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Communications and Policy

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Infrastructure

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Office of Equal Employment Opportunity

Operations

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Faculty-Directed Research Component

Faculty-directed research is accomplished through Town+Gown's two Master Contracts 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

State University of New York

The Cooper Union

The New School

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

Form of Task Order

Addendum Template

Evaluation Template

Master Academic Consortium Contract and Appendix A

First Amendment

MOCS October ACCO and CFO Meeting Presentation

Master Applied Construction Innovation Research Services Contract

This master contract for applied practice-based innovation research in construction, engineering design, and management is with the Institute of Design and Construction Innovation Hub at New York University, Tandon School of Engineering (“Institute”). The Institute is a membership-based and industry-supported academic research center that conducts applied and practice-based research, within its collaborative platform of faculty and industry members who are experienced and independent experts, on innovation in construction, engineering design, and management aimed at improving efficiency and cost control, while emphasizing sustainability, fiscal responsibility, and safety. This master contract is similar to the Consortium Contract with respect to requesting entities using their own funds and the templates for RFPs, Proposal in Response and Task Orders.

This is Town+Gown’s first master contract with a membership-based research center and is distinct from the Consortium Contract. This model is available to other membership-based research centers wishing to work with City agencies that cannot participate as members.

Institute of Design and Construction Innovation Hub

Master Applied Construction Innovation Research Services Contract and Appendix A

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

GAC Minutes

May 23, 2023

May 9, 2022

November 10, 2021

April 23, 2021

June 1, 2020

October 18, 2019

May 3, 2019

March 12, 2019

October 18, 2018

April 26, 2018

May 31, 2017

March 29, 2017

January 12, 2017

March 9, 2016

January 6, 2016

September 2, 2015

August 12, 2015

July 8, 2015

June 3, 2015

May 4, 2015

March 30, 2015

December 10, 2014

September 25, 2014

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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.

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