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Government Awards by Source 2016 uses a web-based platform that provides support
to faculty and students to strengthen the content
and quality of their proposals before they are sub-
mitted to sponsors. The program is voluntary and
Federal has two components. The first component recruits
faculty to register as peer reviewers of proposals
Department of Health and Human Services
National Science Foundation prepared by CUNY faculty that are ready for sub-
Department of Education mission to external funding agencies. The second
Department of Energy 24.6
Department of Defense 2.9 component encourages faculty to submit propos-
Department of Justice 3.1 46.3 als to be reviewed by their CUNY and/or external
Department of Transportation
Other 3.6 $144.8 million peers prior to their submission to sponsors. The
7.7 process will boost the competitiveness of the
proposals by obtaining feedback on proposal
19.0
strengths and weaknesses based on the sponsor’s
37.5
review criteria.
Hundreds of faculty have volunteered their
services as peer reviewers and hundreds of award
proposals have been submitted to the system so
New York State
that the peer reviewers can help their colleagues
NYS Education Department
NYS Office of Children and Family Services strengthen their requests prior to formal submis-
NYS Department of Transportation 444 sion to NIH and NSF. In the near future we plan
NYS Department of Health 1.4 to expand the initiative to cover proposals to
Other 4.0
other sponsors.
2.3
Faculty Travel
7.2
$49.4 million In partnership with CUNY, we continue piloting
a program that provides travel funds to faculty
34.5
so that they can engage in person with program
officers at funding agencies and decision makers
at private foundations. This will provide them with
invaluable insights into how funding decisions are
New York City
made and will guide them in preparation of their
NYC Human Resources Administration proposals.
NYC Department of Education
NYC Center for Economic Opportunity Following the first year of this initiative we
NYC Department of Youth and Community Development surveyed all the individuals who have been
NYC City Council
NYC Department of Health supported by the program. All of the faculty that
& Mental Hygiene 24.2 were surveyed felt that the travel helped them
Other
39.0 develop their grants. All of them either are devel-
oping, have developed, or submitted a proposal.
$113.8 million In fact, one of the faculty members has already
18.8 been told that he is being funded. Based on these
4.9 results, we decided to continue the program for
6.9 10.1 another year.
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