Project Description: The goal of the agreement is to develop and run a graduate course and summer research fellowship program that provide the opportunity for City University of New York (CUNY) students to apply their skills gained in academic programs in sustainability and resilience to Gateway National Recreation Area’s (GATE) real-world research needs. Students will complete the course and a summer research project to gain work experience in urban natural and cultural resource management that helps GATE advance its public engagement and research goals. The agreement establishes a more formal link between CUNY academic programs, CUNY research institutes (Center for the Study of Brooklyn at Brooklyn College and the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay), and the NPS to help train the next generation of CUNY students to understand, engage with, and develop solutions to urban public resource management issues.
Students will complete a unique graduate course in research methods that focuses specifically on urban parks prior to a full-time, 8-week summer research internship at GATE. The internship will primarily consist of individual or team research projects chosen and supervised by CUNY faculty in partnership with GATE. Students will also engage in additional professional development such as specific trainings and networking opportunities with NYC-based researchers, city agencies, and public institutions. They will produce an appropriate research product and present it widely, providing a strong foundation for careers in publicly-engaged sustainability and resilience research and planning.
Lead Principal Investigator: Brett Branco, City University of New York
Partner Institution: City University of New York
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Federal Agency Technical Contact: Suzanne McCarthy
Project Type: Research
Project Discipline: Natural Resources
Project Sub-Discipline(s): Biological (Ecology, Fish, Wildlife, Vegetation, T&E), Cultural and Historic, Urban and Built Environment
Start Year: 2021
End Year: 2022
Initial Funding Amount: $74,060.00
Federal Grant Number: P21AC11538
Location: Gateway National Recreation Area
National Park or Protected Area: Gateway (NPS)
State(s): New York
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