The PSC membership recently approved a new contract, with effective dates from 2023 through 2027. We are working to update our website content to fully reflect the gains made in the new agreement as quickly as possible.
PSC-CUNY Research Award Program
(Administered by the CUNY RF)
The Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York (PSC-CUNY) Research Award Program was established as a major vehicle for the University’s encouragement and support of research and to leverage external funding. It seeks to enhance the University’s role as a research institution, further the professional growth and development of its full-time instructional staff, and provide support for both the established and the emerging scholar. Funding supports activities in the creative arts and research in natural science, social science and humanities, including research related to curriculum development, improvement in teaching, adaptation of standard educational techniques to special clientele and the relationship between technical or occupational training and the liberal arts curriculum. Awards are distributed by the University Committee on Research Awards, a faculty committee, and administered by the Research Foundation of CUNY. Preference is given to junior faculty in the allocation of funds.
The following terms were agreed upon in the 2023-2027 contract, modifying the previous agreement.
The program has two components:
Track 1 Awards: up to $7,000
Track 2 Awards: up to $15,000
- The majority of funding goes to Track 1 Awards.
- Eligibility criteria, as expressed in the contract, remain unchanged, including the special attention to supporting the work of untenured faculty.
- Applicants may apply for an award in only one category in any given year.
- As in the past, there are restrictions on applications by faculty receiving major external grant funding in direct costs for their research, and on the number of consecutive awards tenured faculty may receive.
- The selection of awards is made by 18 discipline-based panels, each of which includes both senior and community college faculty. Panel chairs serve three-year staggered terms.
- Track 2 Awards may require the review of experts outside the panel, per the request of panel members and chair.
- The annual deadline for applications is December 15; there will be no out-of-cycle or emergency awards.
- Award recipients are expected to submit a final report by March 1st following the end of the award period.
For more information, guidelines and application, go to the CUNY RF webpage about the PSC-CUNY Research Award Program: https://www.rfcuny.org/rfwebsite/resources/psc-cuny-programs/psc-cuny-research-award-program-guidelines.
