The Academic Grants & Sponsored Programs Office (AGSP) advances the College’s mission through a dynamic portfolio of grants from foundations, corporations, and government sources.  AGSP assists faculty members, administrators, and staff to secure external funds in support of academic and institutional priorities such as faculty research, capital improvements, scholarships, student supports, and community initiatives.

For more information, contact the Office of Academic Grants and Sponsored Programs at (716) 839-7658.​

Fiscal Year 2019-2020

Booth Ferris Foundation 
     $200,000 over two years for diversity and inclusion initiatives

Buffalo Bills Foundation 
     $3,000 for Center for Allied and Unified Sport and Exercise (CAUSE)

The Children’s Guild Foundation 
     $25,000 for CAUSE

Dormitory Authority of the State of New York 2019 HECap 
     $282,072 for science facilities renovations

Empire State Development 
     $115,000 for the Institute for Mobility Innovation & Technology (IMIT)

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
     $250,000 for IMIT

NYS Education Department 
     $2,240,000 over five years for the Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)

NYS Education Department 
     $6,800 for the Library Coordinated Collection program

Odd Fellow & Rebekah Benefit Fund 
     $300,000 over two years for the Center for Medical Innovation & Technology

Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation 
     $66,000 over two years for CAUSE

Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation 
     $220,000 over three years for CAUSE 

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. 
     $2,500 for CAUSE

Fiscal Year 2018-2019

Buffalo Bills Foundation 
     $3,000 for CAUSE

The Children’s Guild Foundation 
     $25,000 for CAUSE

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Ralph Wilson Legacy Funds
     $25,000 for CAUSE 

Council of Independent Colleges
     $10,000 for Humanities for the Public Good - Skateland Project

Dollar General Literacy Foundation 
     $2,000 for books and supplies for the Thomas Reynolds Center afterschool program

Dormitory Authority of the State of New York 2019 HECap
     $112,000 for science facilities renovations

Empire State Development 
     $89,000 for Underemployed Worker Training Program for RN to BS students

Erie County Youth Bureau
     $11,500 for tutoring and mentoring program for youth and refugees in the city of Buffalo

Health Foundation for Western & Central New York
     $10,000 for pilot study for Interprofessional Trauma Informed Care Simulation Lab

NCAA CHOICES program
     $30,000 for substance abuse awareness and prevention

NYS Education Department 
     $6,800 for the Library Coordinated Collection program   

Providence Fund
     $5,000 for tutoring refugees & the Thomas Reynolds Center English Language Arts camp

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. 
     $2,500 for CAUSE   

Fiscal Year 2017-2018

Buffalo Bills Foundation 
     $2,650 for CAUSE

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Ralph Wilson Legacy Funds 
     $25,000 for CAUSE 

CUNY Baruch College Samuels Center
     $8,000 for municipal dissolution research

Erie County Youth Bureau 
     $7,500 for tutoring and mentoring program for youth and refugees in the city of Buffalo

James H. Cummings Foundation
     $60,000 for science facilities renovations

John R. Oishei Foundation
     $350,000 for the Institute for Government & Nonprofit Innovation, Training & Evaluation (IGNITE)   

Margaret L. Wendt Foundation
     $50,000 for athletics community engagement   

NCAA Division II
     $49,020 for the Strategic Alliance Matching Grant program

NYS Education Department
     $200,000 for the Teacher Leader Quality Partnership program

NYS Education Department
     $6,800 for the Library Coordinated Collection program

Providence Fund
     $5,000 for tutoring refugees & the Thomas Reynolds Center English Language Arts camp

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. 
     $2,500 for CAUSE  

WNY Library Resources Council
     $6,000 to complete the digitization of Daemen’s student newspapers