Many areas of in-depth study are best approached not by being confined to a single school or faculty, but by drawing on a wide range of disciplines that cross traditional school boundaries.

To support these areas of scholarly strength, the Office of the Provost supports several “bottom-up” efforts to bring together faculty from across academic fields and NYU's schools and institutes to work together on wide-ranging challenges.

Research Priorities

In recent years, NYU has invested in six main areas of growth for our research enterprise, spanning the wide array of faculty strengths at the University.

Expand the six areas below for relevant links.