| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.62 |
| Liaison | Lisa Kilgore |
| Submission Date | March 7, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Cornell University
ER-18: Sustainability Research Incentives
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
6.00 / 6.00 |
Lauren
Chambliss Communications Director Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future |
Does the institution have a program to encourage student sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage student research in sustainability:
Cornell University has been awarded four sustainability-related NSF-sponsored "Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship" (IGERT) grants for graduate students:
- Food Systems and Poverty Reduction
- Earth-Energy Systems
- Cross-Scale Biogeochemistry and Climate
- Materials for a Sustainable Future
The IGERTs provide doctoral students with the opportunity to work as members of interdisciplinary teams, learning the concepts, methods and vocabularies of other disciplines as they collaborate to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.
Cornell also provides a number of research incentives for undergraduates, including several opportunities for sustainability-related research in the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Engineering.
The website URL where information about the student research program is available:
Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage faculty research in sustainability:
Since 2008, the Atkinson Center's Academic Venture Fund (AVF) has been the signature program for sustainability-related research within Cornell. The fund stimulates cross-disciplinary research in sustainability research at Cornell and promotes activities with the potential to attract external partners in industry, government, NGOs, and foundations. Thus far, the AVF has supported 54 projects for a total of $4.5 million. A second grants program, the Rapid Response Fund, awards funding to smaller, time-sensitive projects on a quarterly basis.
The website URL where information about the faculty research program is available:
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