Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Grants

The Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Grants support faculty-led summer research teams of undergraduates conducting sustainability research at Cornell University. Projects are structured as a pair of undergraduate researchers mentored by a graduate student and a faculty principal investigator. The program aims to prepare undergraduates for independent research through a tiered mentorship model and hands-on project experience.

Undergraduate researchers receive mentored summer research placements (teams of two undergraduates per project) with graduate student and faculty mentorship and hands-on research experience.

Professorial faculty and non-visiting faculty with a primary appointment at Cornell University, in any college, may apply to lead projects; undergraduate students participate as mentored researchers.

Faculty with eligible Cornell appointments submit proposals (Request for Proposals) to the Atkinson Center to lead summer undergraduate research teams.