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Office of Research and Doctoral Studies
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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
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty-challenge/
LOI Due: February 2, 2015
Proposals Due: March 11, 2015
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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
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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
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Community Collaborative Awards
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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-based entities. 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 important research questions within these community settings and that will
potentially lead to the development of funding from external sources.
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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
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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 communitybased 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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/research/griffiths
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:
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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 in terms of
knowledge, method, design, theory, or practice.
For the 2015 competition, we will be considering the following scholarly works: books, book
chapters, and journal articles.
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Gabriel Carras Research Award - Application due March 16, 2015
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_affairs/carras
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
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_affairs/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.
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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.
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Full-Time Professional Development Fund
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_affairs/professional_development_fund_request
The Steinhardt Full-Time Professional Development Fund is 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
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_affairs/awards_and_competitions#teaching_excellence
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.
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Global Integration Fund
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/global/faculty/gif
The Steinhardt Office of Global Programs promotes the integration of a global perspective across
the School's academic disciplines. Toward this end, we seek to support innovative, crossdisciplinary 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 some discussion with faculty on integrating global
perspectives in curricular initiatives leading to new courses, programs, or other curricular
impact. A proposal must 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
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/ihdsc/research/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.
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UNIVERSITY WIDE GRANTS/AWARDS:
https://www.nyu.edu/faculty/funding-opportunities.html
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Managed by provost office or 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
http://about.tisch.nyu.edu/object/fac_visualarts.html
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:
http://engineering.nyu.edu/research/cross-institution
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.
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Global Public Health Research Challenge Fund (GPHRCF) – Usually due in summer
http://giph.nyu.edu/research/global-public-health-research-challenge-fund.html
The Global 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
http://www.nyu.edu/faculty/funding-opportunities/curricular-development-challenge-fund.html
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 (http://humanitiesinitiative.org/)
The Humanities Initiative offers a number of grants and fellowships to full-time faculty in
the humanities and art disciplines.
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Faculty Research Fellowships – Due November 10, 2014
http://humanitiesinitiative.org/faculty-graduate-student-fellowships/faculty-fellowships/
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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.
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Research Collaboratives – Due January 30, 2015
http://humanitiesinitiative.org/faculty-graduate-student-fellowships/research-projectteams/
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. All full-time faculty in all schools of the University are
eligible to apply, and are encouraged to involve colleagues and graduate students in their
own and other disciplines in the planning and implementation of the proposed Research
Project Team. The Initiative requests that each Research Project Team have co-directors
drawn from at least two distinct disciplinary areas, departments, or schools at NYU,
which may include the sciences and the professional schools, but at least one co-director
must be from the humanities. Although the core participants of the Research Project
Teams are expected to be members of the NYU community, participants from other area
institutions are also welcome. The Initiative believes that active participation in a
successful Research Project Team will have many educational benefits for graduate
students. Consequently, graduate students, including those from the professional
schools, should be actively involved in each Research Project Team and contribute at
least a quarter of the Research Project Team's presentations. The maximum level of
funding is $5,000 per year.
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Team-Teaching Stipends – Due January 20, 2015
http://humanitiesinitiative.org/faculty-graduate-student-fellowships/team-teachingstipends/
This program is designed to foster creative and dynamic teaching across humanistic
disciplines and departments, in the interest of generating innovative new courses and
teaching formats. This year we will consider proposals from two faculty members with
different areas of expertise within the same department. However, all things being equal,
preference will be given to those proposals which bring together colleagues and, ideally,
students from different departments, disciplines, and schools. Existing courses may be
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used for the team-taught initiative, or new courses may be proposed, either to be crosslisted in different departments and/or schools. Funded courses will be offered in spring or
fall of 2015. The total award amount is $8,000:
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$4,000 ($2,000 per faculty member) is made available for course
development during the summer preceding the grant year. Funds may be spent on
any reasonable expense that is directly related to the course, such as: the purchase of
materials (books, journals, videos, cd’s, etc.), xeroxing fees, website development,
and student researcher salary and fringe.
$4,000 ($2,000 per faculty member) is reserved for course implementation (field
trips, guest speakers, technology services, etc.).
Grants-in-Aid for Book Publication – Rolling deadline
http://humanitiesinitiative.org/grants-in-aid/
Full-time faculty with contracts in hand are eligible for up to $1500 to be applied toward
specific costs incurred in the process of publishing a monograph or edition: subventions
requested by the publisher, assistance with obtaining permissions, and costs associated
with translation.
Funds are limited and are awarded on a rolling basis throughout the academic year while
available.
NYU Distinguished Teaching Award – November 17, 2014
https://www.nyu.edu/academics/awards-and-highlights/universitydistinguishedteachingawards.html
The Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes those faculty members who have performed
exceptionally in their position. Exceptional teaching and research are qualifications for the
University Distinguished Teaching Medal. The award is given annually and the recipient
receives a medal, as well as, $5,000.
