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As our premier funding initiative, the Academic Venture Fund is a $1.5 million annual program that supports multidisciplinary seed grants in the $50,000-$150,000 range that have the potential to propel good ideas forward to make a measurable impact. Projects often include engagement with external partners from industry, government, nongovernmental organizations, and foundations. The call for proposals opens annually in December.
Innovation for Impact Fund
The Innovation for Impact Fund links Cornell researchers to leading external organizations working on policy and programs around the world. The IIF builds capacity and shortens response time to emerging and critical challenges. IIF awards finance joint projects with diverse NGO, governmental, and corporate partners to foster sustainable solutions for food security, energy transitions, one health, and economic development.
- EDF & Cornell Atkinson Joint Research Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability joint projects focus on actionable, policy-relevant initiatives that address critical environmental and sustainability challenges. These projects must clearly outline a pathway to impact, demonstrating how they will advance the research field, influence policy, or deliver tangible climate and sustainability outcomes. The request for joint proposals for up to $200,000 per project opens annually in the summer.
- TNC & Cornell Atkinson Joint Research The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability support proposals for joint collaborative research or workshops that are relevant to informing environmental policy and have achievable one-year impact goals. TNC and Cornell Atkinson are partnering to accelerate problem-solving research relevant to national and international environmental policy discussions. The request for joint proposals for up to $110,000 per project opens in the summer.
- IIF Momentum Grants: Momentum Grants provide targeted, rapid-response support to advance high-potential partnerships and time-sensitive opportunities. Awards are made by invitation, enabling Cornell Atkinson to move quickly when a collaboration or emerging challenge warrants dedicated investment.
The 2030 Project: Fast Grants
The 2030 Project and Cornell Atkinson offer Fast Grants – research-to-impact seed funding to enable faculty to seize urgent and unique opportunities to provide support for impact-oriented climate research – usually in the $10,000-$25,000 range. The next call is expected to launch in early 2027.
Summer Mentored Research Grants
Summer Mentored Research Grants offer faculty-led summer opportunities for undergraduates conducting sustainability research, structured as a pair of undergraduate researchers mentored by a graduate student and faculty principal investigator. Funding of approximately $27,000 per project is available, which provides support for a graduate student mentor, two undergraduate researchers, and research costs. The call for proposals opens annually in the Fall semester.
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