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THE REPORT

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03 Aggregating the Pieces

06 Cornell’s Total Research Expenditures

07 Ranking Cornell Nationally

07 Ranking Cornell in New York

08 Funding Cornell’s Research

09 Expending Research Dollars

10 Funding Graduate Education

12 Transferring Technology

13 ARRA’s Impact

14 Some Results of Cornell Researchand Scholarship

16 Ten Quick Facts Aboutthe Cornell Research Enterprise

18 Six Research Distinctions at Cornell

18 Cornell’s Colleges and Divisions

In This Report

When we survey the amazing breadth and profoundly exciting

characteristics of research across the Cornell campus, we see

large-scale projects that promise to improve the well-being of our

national and global societies; we see smaller ingenious research projects that

could lead to the next breakthrough in any number of areas; and we see scholarly

work that supports and enhances the spirit of humanity. When we aggregate

all the pieces, we have the essence of Cornell’s preeminence in research.

THE FOUNDATIONOF CORNELL’SRESEARCH LEADERSHIP

To continue to lead, Cornell mustalso continue to renew its faculty.The strong success of our recentefforts at renewal is confirmed byCornell’s excellent cadre of youngfaculty who won many nationalawards over the past year, includ-ing a notable number of NationalScience Foundation Early CareerDevelopment awards.

Cornell faculty continue to increasethe university’s external fundingfor top-flight research and secureour leadership position in academicresearch. In FY 2009 Cornell wassecond among the nation’s re-search universities in total NationalScience Foundation (NSF) researchawards. Prior to the AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act(ARRA) stimulus funding, Cornellhad a 5 percent increase in

research funding on the Ithacacampus for FY 2009, with amarked increase in nonprofit andfoundation funding. A Bill andMelinda Gates Foundation’s awardof $26.8 million established aCornell global partnership to fightstem rust, a lethal wheat diseasethat threatens global food security.The NSF’s renewal and increase infunding for the National Nano-technology Infrastructure Network(NINN) for the next five yearsconfirms the impact of this net-work led by Cornell.

By the end of 2009, Cornell re-searchers on the Ithaca and NewYork City campuses had receivedmore than $140 million in stimulusfunding, garnering exceptionalsuccess across areas with the im-mediate potential to address someof the nation’s urgent needs. Wereceived $17.5 million from theDepartment of Energy, along withadditional funds from New York

State, for an Energy FrontierResearch Center: the EnergyMaterials Center at Cornell (EMC2).Cornell’s Ithaca campus and WeillCornell Medical College, partneringwith the University of Buffalo,received $13 million from the Na-tional Cancer Institute to fund theCenter for the Microenvironmentand Metastasis, which bringsphysicians and engineers togetherto gain a deeper understanding ofthe complexity of cancer. NSF’syearlong review of the CornellHigh Energy Synchrotron Sourceand Energy Recovery Linac R&Dprogram culminated in NSF’sNational Science Board approvingup to $125 million in funding forCHESS and ERL over the nextfour years.

Cornell continues to lead in researchand technology development, in-cluding computer hardware andinformation sciences; the abilityto manipulate, understand, and

Aggregating the PiecesFROM THE SENIOR VICE PROVOST FOR RESEARCH

tacticsand actions that will enhance our researchproductivity and enable Cornell to excel inareas defined by the faculty;

mechanismsby which new initiatives of the faculty withthe prospect of winning external resourcesand yielding an impact can be addressed asthey emerge;

a way to usethe resources we have—which are limited—as effectively and efficiently as possible,taking our best practices in organizing sharedfacilities, administrating research, andstimulating and supporting interdisciplinaryinitiatives and implementing them success-fully and appropriately across campus; and

a strategyto identify Cornell’s best areas and determinehow to make those areas even better, with-out detracting from other areas.

To Reimagine

As we look toward Cornell’sfuture, my vision for Cornellresearch is straightforward.I want the Cornell researchenterprise to have

communicate data; and nano-science and nanotechnology,rapidly evolving fields that arenow playing a fast-growing rolein medical technology. Cornellleads in research on personaldecision making and lifestyle inhuman health, including suchissues as obesity and smoking,which extract steep personal andsocietal costs. The impact of Cor-nell’s work in genomics toucheson all areas of the life sciences.Analysis of genetic informationthat was unattainable 10 yearsago—now available at ever-decreasing costs—is yieldingknowledge and insights that willreshape biology in the comingdecades. Data-intensive sciences,high-tech telescopes, energy, andthe environment are all areas inwhich Cornell leads.

