QUICK ELIGIBILITY FACTS

  • Only tenure-track or tenured faculty at CUNY campuses are eligible to apply.
  • Proposals must involve an interdisciplinary collaboration between two or more faculty members from different departments.
  • Only authentic interdisciplinary research projects are eligible.
  • The Institutional Review Board (IRB) must approve research involving human subjects prior to the release of any funds.
  • All awardees must submit a report at the completion of the funding period.  Future eligibility for this program is contingent on compliance.

Read the Program Guidelines for a more detailed explanation of each eligibility requirement.

Please direct program inquiries to:
Effie MacLachlan, Ph.D.
Director of Grants & Research Programs
effie.maclachlan@cuny.edu

Interdisciplinary Research Grant

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Future Call for Proposals TBD

Across the globe, urban environments are confronting numerous challenges related to human health, environmental change, artificial intelligence, migration, and ever-changing social organization. The 2024 Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IRG) is designed to contribute to CUNY’s goal of amplifying the quantity and quality of engaged public impact research and scholarship as outlined in “CUNY Lifting New York.” As a public university, our mission is to serve our urban communities and create knowledge that addresses society’s most pressing needs.

Innovation springs from teams of faculty who have different research backgrounds. We invite interdisciplinary proposals that address scientific and societal challenges through convergent research with clear public impact.

The IRG program will fund projects that join expertise across disciplines and are poised to take advantage of existing external funding opportunities. A minimum of two investigators is required: one PI and one co-PI, ideally from different CUNY colleges, schools, and/or centers. Multi-PI teams are encouraged.

We anticipate funding 6 to 8 awards of $45,000 each with a period of performance starting in January 2024.

 

Please direct any questions to:
Veer Shetty
Research Programs Coordinator
veer.shetty@cuny.edu

Program Guidlines
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IRG Proposal Checklist