Presidential Initiatives

Presidential Initiative - Faculty Laptop Program

Hunter College will provide $550 towards the purchase of a personal laptop for full-time faculty. Please click here for details and application procedures.

The President's Fund for Faculty Advancement

The President's Fund for Faculty Advancement seeks to provide faculty with the resources they need to publish or obtain external funding for their research or creative work. Program announcements and guidelines will be distributed in the fall semester.

Faculty Innovations in Teaching with Technology (FITT)

Faculty Innovations in Teaching with Technology seeks to encourage the use of technology in the classroom and to increase student engagement by encouraging faculty to design projects that take advantage of new digital tools for content creation, simulation, animation, video, online collaboration, distance learning, and incorporation of mobile media devices.

Presidential Travel Award Program

The Presidential Travel Grant Award Program supports faculty participation in conferences and other research-related travel. For program announcement, guidelines and deadlines click here.

Presidential Student Engagement Initiatives

Information on various presidential initiatives that encourages and supports student engagement with faculty.

Shuster Awards

Shuster Awards provide faculty with just-in-time resources necessary to publish or produce completed or nearly completed work, or obtain external funding for research, scholarship, or creative work.