ENDORSING EXCELLENCE

We recognize that Cornell hasexcellent strengths across thecampus—and it’s exciting. Wewant to support all of ourstrengths, based on our abilityto attain external resources, andexcel in these areas. This meansthat we must continue to advo-cate for federal and nonprofitobjectives that align with societaland scientific needs and opportu-nities. Whether our research is inthe medical sciences where weexpect to improve human healthor in astronomy where we arelooking back to the beginning oftime, leading galactic surveys, andexploring other planets; in the lifesciences where research is drivenby curiosity (why does this littleanimal do this?) or by concern forhuman impact on the environment;in the social sciences where weseek to understand and improve

the human world; or in scholarlywork that uncovers new facts abouthistory and the arts or otherwiseenriches human life, we strive forexcellence and to deliver the re-search that makes the difference.

By recognizing and supportingexcellence, Cornell has been, andstill is, at the forefront of trendswhere we can make significantcontributions to meeting societalneeds and enriching humanity.I aim to extend our support ofexcellence and to ensure, to theextent possible, that Cornell fac-ulty have the facilities, particularlyshared facilities, and tools they

need to excel. These facilitiesinclude CHESS and the ERL, newand updated telescopes, life sci-ences core facilities, materialscharacterization facilities, theCornell NanoScale Facility (CNF),social sciences survey tools anddatabases, scholarly collectionsfor the humanities, cost-effectivehigh-performance computingfacilities of the Center for Ad-vanced Computing, and others,as the best ideas and initiativesof the faculty and other researchersmaterialize. Supporting the best

is a dynamic process, and wedepend on the collective wisdomand energy of the faculty forguidance.

TO FORECASTOR NOT TO FORECAST

We have just experienced asubstantial increase in federalfunding for research, but howmuch of it will be sustained isuncertain. We expect the NSFbudget to grow, while the NationalInstitutes of Health (NIH) budgetprojections show only modest in-creases. Cornell is a top recipientof funding from these agencies.How quickly and how success-fully the economy recovers andgrows will determine how muchindustrial and other types offunding Cornell can obtain overthe next few years. As we lookahead, we cannot accurately predictwhat will be the new importanttrends or next big opportunitiesfor funding. Energy, the environ-ment, and sustainability willcertainly continue to receiveprominent attention, as well asour long-standing areas of strengthin the physical sciences, engineer-ing, information sciences, and lifesciences, both basic and applied.Our strategy will continue to beto support the best ideas of thefaculty, rather than trying to pre-dict and plan for specific areas ofgrowth. I encourage faculty to thinkpositively, but also realistically,about starting new adventures.We are confident that Cornellwill continue to lead.

Robert A. BuhrmanSenior Vice Provost for Research

We recognize thatCornell has excellentstrengths acrossthe campus—andit’s exciting.– Robert A. Buhrman

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$687,431FY 2009

34.2%ENDOWED COLLEGES$235,248

35.6%CONTRACT COLLEGES

$244,777

30.2%MEDICAL COLLEGE

$207,406

35.5%ENDOWED COLLEGES$237,432

34.6%CONTRACT COLLEGES

$231,314

29.9%MEDICAL COLLEGE

$199,481

$668,227FY 2008

Cornell’s TotalResearch Expenditures

in thousands

in thousands

Source: Cornell University, Sponsored Financial Services

Ranking Cornell Nationally

BY RESEARCH EXPENDITURES FY 2008

1 Johns Hopkins University* $1,680,927

2 University of California, San Francisco 885,182

3 University of Wisconsin, Madison 881,777

4 University of Michigan 876,390

5 University of California, Los Angeles 871,478

6 University of California, San Diego 842,027

7 Duke University 766,906

8 University of Washington 765,135

9 University of Pennsylvania 708,244

10 Ohio State University 702,592

11 Pennsylvania State University 701,130

12 Stanford University 688,225

13 University of Minnesota 682,662

14 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 659,626

15 Cornell University 653,996

Ranking Cornell in New York

BY RESEARCH EXPENDITURES FY 2008

1 Cornell University $653,996

2 Columbia University 548,704

3 University of Rochester 375,218

4 SUNY, Buffalo 338,300

5 New York University 310,699

6 Mount Sinai School of Medicine 296,380

7 SUNY, Albany 270,414

8 SUNY, Stony Brook 252,745

9 Rockefeller University 247,505

10 Yeshiva University 197,311

* Johns Hopkins University includes the Applied Physics Laboratory, with $845,396 in total R&D expenditures.

