Goddard Fellowship Award Overview
New York University provides each tenure-track faculty member, who has successfully passed their third-year review, with the opportunity to either reduce their teaching load by one course, or receive $5,000 in direct support of their scholarship. In addition, the Steinhardt School provides recipients of the Goddard Award with one course reduction. The purpose of the Goddard Award is to provide junior faculty with a concentrated period of time to conduct research and scholarship, which will lead toward meeting the criteria for promotion and tenure at NYU. It is generally recommended that the award be used to address any recommendations made in the third year review.
With the Goddard Award, junior faculty members have the following two options:
Option 1: One Steinhardt guaranteed course reduction, and the $5,000 award will be used for research related expenses. Possible research related uses for the fund include: travel; scholarly research, including data collection and analysis; collection of materials involved in the publication of articles or a book,;and summer salary for research activity. Receipts will be required for reimbursement.
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Option 2: One Steinhardt guaranteed course reduction, and the $5,000 award will be used for an additional one course buyout.
In selecting between the two options, faculty are reminded that the:
- must do this in consultation with their department chairs, to ensure that all departmental needs are being met.
- must teach at least two courses per year. The timing of the course relief will also be determined in consultation with their department chairs.
Goddard Award Application
To apply for these funds, faculty must develop a short proposal of no more than two to three pages, discuss it with their Department Chair (and have it approved by him/her), then submit it to the Office of Faculty Affairs. As needed, feedback will be provided with any suggestions deemed appropriate and, upon revision, shortly thereafter the faculty member will receive notice of the application's approval.
The proposal should include:
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the purpose of the project;
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a list of questions or issues that will be addressed to carry the project to completion;
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a brief outline of the methodology used in carrying out this work;
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a budget: if the Goddard monies are not used to offset the costs related to hiring an adjunct for additional course relief, faculty will be required to submit an itemized budget of the proposed expenses related to the Goddard project;
- a timeline for completion of the proposed project.
Proposal submission deadline: the proposal is generally due two weeks after the Dean has sent out the third year review.
Report: At the conclusion of the leave, each Goddard Fellow will be required to submit a brief report of their activities to the Dean.