National Ranking by Research Expenditures
# 13
State Ranking by Research Expenditures
# 1
Cornell Total Research Funding
$1.07 Billion
Top Sources of Federal Funding
National and State Rankings: National Science Foundation, FY 2017
All Other Stats: Cornell University Sponsored Financial Services, FY 2018 (Research Expenditures)
TOP 10 RESEARCH DISCIPLINES
EXTERNAL SPONSORED
Health Sciences $215.6 M
Biological & Biomedical Sciences $192.5 M
Agricultural Sciences $58.3 M
Physics $39.9 M
Other Physical Sciences $30.9 M
Computer & Informational Sciences $21.8 M
Chemistry $17.6 M
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering $12.1 M
Mechanical Engineering $11.6 M
Electrical/Electronic & Communications Engineering $11.1 M
Cornell University Sponsored Financial Services, FY2018 (research expenditures)
Disciplines are defined by the National Science Foundation
Cornell Innovations
Three in New York State
Dimensional Energy Inc. - Ithaca, New York
Farther Farms Inc. - Ithaca, New York
Geegah LLC - Ithaca, New York
Six Worldwide
ABLS IV LLC - Boston, Massachusetts
Computational Textiles Inc. - Little Compton, Rhode Island
Dryfiber LLC - Beverly Hills, California
FloraPulse Co. - Davis, California
Ukko Agro - Toronto, Ontario
Versatope Therapeutics Inc. - Boston, Massachusetts
34 Plants
2 Copyrights
Patents Issued
109 in the United States
170 internationally
583 Patents Filed
296 in the United States
287 internationally
47 Plants
10 Copyrights
$3.5 M from Patent Expense Reimbursement
Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University, FY 2018
Cornell Distinctions
5
Faculty were inducted into the distinguished national academies in 2018.
Anthony P. Bretscher
Catherine Lord
Lynden A. Archer
Héctor Abruña
Susan R. McCouch
More Distinctions
Francesco Monticone
Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Brett P. Fors
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Karthik Sridharan
Computer Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Science
Jin Suntivich
Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Paul Friedland
History, College of Arts and Sciences
David Yearsley
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Deborah Estrin
Computer Science, Cornell Tech/Healthcare Policy, Weill Cornell Medicine
Yervant Terzian
Tisch Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences
C.C. Chu
Fiber Science and Apparel Design, College of Human Ecology
Steven G. Adie
Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Yoav Artzi
Computer Science, Cornell Tech
Toby J. Ault
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Jeremy M. Baskin
Chemistry and Chemical Biology/Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology
Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil
Information Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Science
Nicola Dell
Information Science, Cornell Tech
Brett P. Fors
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Damian E. Helbling
Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Song Lin
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Matthew J. Paszek
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
Jamol J. Pender
Operations Research and Information Engineering, College of Engineering
Brad J. Ramshaw
Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
Karthik Sridharan
Computer Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Science
Fei Wang
Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine
Justin J. Wilson
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Ilana L. Brito
Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Michael C. Niemack
Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
Marcos Simoes-Costa
Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Selected Notables
2019 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
The Aizuri String Quartet—with Ariana Kim, Music, College of Arts and Sciences—was nominated for a 2019 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble performance for their debut album Blueprinting.
A Cornell Soil Scientist Celebrated Abroad
Johannes Lehmann, School of Integrative Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was elected to the German National Academy of Sciences. Lehmann specializes in soil sciences.
American Political Science Association Best Book Award
Sabrina M. Karim, Government, College of Arts and Sciences, along with co-author Kyle Beardsley, won a 2018 American Political Science Association Best Book Award for Equal Opportunity Peacekeeping.
Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions (CABES)
A new Cornell center—Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) funded by the United States Department of Energy at $10.75 million—was established to push forward next-generation fuel cell development, directed by Héctor Abruña, Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
Center for Creating Trauma-Informed Residential Settings
Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research received a $2.8 million grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to establish the Center for Creating Trauma-Informed Residential Settings. The new center helps children who have experienced trauma and adversity by implementing and teaching trauma-informed, evidence-based models to their caretakers. Christopher Wildeman, Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology, is director of the Bronfenbrenner Center.
Cornell Center for Health Equity
Cornell Center for Health Equity was established to bridge Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus to better understand why health outcomes vary among demographic groups—directed by Monika Safford, Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Avery August, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine.
Diabetes Research
Denmark-based pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, the world’s #1 insulin producer, is backing diabetes research in Mingling Ma’s lab, Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Science/College of Engineering, with up to $7 million over the next three-plus years.
Ecolectro, a Cornell Startup
Cornell startup Ecolectro received $1.7 million grant from the United Sates Department of Energy to accelerate hydrogen production, a green fuel for the future.
Emerging Scholar Book Award
Andrew J. Hicks, Music/Medieval Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, received the Society of Music Theory’s Emerging Scholar book award for 2018 for Composing the World: Harmony in the Medieval Platonic Cosmos (Oxford University Press).
Expanding Computation Capacity for Physics Experiments
Peter Wittich, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, became part of a $25 million National Science Foundation initiative—leading a Cornell team to expand computation capacity for physics experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.
Funding for Energy Innovation
Geoffrey W. Coates, Chemistry and Chemistry Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, became part of the United States Department of Energy’s $120 million interdisciplinary Energy Innovation initiative to realize next-generation batteries.
National Endowment for the Humanities Grants
Denise N. Green, Fiber Science and Apparel design, College of Human Ecology, and Rachana Kamtekar, Philosophy/Classics, College of Arts and Sciences, received National Endowment for the Humanities Grants totaling $66,000 for preservation and research projects. Green received $6,000, and Kamtekar received $60,000.
The Roper Center
The Roper Center, a non-partisan public opinion data archive, received $1.4 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to construct a Health Opinion Database, perhaps the most comprehensive in the world—directed by Peter K. Enns, Government, College of Arts and Sciences.