Source: National Science Foundation

Note: Research expenditures of $12,586 for Cornell’s National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) are reportedseparately and are not included in the above NSF amounts. Nonscience and Engineering research expenditures of $1,645are not included in the above NSF amounts.

in thousands

in thousands

Cornell computerscientists, using onlineversions of mainstreammedia and news blogs,tracked and analyzedthe way stories riseand fall in popularity.Tracking a total of 90million articles—oneof the largest analysesanywhere of onlinenews—over the three-month period leadingup to the 2008 presi-dential election, theywere able to measurethe temporal dynamicsof the news.

JON KLEINBERGCOMPUTER SCIENCE

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56.5%Federal Sources

43.5%Nonfederal Sources

Funding Cornell’s Research

BY DOLLARS EXPENDED FY 2009 FY 2008

Total Federal Sources $383,246 $377,896

Sponsored Research 375,118 368,540

Appropriated Research 8,128 9,356

Total Nonfederal Sources 304,185 290,331

Sponsored Research 132,160 111,829

State & Local Governments 25,917 20,449

Corporations & Trade Associations 27,715 25,947

Foundations 36,066 25,996

Nonprofit Organizations* 41,913 37,919

All Others 548 1,518

Appropriated Research 172,025 178,502

Cornell Support** 117,888 123,476

New York State 54,137 55,026

Federal Agencies

DHHS Department of Health & Human Services $192,485 $190,792

NSF National Science Foundation 115,067 116,000

DOD Department of Defense 19,759 16,428

USDA Department of Agriculture 17,204 16,227

NASA National Aeronautics & Space Administration*** 10,538 10,599

DOE Department of Energy 9,519 7,195

AID Agency for International Development 2,213 2,822

All Others 8,332 8,476

* Includes sub-awards of federal funds from other universities, national labs, nongovernment organizations, etc.** Consistent with NSF reporting guidelines, university support includes institutional cost sharing, GRA tuition

fellowships, university seed research grants, unrecovered facilities and administration costs, and organizedresearch allocation of NYS-funded employee benefits.

*** NASA includes JPL funds under subcontract.Source: Cornell University, Sponsored Financial ServicesDiscrepancies may occur due to rounding.

in thousands

55.8%Federal Sources

44.2%Nonfederal Sources

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Expending Research Dollars

BY DISCIPLINES FY 2009 FY 2008

Medical Sciences $256,605 $247,623

Biology 102,407 98,354

Multidisciplinary 57,187 58,542

Agriculture 57,158 49,543

Physics 42,055 45,730

Astronomy 29,412 26,892

Chemistry 20, 858 20,526

Computer Sciences 17,744 19,935

Electrical Engineering 17,387 15,975

Economics 14,333 5,540

Institutional & College Research Support* 13,413 10,724

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering 9,362 7,835

Sociology 9,257 9,918

Mechanical Engineering 6,890 7,758

Civil Engineering 6,207 6,912

Earth Sciences 5,884 6,158

Chemical Engineering 5,706 5,083

Mathematical Sciences 4,603 5,250

Psychology 4,941 4,243

Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering 4,206 2,755

Humanities 916 756

Political Sciences 632 359

Communication, Journalism, & Library Sciences 185 1,300

Oceanography 96 270

Other Social Sciences 74

Law 51 90

Business & Management 17 9,985

Visual & Performing Arts 9

* Expenses incurred at the administrative unit level in support of research.Disciplines are defined by the National Science Foundation.Source: Cornell University, Office of Sponsored AccountingDiscrepancies may occur due to rounding.

in thousands

Cornell researchersdeveloped a newtechnique that takesa snapshot of all thelocations on the humangenome where RNApolymerases activelytranscribe genes. Themethod provides a newand highly sensitiveway to pinpoint all theactive and silent genesin the human genome.

