Purpose of Grant: To support higher education’s capacity to cultivate civic imagination, deepen community engagement, and strengthen CCNYPA’s regional communities. This year,
CCNYPA is especially interested in supporting efforts that focus on racial healing, democratic engagement, and climate justice/change.

Project Period: Award announcements are made on a rolling basis. All awarded events must be concluded by June 15, 2022.

Application Due Date:  January 18, 2022. 

Project Description: Aligned with CCNYPA’s mission, Civic Imagination Grants will represent one of these types: Catalyst, Starter, or Co-Sponsorship. Each of these Grants will accomplish this through one of the following focus areas: 

1. Professional development for campus leaders such as center directors, staff, faculty, or students. Topics may include: faculty development for service/community-based learning, community engaged research, voter engagement, deliberative dialogue.
2. Issue-focused convening which highlights a community-identified need & gathers    multiple stakeholders synchronizing efforts to enhance community & economic development such as: diversity, equity, and inclusion, the opioid epidemic, food access & security, community gardens, refugee/immigrant integration, etc. 
3. Higher education sector gatherings such as state higher ed systems, Research 1 or community college institutions, etc.  

Eligible Applicants: CCNYPA member and potential member campuses.

Funding: Up to $1250. 

Link to Application Questions

Purpose of Grant: To increase enrollment in nursing degree programs, which is required to address nursing demand in NYS and beyond. Grant awards will help SUNY campuses work collaboratively to innovate curricula; advance training facilities and infrastructure; establish pipeline partnerships; create flexible, adult-friendly education and training programs; expand instructional and laboratory spaces, as well as access to virtual reality simulation tools.

Project Period: Not specified; award announcements are expected to be made by February 25, 2022. 

Application Due Date:  January 18, 2022, 5PM. 

Project Description: Single-campus and multi-campus proposals that can demonstrate the ability to create a significant increase in enrollment capacity will be considered for grant awards. Eligible funding uses include: Curricula development; Partnership development; Instructional development, including strategies for scaling instruction; Offsetting the initial cost of hiring instructors; Expanding clinical positions and training space; Purchasing instructional equipment and technology; Developing PLA processes to optimize academic equivalencies. 

Eligible Applicants: All SUNY campuses with Nursing Programs.

Funding: Up to $250,000 in grants per eligible SUNY campus. 

Link to RFP

Purpose of Grant: To provide invaluable hands-on experience to students and help fill a great need in attracting individuals to help support staff at SUNY campus childcare facilities.

Project Period:  1-year pilot program, Spring 2022 and Fall 2022 semesters.

Application Due Date:  December 15, 2021, 5PM. 

Project Description: This program will support students with their Early Childhood internships by paying them the regional minimum wage for between 20 and 40 hours per week at a SUNY childcare center. Interns will be employed by the childcare center, have a placement of 20 hours or more per week, and receive credit for their internship.

Eligible Applicants: All SUNY Early Childhood Education programs.

Funding: Maximum grant award per campus is $50,000. 

Link to RFP