Summer Mentored Research Grants
Summer Mentored Research Grants support faculty-led teams of undergraduate researchers and graduate mentors in summer sustainability research to advance novel inquiry and provide mentored research experience.
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Funder: Cornell University
Due Dates: December 8, 2026, at 5 p.m. ET (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Approximately $27,000 per summer research project
Summary: Supports faculty-led summer sustainability research involving two undergraduate researchers, a graduate student mentor, and a faculty principal investigator.
Key Information: Each project must include two undergraduate researchers, one graduate student mentor, and a faculty principal investigator.
Description
Cornell University’s Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability offers Summer Mentored Research Grants, also called Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Grants, for faculty-led summer sustainability research. The program combines undergraduate research experience with mentoring by a graduate student and a faculty principal investigator. Each project brings together two undergraduate researchers and their mentors, with funding supporting participants and research costs.
The grants contribute to Cornell Atkinson’s broader mission of advancing sustainability breakthroughs through novel research. That mission includes supporting sometimes high-risk, high-reward work and collaboration across the university and beyond. The program is listed among the center’s faculty funding opportunities, with calls for proposals opening annually in the fall semester.