JOHN T. LISMOLECULAR BIOLOGYAND GENETICS

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Funding Graduate Education, FY 2009

Organized Research

EXPENDITURES BY SOURCE TOTAL TUITION STIPEND

Total Federal Funds $23,788 $7,635 $16,153

Sponsored 23,403 7,519 15,884

Appropriated 385 116 269

Total Nonfederal Funds $23,251 $14,459 $8,792

Sponsored 8,568 2,748 5,820

Cornell Appropriated 13,948 11,711 2,237

New York State Appropriated 735 735

Source: Cornell University, Sponsored Financial ServicesDiscrepencies may occur due to rounding.

in thousands

* Primarily graduate research assistants** Includes all students enrolled in the Graduate School: Research Masters, Professional Masters, and PhDs.

Does not include MBAs, JD/LLMs, and DVMs.Source: Cornell University, Graduate School

GRADUATE STUDENTSIN ORGANIZED RESEARCH*

2009

GRADUATE STUDENTSIN ORGANIZED RESEARCH*

2,032

2010

1,612

4,835Total Graduate SchoolStudent Enrollment**

TUITION$22,095

TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS$23,788

STIPEND$24,946

TOTALNONFEDERAL FUNDS

$23,251

5,028Total Graduate SchoolStudent Enrollment**

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$47,039TOTAL FUNDING

FY 2009

FUNDING BY CORNELL DIVISION SPONSORED APPROPRIATED

Tuition Total $10,267 $11,827

Endowed Colleges $7,798 $7,648(Architecture, Art, & Planning; Arts & Sciences; Computing &

Information Science; Engineering; International Relations;

Provost; Research Centers; Miscellaneous Institutional)

Contract Colleges $2,470 $4,179(Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva;

Agriculture & Life Sciences; Human

Ecology; Veterinary Medicine; Industrial &

Labor Relations)

Stipend Total $21,705 $3,241

Endowed Colleges $15,886 $723(Architecture, Art, & Planning; Arts & Sciences;

Computing & Information Science;

Engineering; Provost; Research Centers)

Contract Colleges $5,819 $2,518(Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva;

Agriculture & Life Sciences; Human Ecology;

Veterinary Medicine)

Source: Cornell University, Sponsored Financial ServicesDiscrepancies may occur due to rounding.

in thousands

Cornell is number 1 insending students in thelife sciences to graduateschool, according to theNSF. Cornell received$1 million from NSF toestablish the BiologyResearch Fellows Programin order to enhance thediversity and number ofundergraduates enteringlife sciences graduatefields to pursue careersin biological research.The inaugural class ofeight fellows, all juniors,began the program inJanuary 2010.

RONALDHARRIS-WARRICKNEUROBIOLOGYAND BEHAVIOR

MYRA SHULMANECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARYBIOLOGY

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Transferring Technology

REVENUE FY 2009 FY 2008

Total $7,799,700 $9,553,064

Fees and Royalties 5,084,199 6,831,463

Reimbursements 2,670,778 2,703,216

Extraordinary Income* 44,723 18,385

* Includes nonrecurring income, such as sale of equity.Source: Cornell Center for Technology, Enterprise, and Commercialization (CCTEC)

222United States

FY 2009

251International

438PATENTS FILED

54FY 2009

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148PATENTS ISSUED

77

FY 2008

71

155PATENTS ISSUED

FY 2008

473PATENTS FILED

199Inventions

34Plants

9Copyrights

242

IP DISCLOSURESFY 2009

289Inventions

66Plants

8Copyrights

363

IP DISCLOSURESFY 2008

42Inventions

21Plants

65

LICENSESFY 2009

33Inventions

39Plants

75

LICENSESFY 2008

2Copyrights

3Copyrights

in thousands

247United States

191International

3COMPANIESSTARTEDFY 2009

8COMPANIESSTARTEDFY 2008

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ARRA’s Impact

Since the American Recovery and ReinvestmentAct (ARRA)—also known as the economic stimuluspackage—was enacted in February 2009, Cornellhas received funding for an array of projects,from research on tuberculosis and energy to astudy on poverty. Cornell’s ARRA-supportedresearch will not only lead to innovations anddiscoveries, but also create and retain jobs,upgrade research facilities and equipment, andtrain graduate students—and thereby contributeto economic growth.

