Accelerating Groundbreaking Research to Impact
As Cornell Atkinson has grown, so have the challenges we tackle. Research alone cannot change opinions, practices, products, and policies. Cornell Atkinson is turning toward more and larger collaborative partnerships with external organizations with the resources and will to put Cornell’s sustainability research to work. That means more faculty doing impactful research and more targeted and co-funded awards with external partners to support larger knowledge-to-impact projects. Please contact Leah Tuck, Director of Development, if you are interested in supporting these signature programs.
Our premier funding initiative, the AVF is a $1.5 million annual program that seeds multidisciplinary projects in the $50,000-$150,000 range with the potential to propel good ideas forward to make a measurable impact. Projects often include engagement with external partners from industry, government, non-governmental organizations, and foundations.
Donors interested in funding early-stage, faculty-led research in sustainability can make either current-use or endowed commitments to support and expand the program annually or over multiple years.
The IIF links Cornell researchers to leading external organizations working on policy and programs worldwide to build capacity and shorten response time to emerging and critical challenges. IIF awards finance joint projects with partner organizations to foster sustainable solutions for food security, energy transitions, health, and economic development.
The RRF facilitates urgent or time-sensitive sustainability research, workshops, and other activities. The RRF is a source of funding for smaller projects that cover a broad range of sustainability initiatives.
