We’d like to call your attention to the following announcement of the 2026 CUNY Faculty Research Support Program through the Asian American/Asian Research Institute – CUNY (AAARI). Please feel free to contact AAARI directly for more information or to the Center for Global Engagement at Global.Engagement@csi.cuny.edu.
| 2026 CUNY Faculty Research Support Program Submissions Due: Nov 3, 2025 |
| Friday greetings! The Asian American / Asian Research Institute is currently accepting submissions for the 2026 CUNY Faculty Research Support Program to support faculty in conducting research that seeks to answer critical questions about Asian American and Asian diasporic communities. The program is open to research across all disciplines, including the social sciences, humanities and arts, health sciences, public health, etc. Priority will be given to research that supports a work in progress (e.g., book project, article, major proposal submission, creative work, etc.) and research that has relevance to current policy questions concerning Asian American communities. AAARI aims to fund research on a diversity of Asian ethnic communities.Funding Available: AAARI will make up to five (5) awards of up to $10,000 per award. Funds must be spent by the end of the Spring 2026 semester.Eligibility: CUNY full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty members and full-time Doctoral Lecturers are eligible to apply.Commitments: Applicants who are selected for an award must agree to:Produce a white paper (or equivalent for creative works) by June 3, 2026, and allow AAARI to post it on the AAARI website. (We would also like to include white papers in AAARI’s publication, CUNY FORUM: Asian American / Asian Studies, but this can be negotiated if it will jeopardize publication in another academic journal.)Deliver an in-person presentation on their research at an AAARI-sponsored event in the Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 semesters.Use of Funds: Funds are intended to support research in progress and can be paid out in two ways:Summer salary or faculty stipend paid directly to you (please note that these payments are subject to payroll taxes)Released time: up to $7,000 can be used to support a course release; however, receiving an award does not guarantee your college will approve a course release. If you plan to use funds for a course release, you must provide written confirmation from your campus Provost (after consulting with your department chair and/or dean) confirming that they will support a Spring 2026 course release at a cost of $7,000, or the standard rate set by your college if lower.Deadline/Timeline:Applications must be submitted by: Monday, November 3, 2025, at 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time.Decisions will be communicated in late November or early December 2025. |
By the Center for Global Engagement
