National Ranking by Research Expenditures
# 12
State Ranking by Research Expenditures
# 1
Cornell Total Research Funding
$1.22 Billion
Top Sources of Federal Funding
National and State Rankings: National Science Foundation, FY 2020
All Other Stats: Cornell University Sponsored Financial Services, FY 2021 (Research Expenditures)
TOP 10 RESEARCH DISCIPLINES
EXTERNAL SPONSORED
Health Sciences $274.6 M
Biological & Biomedical Sciences $234.2 M
Agricultural Sciences $50 M
Physics $46.3 M
Other Physical Sciences $22.3 M
Computer & Informational Sciences $21.8 M
Chemistry $20.9 M
Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering $15.6 M
Electrical/Electronic & Communications Engineering $15.5 M
Mechanical Engineering $13.5 M
Cornell University Sponsored Financial Services, FY 2021 (research expenditures)
Disciplines are defined by the National Science Foundation

Cornell Innovations

Six in New York State
Hermes Life Sciences Ltd. - Albany, New York
IpiNovyx Bio Inc. - West Nyack, New York
Kanvas Bioscience Inc. - Ithaca, New York
PhytoTech LLC - Ithaca, New York
VoiceLove LLC - Scarsdale, New York
Ratio Therapeutics LLC - New York, New York
Five Worldwide
Beemunity Inc. - Boulder, Colorado
InCaveo Inc. - San Francisco, California
Intermix Performance Materials Inc. - Washington, D.C.
Lassen Peak Inc. - Bellevue, Washington
Sedec Therapeutics Inc. - Boston, Massachusetts

42 Plants
21 Copyrights

Patents Issued
127 in the United States
191 internationally
646 Patents Filed
342 in the United States
304 internationally


$4.6 M from Patent Expense Reimbursement
Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University, FY 2021

Cornell Distinctions
8
Faculty were inducted into the distinguished national academies in fiscal year 2021.

Roberto Sierra

Meejin Yoon

Bernice Grafstein

Maureen Hanson

Lance Collins

Jefferson Tester

Augustine M.K. Choi

Anurag Agrawal

Maureen Hanson
More Distinctions

Rachit Agarwal
Computer Science, Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science

Sasha Rush
Computer Science, Cornell Tech

Katherine A. Tschida
Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Madeleine Udell
Operations Research and Information Engineering, College of Engineering

Héctor D. Abruña
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

Carla P. Gomes
Information Science, Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science

Valzhyna Mort
Literatures in English, College of Arts and Sciences

Kaushik Basu
Economics, College of Arts and Sciences/Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, SC Johnson College of Business

Derrick R. Spires
Literatures in English, College of Arts and Sciences

Shu-Bing Qian
Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology/College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Rachit Agarwal
Computer Science, Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science

Eshan Chattopadhyay
Computer Science, Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science

Yudong Chen
Operations Research and Information Engineering, College of Engineering

Damek Davis
Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences

Ziv Goldfeld
Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Cindy (Hsin-Liu) Kao
Human Centered Design, College of Human Ecology

Owolabi Legusen
Computer Science, Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science

Atieh Moridi
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering

Kirstin Petersen
Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Chris De Sa
Computer Science, Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science

Alex Townsend
Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences

Madeleine Udell
Operations Research and Information Engineering, College of Engineering

Scott Emr
Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Arts and Sciences