ARRA Funds*

* As of February 2010** Full-time equivalents

137AWARDS

$106.6 MTOTAL DOLLARS

159.8 (FTEs**)TOTAL JOBS CREATED/RETAINED

CORNELL, ITHACA CAMPUS

72AWARDS

$36.9 MTOTAL DOLLARS

81.53 (FTEs**)TOTAL JOBS CREATED/RETAINED

WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE

Cornell researchersreceived ARRA fundingto create tiny 3-D modelsof tumors that mimicconditions necessaryfor tumor angiogenesis.The models will helpresearchers understandhow tumors create bloodvessels that facilitatetumor growth—animportant step towardlearning to block thedevelopment of thesevessels and starve thetumor. Three graduatestudents and one post-doctoral fellow will besupported by the project.

CLAUDIAFISCHBACH-TESCHLBIOMEDICALENGINEERING

ABRAHAM D.STROOCK ANDJEFFREY D. VARNERCHEMICAL ANDBIOMOLECULARENGINEERING

VIVEK MITTALCARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY,WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE

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A Cornell engineer invented a newgenetic-engineering technique, aprotein readout method for cells,paving the way for creating andcataloging disease-specific antibodiesin the lab and revolutionizing anti-body-based drugs for such diseasesas Alzheimer’s and cancer.

MATTHEW DELISACHEMICAL ANDBIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING

Cornell researchers created an ultra-fast oscilloscope that can plot thewaveform of an optical signal with aresolution of less than a trillionth of asecond. Applications include analyzingintermittent glitches in fiber-opticcommunications and observing suchfast-moving events as chemical reac-tions or laser fusion.

ALEXANDER GAETAAPPLIED AND ENGINEERINGPHYSICS

MICHAL LIPSONELECTRICAL AND COMPUTERENGINEERING

Cornell neurosurgeons at Weill CornellMedical Center performed the world’sfirst intra-arterial cerebral infusionof Avastin (bevacizumab) directly intoa patient's malignant brain tumor.This novel technique, a combinationof the latest in drug treatment andrevolutionary delivery procedure, mayexpose the cancer to higher doses ofthe drug therapy, sparing the patientcommon side effects of receivingthe drug intravenously throughoutthe body.

JOHN A. BOOCKVARNEUROLOGICAL SURGERY

HOWARD RIINANEUROLOGICAL SURGERY/NEUROLOGY/RADIOLOGY

Three start-ups based on Cornell technologies werelaunched in New York State in 2009:

Reparo Therapy is developing DNA repair-enhancing ingredients and productsfor consumer and clinical use. The technology is based on a discovery atWeill Cornell Medical College of a mechanism that improves the ability ofcells to repair DNA damages caused by UV or chemical carcinogens.

Geneweave Biosciences is developing rapid molecular diagnostic tests forinfectious diseases. The invention is based on bacterial detection technologyfrom the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Microbiology.

InFlora is commercializing a collection of unique woody ornamental plantsdeveloped at Cornell. Woody ornamentals are popular for defining outdoorliving spaces, and the flowers are used in creative floral arrangements.

SOME RESULTS OF CORNELL RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP

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Using a lump of graphite, a piece of scotch tape, and a siliconwafer, Cornell scientists—including physics graduate students Arend van derZander and Jonathan Alden and former graduate student Scott Bunch (nowfaculty at the University of Colorado)—created the world’s thinnest balloon, oneatom thick, that is strong enough to contain gases under several atmospheres ofpressure without popping. This balloon-like membrane is ultrastrong, leakproof,and impermeable to even nimble helium atoms. The research could lead to avariety of new technologies, from novel ways to image biological materials insolution to techniques for studying the movement of atom or ions throughmicroscopic holes.

Cornell researchers found that retireesor older people, sometimes called“grey gold,” who move to ruralareas often have a positive impacton local economies, but they alsodrive up housing prices and can haveother negative effects. For example,affordable housing becomes lessavailable to such service professionalsas teachers and nurses. They publishedthe findings in their book, RuralRetirement Migration (Springer 2008).

