The National Science Foundation renewed funding for the Cornell Center for Materials Research, which uses of the study of matter to find solutions to a variety of complex problems. The center will receive $18.36 million over the next six years, the University announced Sept. 9. 

Representing stellar teacher-scholar achievement and potential, five junior faculty members were awarded with the Faculty Early Career Development Program by the National Science Foundation. Itai Cohen, William Dichtel, Tobias Hanrath, Eun-Ah Kim and Cynthia Reinhart-King received the honor for their exemplary research, teaching skills, and leadership abilities.  These faculty members are committed not only to their academic work, but to mentoring students and fostering scholarship.

The National Science Foundation has granted a team of Cornell scientists $3 million to conduct research on the potential effects of climate change on amphibious species and their ecosystems. 

Cornell’s world-class faculty has continued to garner accolades, as six professors were recently recognized for their teaching and research. Three faculty members received Early Career Development Awards through the National Science Foundation, while three other young faculty were recognized as Sloan Foundation Research fellows.

From unlocking nature’s fundamental principles through elementary particle physics to unzipping DNA to understand the way living cells function, research at Cornell spans across every science department and almost every scientific topic. Scientific research requires equipment, raw materials and people. To obtain these, however, researchers need one thing: funding. According to an annual report put out by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, researchers at Cornell, not including Weill Medical College, spent about $470 million in the 2008 fiscal year.