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Kuali Research to support the testing of rape kits that were lan-
Kuali Research helps institutions of all kinds sim- guishing throughout the country and coming up
plify research administration processes and make against deadlines to prosecute perpetrators.
better decisions faster. With Kuali Research, one As a result of our successful experience, more
can speed funding, reduce risk, and work more projects are being added. These include:
efficiently to grow research volume. • College-in-Prison Reentry Initiative to award
With Kuali Research, one can manage the grants to New York State educational institu-
complete lifecycle of all sponsored projects and tions to deliver college-level instruction and
ensure the highest levels of compliance and reentry support in select prisons
integrity. PIs will be able to:
• Family and Youth Development to fund
• Develop proposals more efficiently with not-for-profits specializing in family and youth
intelligent routing and approval through innovative programming
• Submit proposals directly to Grants.gov and • Youth Opportunity Hubs, providing
Research.gov coordinated service, again through
• Manage negotiations more effectively for local-not-for-profits
faster awarding and better visibility
230 West 41st Street – RF Headquarters
• Manage award activity over the life of a Our Times Square home base continues to bestow
project and integrate with the financial system
a variety of benefits on the RF. Its central location
• Track research activities across the institution offers a convenient hub for our own operations,
for better oversight and control as well as for many at CUNY, including its Finance
• Manage compliance, including COI, IRB, and division and its Graduate School of Journalism.
IACUC Rental income in excess of operational costs helps
defray RF expenses, thereby mitigating the need
The RF is currently in the process of piloting for our CUNY clients to be our lone source of
this system at three CUNY institutions.
revenue. And our newly renovated main entrance
and lobby will attract and retain the type of first-
Survey
class commercial and retail tenants that will make
The RF has from time to time undertaken surveys the building a destination address.
to gauge the extent to which we are meeting the
expectations of our clients. In response to the GrantsPlus
urging of faculty, the RF is now engaging a profes- Although our commitment to excellence is first
sional survey firm to design and administer future and foremost to our CUNY family, it also extends
instruments that will annually measure our success beyond to our other not-for-profit clients. Through
in meeting the needs of both our principal inves- GrantsPlus, we provide a variety of sponsored
tigators and our field employees. This will provide program support services to a wide range of orga-
more and better ongoing feedback than previ- nizations. Our clients are engaged in a broad array
ous efforts have, and guide us in deploying our of social services that include combatting housing
resources to where they can do the most good.
discrimination, providing financial benefits to
low-income workers, promoting small business
DANY
entrepreneurship, fighting substance abuse, and
In last year’s Annual Report we described a new reducing the cost of prescription drugs for the
partnership with the Office of the Manhattan uninsured.
District Attorney. The DA had selected the RF Revenue from GrantsPlus operations helps
to act as fiscal agent for a number of projects fund RF operations.
under its Criminal Justice Investment Initiative.
Programs included Saturday Night Lights, a Please, now, enjoy brief profiles of a few of our
community-based program to support youth thousands of principal investigators and their
development, and the Sexual Assault Kit project exciting work in the pages that follow.

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