Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Office of Research and Doctoral Studies

Steinhardt and University-wide funding opportunities for AY 2014-15

This list may not be a total reflection of all the opportunities across the University but rather a compilation of those our office is aware of and seem most relevant to Steinhardt faculty. Please visit the links provided below for more details.

STEINHARDT GRANTS/AWARDS

Steinhardt Faculty Challenge Grants

LOI Due: February 2, 2015

Proposals Due: March 11, 2015

-Not all are given out every year(Highlighted awards rotate)

-Pilot projects

-Not meant to supplement faculty salary

-Faculty members may not receive an award from the same award program (IDEA, Arts and Culture, Summer Development, etc.) two years in a row.

-Awards may not exceed 12 months without prior approval from the Steinhardt Office of Research

-Peer reviewed with feedback given

• Community Collaborative Awards
• PEG (Project / Process/ Program Evaluation Grant)
• Technology Award
• Kate Sapir Zirin Education Faculty Research Fellowship Award
• IDEAs (Innovative, Developmental, Exploratory Awards)
• Art and Culture Awards
• Summer Grant Development Awards

-Community Collaborative Awards

1 Award

These awards provide up to $15,000 in direct costs for one year and support collaboration between researchers at Steinhardt and community-based organizations, health care providers, nonprofit organizations, schools or other community-basedentities. The assumption is that the research cannot be implemented without participation by both the researcher and partner(s). The award seeks to encourage partnerships outside the NYU community that will provide a foundation to address importantresearch questions within these community settings and that will potentially lead to the development of funding from external sources.

-Technology Award

1 Award

This award provides up to $15,000 in direct funds for one year and supports research that contributes to understanding of the character and development of science and technology in cultural, educational, human services, and gaming settings. Samples of research areas include, but are not limited to: 1) linking technology to learning, 2) enhancing technology for data collection and analysis, 3) study of technology to improve health and human services, 4) evaluation of technology in real life settings, 5) incorporate digital media into their curriculum and to evaluate it effectively. 6) linking gaming to learning

-P.E.G. (Process / Program / Project Evaluation Grant)

1 Award

The award provides up to $15,000 in total costs to support research that will improve the quality, design, implementation, improvement or outcomes of a program or process run by a community-based organization, local municipality, health care provider, nonprofit organization, school or other community-based entity. Programs and processes can include but are not limited to: interventions, support services, treatment services, testing services, program implementation, or training for a targeted population. Applications should focus on one of the following: Context Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Process Evaluation, Impact Evaluation, Outcome Evaluation.A collaborative approach to the process is integral.

-Kate Sapir Zirin Education Faculty Research Fellowship Award

This award provides up to $10,000 for research support to Steinhardt faculty in the field of secondary education. The support will be paid as a stipend to support research conducted during an approved sabbatical. The fund supporting the fellowship is in memory of Kate Sapir Zirin, who earned degrees from Washington Square College in 1927 and from the School of Education in 1937. Kate Sapir Zirin believed strongly in women's education and taught commercial and vocational skills to women in the New York City public school system. Recipients of the awards should share Kate Sapir Zirin's commitment and values, and shall be known as Kate Sapir Zirin Education Faculty Research Fellows

-IDEAs (Innovative, Developmental, Exploratory Awards)

Up to 4 Awards

These awards provide up to $5,000 in total costs for pilot or small-scale formative studies that show clear promise to yield significant knowledge or that have potential for well-defined future research. IDEAs are intended for faculty interested in furthering a career path in research or to initiate a new line of programmatic research.

-Arts and Culture Awards

Up to 3 Awards

These awards provide up to $5,000 in total costs and support the development of projects which might not receive funding under traditional grant mechanisms. Such projects could include, critical, theoretical and/or historical studies, artistic work (including creating and performing), work related to communications and media studies, or any other projects that will enhance one's scholarship or creativity.

-Summer Grant Development Awards

Up to 8 Awards

These awards are part of a grant-writing incentive program that awards up to $5,000 in a summer stipend to eligible faculty. Award recipients work during the summer months immediately following the award to develop a research proposal to be submitted to an outside funding agency by Spring semester of the following academic year. The amount requested of the outside agency is expected to be at least $15,000. Award recipients are required to participate in grant-writing workshops in the beginning of the summer and to participate in the review sessions for draft proposals at the end of the summer.

Daniel E. Griffiths Research Award – Application due March 16,2015

The Award was established in 1983 to commemorate a former Dean of our School, Daniel E. Griffiths, who, as Dean and Scholar, was committed to the advancement of knowledge through research.The Award, given annually in the amount of $1,000, recognizes faculty members for their research in advancing their fields of knowledge and professional practice. The 2014 Award will be given to that faculty member or collaborating group of faculty members whose research best has been published or accepted for publication over the calendar years 2012-2014 and meets the following criteria:

• The research has the potential to make a major contribution to the field of the applicant.
• The research represents an innovative breakthrough or major advancement interms of knowledge, method, design, theory, or practice.