DAVID L. BROWNAND NINA GLASGOWDEVELOPMENTAL SOCIOLOGY

A Cornell poet was nominated fora National Book Award in poetry,chosen for her 2009 work, OpenInterval (University of PittsburghPress), a collection of poems drawingon the intersections of astronomyand mathematics, history, literature,and lived experience.

LYRAE VAN CLIEF-STEFANONENGLISH

Cornell researchers provided a newinsight into how receptors on cellsurfaces turn off signals from thecell’s environment. The findings haveimplications for better understandingcancer, AIDS, neurodegenerative dis-orders, and other illnesses, becausesuch diseases can result when receptorsgo awry by failing to turn off, afunction known as down-regulation.

SCOTT D. EMRWEILL INSTITUTE FOR CELL ANDMOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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PAUL MCEUEN AND JEEVAK PARPIAPHYSICS

HAROLD CRAIGHEADAPPLIED AND ENGINEERING PHYSICS

RESEARCHER SCOTT VERBRIDGEBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Cornell appropriated support:$13.9 million

Graduate students enrolledin organized research:2,032 (FY 2010) and 1,612 (FY 2009)

threeCornell graduate student stipends and tuitionexpenditures for organized research totaled$47 million in FY 2009.Federal support:$23.7 million

Nonfederal sponsored support:$8.5 million

oneCornell ranks amongthe nation’s topacademic institutionsin research expendi-tures: $687millionin FY 2009.

Top sources of funding for Cornellresearch are the National Science Foun-dation (NSF) at $115 million and theDepartment of Health and Human Services(DHHS) at $192.4 million in FY 2009.

Cornell ranks number one in NSFfunding in the latest NSF report and hasalternated between the first and secondspots for the past several years.

twoCornell’s Ithacacampus and WeillCornell MedicalCollege togetherhad received a totalof $143.5 million inARRA funds as ofFebruary 2010.Total number of awards:209

Total number of jobs created or retained:241.33 (FTEs)

fourCornell annuallyranks among thetop 10 universitiesin innovation andnumber of patentsissued.Number of patents Cornell receivedin FY 2009:77 U.S. patents and 71 internationalpatents

Number of new technologies Cornellresearchers disclosed in FY 2009:363

Number of licenses Cornell negotiated:75 licenses (FY 2009) and 65 (FY 2008)

Number of new companies formed:3 (FY 2009) and 8 (FY 2008)

fiveCornell has adistinguished shareof faculty—191memberships in2009—in the nationalacademies.

In 2009 Cornell faculty members totaled13 in the American Philosophical Society,86 in the American Academy of Arts andSciences, 44 in the National Academy ofSciences, 28 in the National Academy ofEngineering, 16 in the Institute of Medicine,and four in the American Academy of Artsand Letters.

Eight Cornell faculty have been electedto the national academies as of April2010—one to the American PhilosophicalSociety, four to the American Academy ofArts and Sciences, one to the NationalAcademy of Sciences, and two to theNational Academy of Engineering.

TEN QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE CORNELL RESEARCH ENTERPRISE

sevenCornell commands world-class research andteaching facilities, several recently completedor in-progress.

sixCornell’s Young facultywon a total of 19career developmentand young investiga-tor awards in FY 2009.

Cornell faculty won 13 NSF FacultyEarly Career Development Awards in FY2009, ranking second in the nation. Cornellranked number one in FY 2007, receiving thelargest number of awards of any university.

Cornell young faculty received twoPresidential Early Career Awards for Sci-entists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2009.Cornell ranked first in these awards in 2007.

In 2009 Cornell faculty won twoDepartment of Energy Early CareerResearch Awards, one Office of NavalResearch Young Investigator Award,and one NIH New Innovator Award.

eightTheResearchDivision/Office of the ViceProvost for Researchconsists of approxi-mately1,000academicandnonacademic staff.

The division includes three nationalresearch centers; 18 other researchcenters; four service units, serving facultyresearch-related needs; and a centraladministrative unit.

