National Ranking by Research Expenditures
# 13
State Ranking by Research Expenditures
# 1
Cornell Total Research Funding
$985.5 Million
Top Sources of Federal Funding
National and state rankings: National Science Foundation, FY 2016
All other stats: Cornell University Sponsored Financial Services, FY 2017 (research expenditures)
Top 10 Research Disciplines
Externally Sponsored
Biological & Biomedical Sciences $191.8 M
Health Sciences $176.3 M
Agricultural Sciences $50 M
Physics $34.9 M
Other Physical Sciences $25.7 M
Chemistry $20.9 M
Computer & Information Sciences $17.4 M
Electrical/Electronic & Communications Engineering $13.2 M
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering $10.6 M
Astronomy & Astrophysics $10.2 M
Cornell University Sponsored Financial Services, FY2017 (research expenditures)
Disciplines are defined by the National Science Foundation
Cornell Innovations
Seven in New York State
ASP Surgical Inc. - New York, NY
Cleerly Inc. - Brooklyn, NY
Dynamic Boundaries Inc. - Ithaca, NY
Esper Biosciences - Ithaca, NY
Fitzroy Salute LLC - New York, NY
Noria Therapeutics Inc. - New York, NY
Vita Scan Inc. - Ithaca, NY
Five Worldwide
AffyImmune Therapeutics Inc. - Natick, MA
Airy3D Inc. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Bactana Corporation - New Canaan, CT
GrokStyle Inc. - San Francisco, CA
VerNX Biotechnology Pty Ltd. - Fairy Meadow, Australia
40 Plants
4 Copyrights
Patents Issued
- 130 in the United States
- 211 Internationally
Patents Filed
- 254 in the United States
- 240 Internationally
494 Total Patents Filed
73 Plants
14 Copyrights
$3.7 M from Patent Expense Reimbursement
Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University, FY 2017
Cornell Distinctions
6
Faculty were inducted into the distinguished national academies in 2017.
Stephen T. Coate
Geoffrey W. Coates
María Cristina Garcia
Suzanne B. Mettler
Fred B. Schneider
Darrell G. Schlom
More Distinctions
Ilana L. Brito
Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Guillaume Lambert
Applied and Engineering Physics, College of Engineering
Kyle M. Lancaster
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Nilay Yapici
Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Arts and Sciences/College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Jeremy M. Baskin
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences; Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology
Pamela V. Chang
Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine
Andrew J. Hicks
Music/Medieval Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Avery August
Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine
Edward E. Baptist
History, College of Arts and Sciences
Ishion Hutchinson
English, College of Arts and Sciences
Geoffrey W. Coates
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Ishion Hutchinson
English, College of Arts and Sciences
Ilana L. Brito
Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Michael Sheehan
Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Arts and Sciences/College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Iwijn De Vlaminck
Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Ludmilla Aristilde
Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Jacob Bien
Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Lena F. Kourkoutis
Applied and Engineering Physics, College of Engineering
David Mimno
Information Science, Computing and Information Science
Andreea C. Minca
Operations Research and Information Engineering, College of Engineering
Perrine Pepiot
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Meredith Silberstein
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Christopher Studer
Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Yimon Aye
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Robert F. Shepherd
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Roberto Sierra
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Selected Notables
Advanced Laboratory for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Mid- and Late-Life Depression (ALACRITY)
George Alexopoulos, Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, received a $4 million, four-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to establish the center, which will investigate new ways of treating depression in older and middle-aged adults.
Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health (CTECH)
Huaizhu Oliver Gao, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, along with a team of Cornell researchers, received funding under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program to lead a consortium of universities—University of California at Davis, University of Texas at El Paso, and University of South Florida—in advancing transportation research and technology.
Center for the Study of Inequality
Led by Kim A. Weeden, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, the center received a $10 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to support new research and educational opportunities on the causes and consequences of inequality.
Cornell Finalists for NASA’s New Frontiers Project
Steven W. Squyres and Alexander Hayes, Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences, were chosen as leaders for a NASA astrobiology science mission. Squyres is principal investigator for the Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR)—a comet sample return mission—and Hayes is payload lead.
Cornell Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Collaborative Research Center
A team of Cornell researchers received $9.4 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health to form the center, which spans the Cornell Ithaca campus, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Boyce Thompson Institute—investigating chronic fatigue syndrome. The researchers are Maureen R. Hanson, Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Andrew W. Grimson, Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Arts and Sciences; Dikoma Shungu, Radiology/Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine.
Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Global Health, and Technology (INSiGHT)
Saurabh Mehta, Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology, and David Erickson, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, founded the institute to help solve complex nutritional and health problems, using modern technological tools and fostering nontraditional partnerships.
Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences
Three Cornell startups, ready to have an impact in the world, graduated from the McGovern Center: Embark (dog DNA testing), Lionano (improved lithium ion batteries), and Sterifre Medical (sterilization and decontamination).
NeuroNex
Cornell received $9 million over five years from the National Science Foundation to establish a neurotechnology hub—developing new technologies for imaging the brain and disseminating them to the neuroscience community. NeuroNex’s principal investigators are Chris Xu, Applied and Engineering Physics, College of Engineering; Joseph R. Fetcho and Nilay Yapici, Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Arts and Sciences; Chris B. Schaffer, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; and Mert R. Sabuncu, Electrical and Computer Engineering/Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.
Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases
A $10 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the center, led by Laura C. Harrington, Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, to help understand, prevent, and treat diseases passed from insects to people.
SPORE Grant
Mark A. Rubin, Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, received a five-year, $11.3 million Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant from the National Cancer Institute. Rubin, along with Himisha Beltran, Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, will tackle research for improving the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of prostate cancer.