New York Tech has created a new research program specifically to support Vancouver faculty. The Global Impact Research Grant (GIRG) program has been developed to keep Vancouver-based faculty connected to faculty and research projects being conducted on the university’s New York campuses. Jared Littman, Ph.D., vice provost for research and an architect of this internal research program, says the ultimate goal is to have a “global impact on research.”

This new program intends to seed Vancouver faculty research, scholarship, and creative activity. Under Littman’s leadership, the Office for Sponsored Projects and Research (OSPAR) will provide administrative support, which includes managing and monitoring research progress and expenditures and providing budget and project guidance throughout the grant period and beyond.

New York Tech-Vancouver faculty were encouraged to submit proposals showing potential for advancing the reputation of the university and/or the principal investigator. “Ensuring that our faculty and administration on all campuses are connected is vital to our success in making broader impacts in our research in order to benefit society and contribute to achieving specific, desired outcomes in high research activity,” Littman says.