Quick Eligibility Facts
- The lead PI must have a full-time, tenured or tenure-track appointment at a CUNY college/school. PIs and co-PIs can participate in only one proposal.
- Teams must include at least one co-PI who has a full-time, tenured or tenure-track appointment at a different CUNY college/school from the PI.
- Proposals must clearly-specify and target efforts toward a new or upcoming large-scale funding opportunity (renewals of existing large-scale/ center grants are not eligible).
- There are no limits on the number of CUNY colleges/schools, disciplines, or departments that can be represented on the proposal.
Please direct program inquiries to:
Effie MacLachlan, Ph.D.
Director of Grants & Research Programs
effie.maclachlan@cuny.edu
Future Call for Proposals TBD
The CUNY Office of Research Planning Grant Program seeks to catalyze collaborative grant-seeking and encourage a culture of multidisciplinary, convergent, team-based science, with potential to transform the University. This program will support multi-college research teams in the preparation and submission of complex, large-scale, center-type proposals to external funding agencies and organizations. Planning Grant funds will strengthen CUNY’s capacity to develop large-scale proposals by:
- mobilizing experienced teams of PIs and establishing effective project management strategies
- cultivating academic, industry, and community stakeholder engagement
- creating opportunities to develop applied and translatable research projects with significant scalable societal impacts
- contributing to CUNY’s national standing in innovative, high-priority, high-payoff research areas
Developing proposals for competitive, large-scale external grant programs requires significant advance planning, a compelling and well-honed research vision, strong preliminary evidence/pilot data, buy-in from research partners, and a track record of robust teamwork among collaborating investigators that spans multiple disciplines, colleges, universities, and organizations. The Planning Grant Program is designed to build CUNY capacity and provide resources to support the vital work required to develop successful proposals. It is expected that awardee teams will help foster an inclusive research culture at CUNY that empowers discovery and innovation with tangible results for our city, state, region, and nation.
This program aims to invest in teams motivated to apply for large grants across a spectrum of possible funders. Examples include NSF Science and Technology Centers (STCs) and Engineering Research Centers (ERCs); NIH Multiproject Research Grants (P and U mechanisms); DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers; NSA Centers of Excellence; or NEH Institutes, Collections, and Collaborative Research grants.
Funds will support efforts to tackle complex, multi-faced research questions that are better addressed by teams than individuals. Partnerships across departments, colleges, and disciplines are required. Internal program funds are available only to teams of CUNY faculty, but awardees are strongly encouraged to recruit academic and organizational collaborators from beyond CUNY in preparation for developing the full center grant proposal. Teams must be poised to submit a competitive proposal to an external funder within one year after the award period ends. Each team is eligible to request up to $20,000 for an award period of up to one year. Up to 5 awards will be made.
Please direct all inquires to:
Veer Shetty, Research Programs Coordinator
veer.shetty@cuny.edu