A number of institutional seed funds support faculty across the disciplines in curriculum development, research and scholarship, and entrepreneurship, with a number of fellowship opportunities earmarked specifically for junior faculty.
The following three programs are administered by Farooq Niazi, Director of Research Administration for Provostial Research Programs.
The University Research Challenge Fund (URCF) supports faculty-initiated research on a competitive basis and is administered by the URCF Advisory Committee, composed of senior faculty reflecting a cross-section of disciplines at the University. The purpose of the Fund is:
to serve as an incentive for investigators to explore new areas of research that are likely to attract outside support
to support those engaging in productive scholarship in areas where there are few sources of support.
Contact: Farooq Niazi, Director, Provostial Research Programs (farooq.niazi@nyu.edu)
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.
The New York University Whitehead Fellowships assist faculty in the early years of their independent research careers to conduct focused research projects in the biomedical and biological sciences and enhance their ability to compete successfully for external funds.
The competition is open to applicants from all New York University units, effectively, the Faculty of Arts and Science, the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, the School of Medicine, the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, the College of Dentistry, and the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
Contact: Farooq Niazi, Director, Provostial Research Programs (farooq.niazi@nyu.edu)
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.
http://www.nyu.edu/cdcf/description.htm
Office of Faculty Resources - (212) 998-2987
The Goddard Junior Faculty Fellowship program provides funds to tenure track faculty who have successfully passed their Third-Year Review to advance their research and scholarship interests. These funds may be used for adjunct replacement during the faculty member’s leave with pay, or to provide support for travel, publications, and other research costs. The award process is school based, selected schools only, with additional information available from the school Dean’s Office.
Contact: Kelly Long, Office of the Provost (Kelly.long@nyu.edu)
The Global Public Health Research Challenge Fund (GPHRCF), administered by the Executive Vice President for Health, supports faculty-initiated research on a competitive basis. The Fund encourages faculty to explore new areas of global public health research that are likely to attract outside support, and supports global public health research in areas where there are few sources of existing support.
mph.nyu.edu/global-public-health-research-challenge-fund.html
Contact: Marcia Thomas, Executive Director, Public Health Initiatives (mat5@nyu.edu)
The Humanities Initiative offers a number of grants and fellowships to full-time faculty in the humanities and art disciplines.
Grants-in-Aid
This program provides a limited number of grants in support of projects with a humanistic focus. Specifically intended to augment the funds of schools and departments, Grants-in-Aid provide financial assistance for special class activities, publication costs, and special events such as conferences, symposia, and seminars.
http://www.humanitiesinitiative.org/index.php/grant-programs/grants-in-aid
Faculty Research Fellowships
The Research Fellowships support projects that clearly define a research problem that can be investigated in a one-year project period and demonstrate the likelihood of a significant contribution to the field. Fellows are expected to be present in New York within the University community for the entire year of their residency.
http://www.humanitiesinitiative.org/index.php/grant-programs/faculty-fellowships
Working Research Group Grants
These grants build community and foster interdisciplinary exchange by bringing together NYU faculty and graduate students in a series of meetings on a focused topic in the humanities where interdisciplinary approaches are likely to be particularly fruitful. The WRGs are expected to generate new curricular offerings, publications, conferences, or collaborative faculty projects.
http://www.humanitiesinitiative.org/index.php/grant-programs/working-research-groups
Team-Teaching Stipends
These stipends foster creative and dynamic teaching across humanistic disciplines and departments, in the interest of generating innovative new courses and teaching formats.
http://www.humanitiesinitiative.org/index.php/grant-programs/team-teaching
Contact: Asya Berger, Director, Humanities Initiative (ab1@nyu.edu)
The NYU Technology Venture Competition serves as a catalyst for creating and accelerating new and existing early stage businesses based on technologies developed at NYU. The competition is open to all current NYU students, faculty and research staff and kicks-off in September and runs through May of each academic year. During this 8-month program, participants benefit from team-building initiatives, entrepreneurial workshops, bootcamps, mentoring and coaching as they develop their technologies into viable business ventures. Run by the Stern School’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and sponsored by the NYU Innovation Venture Fund, the competition awards a total cash prize of $75,000 and pro bono services to the winners.
Contact: Loretta Poole, Associate Director, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (lpoole@stern.nyu.edu)
September 19, 2012, 5-7pm: Competition Kick-off Event.
October 17, 2012: Registration deadline to enter.
The NYU Innovation Venture Fund is a seed-stage venture capital fund created to invest in startups founded by NYU students, faculty and researchers, and/or those commercializing NYU-developed technologies and intellectual property. The Fund seeks inventions, discoveries, products or services that were developed in whole or in part at NYU and are ready for commercial product development, rather than those requiring further basic research. Though a complete business plan and team is not required for consideration, the technology underpinning the venture concept should have achieved the proof-of- concept or prototype stage and solve a measurable problem in a large and growing market. The founders should be the nucleus around which a strong, entrepreneurial team can form and execute a financially attractive business plan.
Visit: http://nyu.edu/venturefund
Contact: Frank Rimalovski, Managing Director, NYU Innovation Venture Fund (fbr4@nyu.edu)
Farooq Niazi
Director of Research Administration for the NYUAD Institute and Provostial Research Programs
farooq.niazi@nyu.edu
