The Hostos Research Center (HRC) advances the development of new faculty and staff-led research projects, faculty-student mentorship, creation of student research internships, and capacity-building to help faculty secure external funding. The mission of the HRC is to foster a culture of research and grants development and enhance students’ access to professional experiences. The HRC leads several initiatives to build stronger faculty and student collaborations through internal grant funding that supports research projects and programs like the HRC Scholars that develop students’ research skills through mentorship and hands-on work experiences. Faculty have increased access to internal grant opportunities to conduct research that expands knowledge on teaching and learning practices, examines critical issues in the community, and engages students in mentored research under faculty and staff guidance. The HRC is also supported by the active engagement of the Hostos Committee on Sponsored Programs and Grants (CSPG).
Goals:
- Promote research on teaching and learning to gain knowledge on the implementation of high-impact educational practices.
- Disseminate faculty and staff research findings via presentation, discussion, and publication.
- Promote research, including intra- and inter-departmental collaboration, external collaboration, and team building.
- Identify institutional needs and strengths to be translated into funding opportunities maximizing our capacity building and possibilities.
- Promote guidance and support for student access to professional experiential activities and partnerships with external institutions.
The HRC is open to support faculty, students, and staff in developing their research, promote faculty-student mentoring, provide grant writing workshops and professional development opportunities, and is available to host special research presentations.
Location:
450 Grand Concourse (C-Building), Room 130
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
For more information about HRC events and grant opportunities, please contact Dr. Sofía Oviedo, Research Programs Director, at
soviedo@hostos.cuny.edu.
The HRC is leading several initiatives to promote the development of new research projects, faculty-student mentorship, and institutional capacity-building to increase Hostos’ external funding sources. Activities include the following:
Internal Grant Opportunities
ADELANTE (ADvancing Excellence in Liberal Arts, ScieNces, Technology and Engineering) Project grant funding (up to $10,000 per award) designed to support faculty/staff research/project development in all disciplines.
IDEAS (Innovating, Developing, and Executing Actions with Success) seed funding (up to $1,000 per award) to support the development of a research/project idea that can be developed into a full-fledged proposal for external funding.
Grant writing workshops to support faculty and staff capacity-building in securing public and private grants.
Internship research experiences designed to develop students’ research skills, career readiness competencies, and provide exposure to real-world research projects.
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