Goddard Junior Faculty Fellowships
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_affairs/awards_and_competitions#goddard
New York University provides each tenure-track faculty member, who has successfully passed
their third-year review, with the opportunity to either reduce their teaching load by one course,
or receive $4,000 in direct support of their scholarship. In addition, the Steinhardt School
provides recipients of the Goddard Award with one course reduction. The purpose of the
Goddard Award is to provide junior faculty with a concentrated period of time to conduct
research and scholarship, which will lead toward meeting the criteria for promotion and tenure
at NYU. It is generally recommended that the award be used to address any recommendations
made in the third year review.
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With the Goddard, junior faculty members have the following two options:
1) Option 1: One Steinhardt guaranteed course reduction, and the $4,000 award will be used
for research related expenses. Possible research related uses for the fund include: travel;
scholarly research, including data collection and analysis; collection of materials involved in the
publication of articles or a book, and summer salary for research activity. Receipts will be
required for reimbursement.
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for an additional one course buyout.
Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) @ NYU SOM
http://ctsi.med.nyu.edu/researcher-resources/funding-opportunities
CTSI Resource Allocation Program (RAP)
Investigators may apply for use of CTSI services and programs through the CTSI Resource
Allocation Program (RAP) every month of the year except for August. Projects submitted to
RAP can be paid for from an investigator’s grant ("Purchase of Service") or can request that the
CTSI assume some or all of the costs for the resources requested. Investigators can apply for up
to $15,000 worth of support per year for up to three years, though preference is given to
Purchase of Service applications that fully utilize the services of the CTSI. Support is also
available for use of other CTSI services through application to the RAP. These can be for the use
of any of the areas described in our CTSI Services and Programs page (e.g. biostatistics, data
management, etc.). RAP applications are reviewed every month except for August. Applications
are due on the first Friday of the month and are reviewed by the CTSI's Scientific Review
Committee at its regular monthly meetings on the third Thursday of the month. All new studies
requesting CTSI support (except for already funded NIH studies) will be given a full scientific
review.
CTSI Targeted Resource Allocation Program (TRAP)
The CTSI distributes Targeted Resource Allocation Program (TRAP) awards three times a year
(in January, May and September) with a budget of no more than $20,000 for one year. TRAP is
designed to support domestic studies requiring non-CTSI services (e.g. animal usage/care, data
mining/database access fees, laboratory supplies, participant compensation/travel, etc.) in
support of the execution of clinical and translational science. Such studies may also request use
of CTSI core services (e.g. Clinical Research Center, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics). TRAP is
limited to 1 application per PI per award cycle and 1 TRAP award per PI per year. The next RFA
will be published at the end of October 2013.
TRAP awards are made in January, May and September. The dates for RFA publication,
application deadline, review cycle and award month are set out in the table below:
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RFA Published
Applications Due
Last Friday of
October
Last Friday of
February
Last Friday of May
Last Friday of
November
Last Friday of March April
Last Friday of June
Review
Cycle
December
July
Award
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January
May
September
CTSI Collaborative Translational Pilot Project Program
The intent of the NYU-HHC CTSI Translational Research Pilot Project Awards is to
support collaborative scientific studies to enable the development of preliminary data that will
serve as the foundation for submission of translational research grant applications. These awards
support all phases of translational research along the continuum from bench to bedside to
community:
 T1 translational research: the process of applying discoveries made in the laboratory.
 T2 translational research: focuses on clinical studies using human subjects.
 T3 translational research: the translation, diffusion, and adoption of evidence-based health
strategies and interventions into community and practice settings (representative methods
include community-based participatory research, practice-based research, comparative
effectiveness research, behavioral economics, and Implementation and dissemination
research)
Awards of up to $50,000 are distributed to support one-year projects. Pilot project applications
are limited to 1 application per PI per award cycle.
Timeline of Current Award Cycle not published yet
Stern Venture Competitions:
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-ofresearch/berkley-center/programs/venture-competitions/about/index.htm
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Run by Stern
Teams must be comprised of a current Stern student or alum.
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New Venture Competition – Due October 2, 2014
The NYU Stern New Venture Competition challenges aspiring entrepreneurs and those excited
by the new venture creation process to take their ideas from concept to market. Winners
compete for a share of the $75,000 Rennert Prize named after the program's benefactor, Ira
Leon Rennert, a Stern alumnus and successful entrepreneur.
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NYU Technology Venture Competition – Due October 2, 2014
The NYU Technology Venture Competition serves as a catalyst for the creation of new and
the acceleration of existing early stage businesses based on technologies developed by NYU
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students, faculty and researchers. Sponsored by the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, the
competition awards a total of $75,000 in cash prizes, plus pro bono services and technical
assistance to the winners.
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Social Venture Competition - Due October 2, 2014
The NYU Stern Social Venture Competition was started to recognize and support the growing
number of students and alumni interested in using their business and entrepreneurial skills to
create innovative approaches to tackling social problems, here and abroad. Winners of the
Social Venture Competition vie for a portion of the $50,000 Social Venture Prize.
NYU Innovation Venture Fund
http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund/innovationventure-fund.html
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.
Areas of interest: Information technologies, life sciences, materials & physical sciences,
cleantech. Initial investment: 100–250k.