Research in the Classroom Grant

• All full-time teaching staff at CUNY are eligible to apply, including tenure-track or tenured faculty as well as lecturers.
• A faculty member may submit only one proposal. Previous winners of the RIC grant are eligible to apply, but preference will be given to new applicants.
• All research projects must comply with the University’s policies for responsible conduct of research (RCR). For guidance refer to the Office of Research RCR resources.
• If conducting research with human subjects (e.g. students), appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals must be in place prior to the release of funds. For more information about the IRB and human subjects research, please refer to the Human Research Protection Program resources.
• Awardees will be required to attend one information session regarding: (1) research compliance and human subjects research and (2) Open Educational Resources (OER).
• The PI must submit a one-page report at the end of the funding period. Future eligibility for participation in this and other internal funding programs offered through the CUNY Office of Research is contingent on the submission of a post-award report.
• After completing their projects, RIC fellows will submit their syllabi and course materials to CUNY Academic Works.

We anticipate making 16 awards of $10,000. These funds may be used for summer salary, course release (with institutional approval), course materials and supplies, student activities, and research assistants.

The proposal must be approved and signed on the signature page by an appropriate administrative official (e.g. department chair, research dean, or provost) at the applicant’s college and should follow the standard college proposal approval process.

The entire package (proposal summary, signature page, project narrative, citations, budget, budget justification, and 2-page CV/biosketch) must be converted into a single PDF for submission via the online system.

Please use the following naming convention: RICFellows_2025_LastNameOfPI_proposal.pdf

Each proposal will be evaluated by a committee comprised of CUNY administrators and faculty, including past winners of the RIC program. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: creativity of the idea, feasibility of the implementation and assessment plans, and potential impact and translatability of the research.