Scholars: for scholars who are not employed by the City University of New York.
  • Distinguished CUNY Fellows: for tenured and tenure-track faculty at one of the campuses of the City University of New York. A Distinguished CUNY Fellow will receive course buyouts up to a maximum of 3 course releases for one semester.