Recipient of federal assistance · NEW YORK, NY

RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK received $1.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 24 actions, −24% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $16M. Its largest awarding agency was National Science Foundation ($1.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.7M
New awards
8
Actions
24
Since FY2021
$16M
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Location
NEW YORK, NY
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.8MFY2021
  2. 5.3MFY2022
  3. 3MFY2023
  4. 2.1MFY2024
  5. 2.2MFY2025
  6. 1.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.7M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$747.8K45%
  2. 43.001 · Science$500K30%
  3. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$163.4K9.8%
  4. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$155K9.3%
  5. 45.162 · Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development$131.5K7.9%
  6. 93.853 · Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders$35.8K2.1%
  7. 47.075 · Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences$9,7750.6%
  8. 45.163 · Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development-$0.300.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$1.1M65%
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$500K30%
  3. National Endowment for the Humanities$120.2K7.2%

Largest awards

  1. 23-GIO23_2-0008 CUNY-GLOBE PARTNERSHIP$3M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 9, 2024 – Sep 9, 2026· 80NSSC24M0189
  2. U.S. PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIS, A TRANSNATIONAL DATABASE: LUXEMBOURG INCOME STUDY DATABASE AND LUXEMBOURG WEALTH STUDY…$2M
    47.075 · Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 11, 2023 – Jul 28, 2026· 2307748
  3. GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) -THE U.S. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) IS A…$747.8K
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 2631989
  4. CUNY HUMANITIES RECOVERY INITIATIVE: STRENGTHENING PUBLIC UNIVERSITY COMMUNITIES THROUGH DIGITAL RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION [THIS PROJECT…$499.5K
    45.169 · Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities· National Endowment for the Humanities· Project grant· Dec 23, 2021 – Dec 18, 2025· ZDH28406622
  5. DIGITAL HUMANITIES RESEARCH INSTITUTES: FURTHER EXPANDING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE$401K
    45.169 · Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities· National Endowment for the Humanities· Project grant· Mar 25, 2021 – Dec 18, 2025· HT26729319
  6. THE VISUAL CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH$181.7K
    45.163 · Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development· National Endowment for the Humanities· Project grant· Mar 1, 2021 – Dec 18, 2025· EH26702619

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $408.1K (3 subawards)

3 primes

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO$200K49%
    EL PASO, TX · 1 subaward
  2. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$125K31%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  3. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$83.1K20%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $159.6K paid out · $281.2K received
  • FY2022: $20K paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.9M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $300.4K received
  • FY2025: $648.2K paid out · $557.3K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $408.1K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.