Funding

Resources at Cornell for finding external funding opportunities, and selected funding opportunities for environmental sciences directed primarily at Cornell faculty and students.

Funding databases

Searchable databases of funding opportunities.

Organizations Providing Funding

Funding agencies and other organizations currently sponsoring environmental research in CALS, drawn from the Office of Sponsored Programs data warehouse.

Undergraduate

Funding opportunitites specifically for Cornell undergraduate students.

Andrew W. Mellon Student Research Grants | student research grant program | Mellon Research Grants
Support student research relating to ecological, environmental, and natural resources issues, broadly defined to include issues in biological, economic, social and agricultural areas.
CALS Charitable Trust Grants | student research grant program | Charitable Trust Grants
Support undergraduate research in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Dextra Undergraduate Research Endowment Fund | student research grant program | Dextra Research Fund
Enables talented undergraduate students in genomics/life sciences and/or environmental sciences to perform undergraduate research.
Hughes Scholar Program | student research grant program | Hughes Scholar Program
This is open to sophomores and juniors who are conducting biological science research on campus during the summer.
Morley Student Research Grants | student research grant program | Morley Research Grants
Support research by undergraduate students in the agricultural and life sciences.
Morris K. Udall Scholarship Program | scholarship program | Udall scholarships
Campus Deadline: February 12, 2007
Undergraduate Underrepresented Minority Research Grants | student research grant program | Minority Research Grants
Provides opportunities for undergraduate underrepresented minority students (African-American, Native American, and Hispanic) to conduct independent research.

Graduate

Funding opportunitites specifically for Cornell graduate students.

American Museum of Natural History Fellowship Program | research fellowship program | American Museum of Natural History Fellowship Program
The Graduate Student Fellowship Program is an educational partnership with selected universities and is dedicated to the training of Ph.D. candidates in those scientific disciplines practiced at the Museum.
Andrew W. Mellon Student Research Grants | student research grant program | Mellon Research Grants
Support student research relating to ecological, environmental, and natural resources issues, broadly defined to include issues in biological, economic, social and agricultural areas.
Cornell Sigma Xi Grants | research or travel grant program | Cornell Sigma Xi Grants
The Cornell University chapter of Sigma Xi grants research funding to graduate students.
Kieckhefer Adirondack Fellowships | research fellowship program | Kieckhefer Adirondack Fellowships
The Kieckhefer family has generously established an endowment to support graduate student research related to the Adirondack region.

Post-doctoral/Faculty

Funding opportunitites specifically for post-doctoral associates, academic staff, and faculty at Cornell.