Grant Submissions: SUNY Research Foundation or Stony Brook Foundation?
Frequently, faculty and staff throughout the University ask for clarification regarding which foundation (Research Foundation of SUNY or the Stony Brook Foundation) should be used for a grant application submitted to a non-governmental granting source.
If your proposal involves any of the following, it must be administered through the Research Foundation of SUNY. Contact Ivar Strand, Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs, at 631-632-4402.
- Federal, State and Local Funds channeled through a public entity
- Contractual or service obligations
- Human subjects
- Vertebrate animals
- DNA
- Radiation or radioactive materials
- Extensive payroll implications
- Funding for campus programs and other research
Further information about Research Foundation policies and procedures is available here.
In other cases, the Stony Brook Foundation and the Advancement Office will oversee and administrate proposals directed to private individuals, corporations, and foundations that seek funding for the following:
- Real property or gifts-in-kind
- Funding for scholarships
- Funding for endowments
- Applications to obtain professorships from non-governmental fund
Applications to obtain funding for capital programs will be reviewed on a case by case basis by the VP for Research and the VP for Advancement.
For additional information about grant submissions from corporations and private foundations, contact:
Tara Fleming
Development Officer
(631) 632-4430
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