Cornell’s National Research Centers arethe Cornell NanoScale Science and TechnologyFacility, National Astronomy and IonosphereCenter, and Cornell High Energy SynchrotronSource.

nineCornell has more than100 interdisciplinaryresearch centers,institutes, laborato-ries, and programsthat enable facultyand staff to sharespecialized researchfacilities, equipment,and other resources.

Founded in 2009 the Center on theMicroenvironment and Metastasis, usingnanotechnology for cancer research, is acollaboration between Cornell in Ithacaand Weill Cornell Medical College.

Established in 2009 to concentrate onenergy materials, including fuel cells andbatteries, the Energy Materials Center atCornell became one of DOE’s newlyfunded Energy Frontier Research Centers.

tenCornell’s researchdistinction is diversi-fied and far-reaching,propelled by a dis-tinguished facultythroughout its history.

Seven Cornell faculty have beenrecipients of the President’s National Medalof Science.

FortyNobel laureateshavebeenaffiliatedwith Cornell as faculty or students.

Cornell’s state-of-the- art physicalsciences building, housing three prominentdepartments (Applied and EngineeringPhysics, Chemistry and Chemical Biology,and Physics) fosters research in sustain-ability, energy, and human health. It isslated to be completed in the fall of 2010.

Milstein Hall, expanding Cornell’sCollege of Architecture, Art, and Planning,will be a “center of gravity” for the designarts, supporting creativity and the bestteaching and scholarship. It is scheduledfor completion in 2011.

Weill Hall, one of only six university lab-oratory buildings with Leadership in Energyand Environmental Design “gold” certifica-tion, is a cutting-edge life sciences facilityfor interdisciplinary research and teachingin the biological, physical, engineering,computational, and social sciences. Alsohousing the Weill Institute for Cell andMolecular Biology, it opened in 2008.

Cornell’s innovativeDuffieldHall, completedin 2004,was designed for the interdisciplinaryresearch in nanotechnology and educationinwhich Cornell is a global leader.

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Six Research Distinctionsat Cornell

oneCornell scientists are buildingand testing a prototype of alinear accelerator-driven,ultrabright x-ray source—theEnergy Recovery Linac (ERL)—an essential tool for investi-gating all types of materials,physical phenomena, biologicalmolecules, and chemicalprocesses.

twoWith its legacy of leadershipin nanoscience and nanotech-nology, Cornell is a globalforce in nanofabricationcapabilities, particularlyfeaturing advanced electronbeam and optical lithographyand expertise in complexprocess integration.

threeWith a long tradition of researchleadership in genetics andgenomics, Cornell is a nationallyrecognized institution forimplementing and utilizing thelatest sequencing technologiesas shared resources. More than1,000 researchers use Cornell’ssequencing capabilities an-nually for genomics research.

fourA Cornell lead science teamcreated two of the world’smost famous robots—Spiritand Opportunity—which havebeen exploring Mars sinceJanuary 2004.

fiveCornell faculty scholarship inliterary theory is among themost highly regarded in thefield.

sixCornell biophysicistsinvented multiphotonmicroscopy, a widely usedtechnology that is allowingresearchers to image fluores-cent markers deep insidetissue, “seeing” what takesplace inside living cells.

College of Agricultureand Life Sciences†

College of Architecture, Art,and Planning

College of Arts and Sciences

College of Engineering

College of Human Ecology†

College of Veterinary Medicine†

Division of Nutritional Sciences

Faculty of Computingand Information Science

Graduate School

Johnson Graduate Schoolof Management

Law School

School of Continuing Educationand Summer Sessions

School of Hotel Administration

School of Industrialand Labor Relations†

Weill Cornell Graduate School ofMedical Sciences (New York City)

Weill Cornell Medical College(New York City)

†Contract College

CORNELL’S COLLEGES AND DIVISIONS

Senior Vice Provost for ResearchRobert A. Buhrman

Associate Vice Provost for ResearchAndrew H. Bass

Associate Vice Presidentfor Research AdministrationCatherine E. Long

Phone(607) 255-7200

Fax(607) 255-9030

E-mailvp_research@cornell.edu

Websitewww.research.cornell.edu/vpr

Cornell University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative actioneducator and employer.

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By recognizing and supporting excellence, Cornell … is at the forefront of trends where we can make significant contributions to meeting societal needs and enriching humanity.– Robert A. Buhrman