This guide covers a wide range of public and private resources. It is not exhaustive or comprehensive. If you notice any mistakes or come across a valuable resource that can be included, please email clascar@ccny.cuny.edu or ddominguez@ccny.cuny.edu. Thank you for your assistance.

Types of federal funding:

• research grants to support investigations aimed at the discovery of facts, revision of accepted theories, or application of new or revised theories; 
• demonstration grants to demonstrate or establish the feasibility of a particular theory or approach; 
• project grants to support individual projects in accordance with legislation that gives the funding agency discretion in selecting the project, grantees, and amount of award;
• block grants to provide states with funding for a particular purpose; and
• formula grants to provide funding to specified grantees on the basis of a specific formula, using indicators such as per capita income, mortality, or morbidity rates, outlined in legislation or regulations.

Private funding can be obtained from:

• private foundations, which receive income from an individual, family or group of individuals. The funding priorities of private foundations are usually based on the personal philosophies of the founding members.
• corporate foundations, which receive contributions from a profit-making entity, such as a corporation
• community foundations involved in grant giving within a specific community or region.
• direct giving programs: philanthropic arms of corporations which donate goods and services for charitable causes.
• voluntary agencies: private organizations which support charitable programs that are consistent with their overall mission. The American Red Cross, for example, provides printed materials and staff consultation for health projects in various communities.
• community groups: local organizations which focus on supporting projects within their communities. Examples include churches, Junior Leagues, and civic organizations.

The City College Office of Research Administration (ORA), located in Shepard Hall – Room 16, is an administrative unit of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

The ORA’s primary responsibility is to provide the campus with professional guidance and administrative support for all sponsored research activities.

Pre-award services include identifying potential external funding sources; providing advice and assistance on proposal development; preparing budgets and other sponsor forms; coordinating online proposal submission; and interpreting sponsor guidelines and CUNY and CCNY policies.

Post-award services include providing guidance on Research Foundation account management; assisting with sponsor agency requirements and documentation; disseminating fiscal information; and preparing annual reports.

New CCNY Bridge Funding Program: 

The Provost will consider requests for up to $30k to support research personnel while a faculty member awaits notice of an award from one or more grant proposals that have been submitted. The program is not intended to provide bridge funding for a single specific project, but rather for the entire research program of a faculty member.  Grants will be awarded only to faculty members who have very little funds remaining in all existing grants and 9th ledger accounts.  Proposals must be received by February 15, 2012 and October 15, 2012 respectively. Receive more information about this program from Lawrence C. Bank, PhD, PE, Associate Provost for Research (Phone: 212-650-5143 or E-mail: lbank2@ccny.cuny.edu).

Faculty Travel Program:

The Provost’s office will provide reimbursement up to $1,000 for Domestic Conference Travel, and up to $2,000 for International Conference Travel. The Program is available only to tenured or tenure track faculty at CCNY. The program is not designed to provide 100% of the expenses but rather to assist by defraying a significant part of the cost of these trips. To be considered requests must be received by November 30, March 31 or July 31 of each year. More information about this program can be obtained from the Provost’s office (Phone: 1-212-650-6638 or E-mail: provost@ccny.cuny.edu).

CUNY, through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, provides a number of research-related, internal funding programs to faculty.  A number of funding programs are designed specifically to foster intra- and inter-college research collaborations among CUNY's faculty.  In addition, the Vice Chancellor provides travel funds for faculty seeking external funding opportunities to visit with a Program Director at an appropriate agency.

Junior Faculty Research Award in Science and Engineering

The CUNY Junior Faculty Research Award in Science and Engineering Program aims to cultivate the excellence and ensure the promise of research-intensive, early career science and engineering faculty at CUNY.

Collaborative Incentive Research Grant (CIRG)

The purpose of the Collaborative Incentive Research Grants Program is to enhance, through multi-campus collaborations, the prestige and prominence of the University to a national and international audience.

Community College Collaborative Incentive Research Grant (C³IRG)

The purpose of this program is to support the research efforts of faculty, especially junior faculty, at the community colleges, and to encourage collaborations with faculty within and across the CUNY campuses.

Travel Funds Program

The Office of Academic Affairs has limited funds that can be made available to assist with travel for specific occasions.

Bridge Fund Program

CUNY faculty who run externally funded research programs and who run into a funding crisis due to a competitive renewal of their grant not being funded may apply for bridge funds under specific circumstances.

Core Facilities are an integral part of research and education at the City University of New York. They provide University researchers with access to specialized services and state-of-the-art equipment. While faculty may be familiar with facilities available to them on their home campus, they are often unaware of such resources on a university-wide basis. The goal of this site is to make all CUNY researchers aware of core facilities that are available to them across the university.

See also GRANT DATABASES

See also INDIVIDUAL GRANTMAKERS

The U.S. government has implemented a new policy that will require federal agencies to systematically review the potential risks associated with federally funded studies involving 15 "high consequence" pathogens and toxins, including the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The reviews are designed to reduce the risks associated with "dual use research of concern" (DURC) that could be used for good or evil.

The most dangerous of biological organisms are:

a)  Avian influenza virus (highly pathogenic) 
b)  Bacillus anthracis
c)  Botulinum neurotoxin
d)  Burkholderia mallei
e)  Burkholderia pseudomallei
f)  Ebola virus
g)  Foot-and-mouth disease virus
h)  Francisella tularensis
i)  Marburg virus

j)  Reconstructed 1918 Influenza virus

k)  Rinderpest virus
l)  Toxin-producing strains of Clostridium botulinum
m) Variola major virus
n)  Variola minor virus
o)  Yersinia pestis

Beginning January 18, 2011, proposals submitted to NSF must include a supplementary document of no more than two pages labeled "Data Management Plan" (DMP).  This supplementary document should describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results.  Proposals that do not include a DMP will not be able to be submitted.  For more information about this new requirement, please see the Grant Proposal Guide, Chapter II.C.2.j and the Data Management and Sharing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

Please note: Many Directorates have additional guidance for proposals submitted (see the guidelines listed below).

The NIH Public Access Policy ensures that the public has access to the published results of NIH funded research. It requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.  To help advance science and improve human health, the Policy requires that these papers are accessible to the public on PubMed Central no later than 12 months after publication.

• As of April 7, 2008, all articles arising from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.
• As of May 25, 2008, NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports must include the PubMed Central reference number when citing an article that falls under the policy and is authored or co-authored by the investigator, or arose from the investigator's NIH award. This policy includes applications submitted to the NIH for the May 25, 2008 due date and subsequent due dates.

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