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PSC-CUNY RESEARCH AWARD PROGRAM CYCLE 58

Item	      Track 1 Awards		  Track 2 Awards

Application

Submission Deadline	Dec. 15, 2026, 5:00 PM EST		Dec. 15, 2026, 5:00 PM EST

Length of Proposal	3 pgs.		5 pgs. Potential Reviewer list applicable 	   No	  		No
Requires additional budget
justification attached to application 	No		No
Publication/Scholarship information

limited to relevant publications &
experience over the past five years

Yes		Yes

Award History – limited to awards received during last five years

Yes		Yes

Supplementary material submission

limited to specific Review Panels	Yes		Yes

Range of requested support 	$1 - $7,000		$7,001  - $15000

Budget

Will the appropriateness of the requested budget submitted by applicant taken into consideration when making award decisions?
Importance of justifying requested

Yes		Yes

budgets 	Very Important 		Very Important

Can panels modify submitted budgets?	No		No
Can panels reallocate or readjust 	No		No

Number of evaluations required	2		2

Reviews

Evaluations supplied by panel members only
Can external reviewers submit evaluations?

Yes		No

No		Yes

Will reviewers receive payment?	No		No

Evaluations made available to applicant

No		Yes

Funding decisions made by	Review Panel	                                                       Review Panel

Range of awarded support 	$1- $7,000		$7,001 - $15,000

Awards

Award amount 	100% requested budget if funded		 100% requested budget if funded

Award Notification Date	May 15, 2027		May 15, 20267

Budget Period	July 1, 2027 - June 30, 2028		July 1, 2027 - June 30, 2028

Are award decisions made by the
Panel or UCRA final?	All decisions are final 		All decisions are final

Applicant
Disputes

Appeal/reconsideration of decisions made by Panel/UCRA

Are award decisions grievable or subject to the informal complaint procedures of Article 20 of the PSC-CUNY collective bargaining agreement?

Not allowed		 Not allowed

No		No