Funder: City University of New York
Due Dates: October 9, 2026 (LOI—guidelines) | October 16, 2026 (LOI—program webpage) | November 13, 2026 (Full proposal)
Funding Amounts: Up to $60,000 for 12 months, plus up to $30,000 in supplemental equipment funding
Summary: Supports original interdisciplinary CUNY faculty research on human-centered approaches to aging, care, and community life in urban society.
Key Information: Only applicants who submitted an LOI are eligible to submit a full proposal.
Description
CUNY’s 2026 Interdisciplinary Research Grant supports convergent research under the theme “Reimagining Communities for an Aging Urban Society.” The program brings together expertise across sciences, engineering, health, social sciences, design, humanities, arts, and public policy to develop innovative, scalable, human-centered approaches to older adults’ well-being.
Projects may examine housing, care delivery, community participation, accessibility, equity, culture, public policy, or technologies supporting aging in place and community. Research must incorporate aging people’s perspectives through field surveys or existing literature. The competition welcomes novel interdisciplinary ideas beyond its illustrative research areas, without requiring alignment with a specific external partner, country, technology, or funding source. Goals include engaged public-impact scholarship, societal benefits, external funding opportunities, and intellectual property generation.