For the 2015 competition, we will be considering the following scholarly works:books,book chapters, andjournal articles.

Gabriel Carras Research Award - Application due March 16, 2015

The award is named in honor of a former associate dean and professor emeritus, W. Gabriel Carras in recognition of his many years of invaluable mentoring of junior faculty and was established in 2004. This $1,000 award is given to a member of the faculty who is in the first or second year of a pre-tenure appointment. Same criteria as Griffiths award.

Clinical Faculty Fellowships

This Fellowship is intended to allow clinical faculty to engage in projects that are more time or resource intensive than those typically accomplished while carrying full course loads. At the Steinhardt School, clinical faculty are expected to teach six (6) courses each academic year although that load may be reduced in exchange for an equivalent level of administrative service or student advisement. Courses taught in the summer or winter sessions may, with the approval of the department chair, be counted towards the 6-course load.

Clinical faculty (we include here those who hold the title of “music professor,” at all levels of appointment) may apply for the Steinhardt School’s Clinical Faculty Fellowship. Steinhardt will grant two Fellowships each year.

• Only faculty who have completed at least five years of continuous service as a clinical/music assistant, associate, or professor in good standing will be eligible to apply.
• Only those members of the clinical faculty who have been awarded a five-year contract are eligible for the Fellowship.
• The Fellowship offers relief from two courses (or their equivalent) in a given academic year (including summer and winter sessions) or one course and $5,000 of support for the proposed activities.
• The Fellowship may be used to expand or refresh the faculty member’s area of expertise, to strengthen his or her bonds to the field of practice through active engagement with community organizations, to develop new skills or competencies relevant to their field of practice through coursework and workshops, and other relevant development activities.

Full-Time Professional Development Fund

TheSteinhardt Full-Time Professional Development Fundis a combined contingency fund to support the research and professional development of faculty, as well as to support the faculty’s efforts to enhance the school’s intellectual life. This mechanism has been established to help support faculty in situations when IDA funds have been expended or are insufficient, or where department budgets are insufficient to support faculty-led activities. While priority for this contingency fund is given to junior faculty (both tenure-track and clinical) to further their research, to support special projects that enhance faculty scholarship, and to travel central to the professional development process, it is open to all full-time faculty who meet the criteria. It is expected that requests from this fund are for focused short-term undertakings. In accordance with University guidelines, all reimbursement requests must be submitted within 30 days after expenditures. Note that no faculty member may receive more than $3,500 in support from the PDF in any two-year period. In other words, if no funds were received in the prior year, the faculty member may receive up to $3,500 for an approved request. If, for example, $2,000 were awarded and spent in the prior year, the faculty member may receive no more than $1,500 in the current year.

Criteria for Allocating Contingency Funds for Special Projects

1. That the project helps move the faculty member towards tenure or promotion.
2. Demonstrated merit of the project in the context of school and department priorities or the relevant field.
3. Demonstrated level of innovation within Steinhardt, or within the larger community or field.
4. Promotion of interdisciplinary or collaborative work.
5. Potential to lead to improvement of research or teaching, or both.
6. Potential to support graduate/doctoral student education.
7. Demonstrates a potential to obtain independent/outside funding for the project in the future.
8. Total project budget, and the faculty member’s use of IDA for that year.

Steinhardt Teaching Excellence Award

The Teaching Excellence Award is given to full-time faculty members in The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development who demonstrate teaching excellence. Award winners receive a specially designed certificate and a monetary award. The same award is given to adjunct faculty members in The Steinhardt School of Education who have exemplified teaching excellence. The winners of this award also receive a special certificate, and a monetary award.

Global Integration Fund

TheSteinhardt Office of Global Programspromotes the integration of a global perspective across the School's academic disciplines. Toward this end, we seek to support innovative, cross-disciplinary speaker series, scholarly symposia, or other events taking place on the Washington Square campus that enrich the School's global engagement through presentations directed at the broad university community as well as the public beyond the university. We welcome proposals that connect the School to significant conversations occurring on- and off-campus and contribute to the internationalization of curricula and research and integration with NYU's Global Network. Events may take the form most conducive to the topic at hand, including a series of speakers over the course of a semester, a one- or multiple-day symposium, artistic or performance-based presentations, a lunch series, or several events over the course of a week. Steinhardt faculty should be actively involved in all events as co-presenters, moderators, discussants, or similar roles. Some component of a series or event should be free and open to the public, and visiting scholars or artists should be involved in somediscussion with faculty on integrating global perspectives in curricular initiatives leading to new courses, programs, or other curricular impact. A proposalmust be submitted by at least two faculty members representing different departments. Where possible, proposers should involve students in their planning or solicit student input on the proposal. We strongly encourage organizers to obtain co-sponsorships with other NYU schools, departments, institutes and/or dean's offices. Funding for this initiative is $50,000 total per academic year. Continuation of the program is contingent on program assessment and funds availability. A panel convened by the Office of Global Programs will review proposals. The review panel may choose to allocate funds to one or multiple proposals up to the maximum of $25,000 available per semester.

