Governor Cuomo Announces $35 Million in Grants to Support Colleges and Universities Across the State
Albany, NY - February 8th, 2016 - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $35.3 million in grants for capital projects at higher education institutions across the state. This funding is from the Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program, which provides matching grants to private colleges and universities for the construction, rehabilitation or repair of classrooms, laboratories and other facilities. The program requires grantees to match approximately three dollars for every dollar provided by New York State.
“New York’s colleges and universities are among the best in the nation – and with this funding, we are helping them make big investments that will benefit students in both the near and long-term future,” said Governor Cuomo. “I’m proud to be supporting these important projects, because they will ensure a stronger and more competitive higher education environment in New York for years to come.”
The three-member Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program Board is appointed by the Governor, with one member appointed upon the recommendation of the Temporary President of the Senate and another upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the Assembly. The current members are Robert F. Mujica, Assembly Member Deborah J. Glick and Lisa Clare Kombrink.
Gerrard P. Bushell, President & CEO of the Dormitory Authority, which administers the program, said: “These colleges and universities are major employers that help drive the New York State economy and provide critical education to the next generation. The Higher Education Capital Matching Grant Program leverages private investment with public dollars to stimulate the economy and keep New York competitive.”
A complete list of the projects awarded funding is below:
|
College |
Project Description |
HECap Award |
|
Albany College of Pharmacy |
Construction of New Active Learning Classrooms for Health Sciences Education |
$335,838 |
|
Bard College |
Renovations to the Center for Curatorial Studies |
$500,000 |
|
Cazenovia College |
Renovations to Building A as well as the Construction of an Addition between Building A and B at the Jephson Campus |
$750,000 |
|
The College of New Rochelle |
Renovation and Equipping of the Science Labs |
$1,062,000 |
|
Daemen College |
Renovation and Upgrades to the Wick Center |
$161,253 |
|
Fordham University |
Renovation of the Former Law Building |
$2,500,000 |
|
Hartwick College |
Renovation of the Anderson Center for the Arts |
$500,000 |
|
Hofstra University |
Interior Renovations to the John Cranford Adams Playhouse |
$1,090,000 |
|
Iona College |
Construction of a Residence Hall |
$2,500,000 |
|
Medaille College |
Renovations to the Main Building Science Lab |
$319,562 |
|
Mercy College |
Construction and Equiping a New Residence Hall Complex and Campus Commons Zone |
$2,500,000 |
|
Metropolitan College of New York |
Purchase and Installation of Equipment for the Two New Campuses (Bronx and Manhattan) |
$1,250,000 |
|
Molloy College |
Construction of the Barbara H. Hagan Center for Nursing |
$2,500,000 |
|
Nazareth College |
Renovations to Smyth Hall |
$841,842 |
|
New York Academy of Art |
Rehabilitation, Renovation and Equiping of the Facility |
$1,045,000 |
|
New York Institute of Technology |
Renovation to the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences |
$842,633 |
|
New York University |
Renovation and Equipping of Two New Suites of State-of-the-Art Research Facilities Including a Clean Room |
$2,500,000 |
|
Niagara University |
Creation of a Nursing Simulation Lab |
$197,000 |
|
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Purchase and Installation of a "Smart Sensor Web" in Lake George |
$500,000 |
|
Rochester Institute of Technology |
Renovations to the Fourth Floor of Institute Hall |
$500,000 |
|
Sarah Lawrence College |
Purchase and Installation of Equipment for the Film & New Media Program |
$153,398 |
|
Siena College |
Purchase and Installation of Scientific Instrumentation for the Stewart's Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Center (SAInt) |
$280,435 |
|
St. John Fisher College |
Purchase and Installation of Equipment for the Integrated Science and Health Sciences Building |
$409,737 |
|
St. Johns University |
Renovations to Bent Hall |
$2,500,000 |
|
Touro College |
Renovation of a Facility to Create the Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College |
$2,075,000 |
|
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, The |
Construction of a New Nursing Building |
$2,500,000 |
|
University of Rochester |
Renovation of the Fredrick Douglass Building on the River Campus |
$2,500,000 |
|
Utica College |
Construction of an Air Dome and Improvements to the Clark Athletic Center |
$2,500,000 |
|
Wells College |
Renovations to the Gymnasium |
$145,282 |