2026 Call for CCMR Facility Mini-Grants
Cornell's CCMR Facility Mini-Grants provide seed funding for innovative materials research using CCMR instrumentation to generate preliminary data or develop new research capabilities.
Funder: Cornell University
Due Dates: July 17, 2026 (Application submission deadline)
Funding Amounts: $1,000–$5,000 per award; project duration up to one year; total program allocation approximately $20,000
Summary: Supports Cornell researchers with seed funding for CCMR facility use to generate preliminary data, develop new capabilities, or launch new projects.
Description
The CCMR Facility Mini-Grants program at Cornell University is designed to provide seed funding for the use of CCMR (Cornell Center for Materials Research) instrumentation. The program aims to help Cornell researchers generate preliminary data for new grant proposals, introduce faculty and postdoctoral researchers to CCMR capabilities, develop new facility capabilities, or establish research projects that could lead to future CCMR facility use. Projects should focus on innovative applications or exploration of CCMR resources, with the potential to result in new capabilities or research directions.