Institute for Human Development and Social Change Seed Grants

The Institute of Human Development and Social Change represents a dynamic collaboration of New York University's Schools of Arts and Sciences, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. The Institute provides support for NYU faculty to conduct multidisciplinary research on human development and changing social contexts. A central goal is to bridge the longstanding disconnect between research in human development across the lifespan and policies and practices that affect children, youth, adults, and families. Seed grants are typically $10-15k, should be interdisciplinary and fit within the mission of IHDSC. The expectation is that any external funding that is applied for, based on the project that is funded by the seed grant, will run through IHDSC.

UNIVERSITY WIDE GRANTS/AWARDS:

-Managed by provost officeor other schools/institutes

University Research Challenge Fund (URCF)

The University Research Challenge Fund (URCF) supports faculty-initiated research on a competitive basis and is administered by the URCF Advisory Committee. The Fund aims to encourage investigators to explore new areas of research that are likely to attract outside support, and support faculty engaging in productive scholarship in areas where there are few sources of support.

The new application guidelines for 2014-2015 competition should be made available by the end of Fall Semester.

Visual Arts Initiatives Awards

The University Arts Council provides a forum for interdisciplinary research, discussion, and collaboration in the visual arts. The Council offers a limited number of Visual Arts Awards to foster new initiatives in creative activities and scholarship, and to encourage new ways of thinking about the arts at NYU.These awards provide up to $5,000 to support the development of innovative projects in the visual arts and related fields. The types of projects that are fundable include, but are not limited to, creation of artwork, research, symposia, lectures, exhibitions, and curriculum development.Eligibility:faculty members who are officially affiliated with NYU as full-time faculty members, adjunct faculty members, or directors. Collaboration among faculty from different departments or schools is encouraged.

NYU-Polytecnic Institute of NYU Seed Grants for Collaborative Research:

This program is intended primarily to initiate new research collaborations. Proposals require at least one co-Principal Investigator (co-PI) from each institution who must be either regular faculty or research faculty, and is eligible to be a principal investigator on sponsored programs. The funds are to be used exclusively as seed funds for projects that position the faculty teams to compete successfully for extramural funding to sustain the projects in the long term.

Global Public Health Research Challenge Fund(GPHRCF) – Usually due in summer

TheGlobal Public Health Research Challenge Fund(GPHRCF) supports faculty-initiated research on a competitive basis and is administered by the Executive Vice President for Health and a GPHRCF Selection Committee. Up to five awards of up to $15,000 each will be granted. Awards will not be granted to fund faculty salaries, but should be used to cover out-of-pocket project expenses such as student support, travel, software, data base acquisition, equipment, etc.

The purpose of the GPHRCF is:

• To serve as an incentive for junior faculty, doctoral students and post-docs to explore new areas of global public health research that are likely to attract outside support;
• To support those engaging in productive global public health scholarship in areas where there are few sources of existing support.

Projects must demonstrate a global public health focus, which includes projects involving global public health issues that express themselves in U.S.-based populations. Proposals for collaborative, interdepartmental, and/or inter-school research are particularly encouraged. Awards are open to all full-time NYU junior faculty, doctoral students and post-docs but one criterion for review will include the extent to which the project enriches the NYU Global Institute of Public Health programs, faculty, and student body.

Curricular Development Challenge Fund – Due December 12, 2014

The Curricular Development Challenge Fund (CDCF) promotes innovative curricular programs and projects at New York University. The Fund helps individual faculty members create new academic programs and courses, update and expand existing courses, or undertake special projects that will promote curricular developments. CDCF seeks to use the Fund to support efforts in the classroom that contribute to making research, scholarship, and artistic creation a central component of both undergraduate and graduate education through a movement away from a more traditional lecturing and note-taking approach to a more inquiry- or problem-based collaborative approach in which problem solving, joint projects, teamwork, and cooperative learning are emphasized. Often such inquiry-based approaches are well served by the innovative use of technology and the unique resources of New York City. In 2013-2014, we are especially interested in projects that feature innovative approaches to the assessment of student learning.

The Humanities Initiative (

The Humanities Initiative offers a number of grants and fellowships to full-time faculty in the humanities and art disciplines.

-Faculty Research Fellowships – Due November 10, 2014

The Humanities Initiative offers Research Fellowships to full-time faculty in the humanities and art disciplines, including but not limited to history, art history, music, philosophy, cultural studies, literary and language studies, religious studies, drama and performance studies, cinema studies, and gender studies. Fellows are expected to be present in New York within the University community for the entire year of their residency. They will meet on a weekly basis to discuss their work-in-progress and that of invited guests, and will participate in Initiative activities. Applicants may not have had an NYU-supported leave in the year preceding the Fellowship year. More than one applicant from the same department may apply. Prospective fellows should be at a stage in their research and writing that will permit them to be in residence at NYU for the totality of the Fellowship year.