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Faculty-Directed Research Component
Faculty-directed research is accomplished through Town+Gown's Master Contract and third-party funded research. For more information, please see below or contact Terri Matthews, Director, at matthewte@ddc.nyc.gov.
For Agencies
Master Academic Consortium Contract
This master contract for general academic research services (the "Consortium Contract") has a consortium pool of the 14 academic institutions (the "Consortium") below:
- Brooklyn Law School
- City University of New York
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Drexel University
- Fordham University
- Manhattan College
- New York Institute of Technology
- New York University
- Pace University
- Pratt Institute
- The Cooper Union
- The New School
- University of Buffalo
Any combination of City agencies, State agencies and certain not-for-profit corporations, using their own funds, can utilize the Consortium Contract by submitting a Town+Gown RFP to Town+Gown, as Consortium Contract administrator, for transmission to the Consortium. The Consortium institutions respond with their Proposals in Response, and the Proposal in Response selected by the requesting entity becomes the Task Order for the research project.
- To download active Town+Gown RFP documents or to review archived Town+Gown RFP documents, please click here.
- Form of Town+Gown RFP
- Form of Town+Gown Proposal in Response
- MMA-1 Identification Numbers for Academic Institutions
- Form of Task Order
- Addendum Template
- Evaluation Template
- Master Academic Consortium Contract and Appendix A
- First Amendment
- MOCS October ACCO and CFO Meeting Presentation
For Consortium Members
The Gown Advisory Council (GAC) is created under the Consortium Contract with each of the academic institutions listed above. The GAC representatives (see GAC Contacts List below) receive and distribute all T+G RFPS, and the GAC meets periodically to raise, discuss and resolve issues related to the Consortium Contract.
- GAC Contacts List
- To download active Town+Gown RFP documents or to review archived Town+Gown RFP documents, please click here.
- Form of Proposal in Response
- Form of No Response Letter
- GAC Agency Meeting Protocol
- GAC Bylaws
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GAC Minutes
Third-Party Funded Research
Town+Gown is available to become a named collaborator on third-party grant funded research projects. If a researcher is interested in exploring having Town+Gown as a named collaborator, please contact Terri Matthews, Director.