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Opportunities for international faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to visit Cornell.

Faculty Long-Term or Sabbatical
AI for Sustainability (AI4S) Visiting Professorship (with visits of a few weeks spread over two calendar years): for faculty worldwide, at all career stages, to collaborate on transformative research in AI and sustainability, and contribute to the AI4S curriculum and the academic environment of Cornell AI4S Initiative.
Faculty Short-Term
Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large Program (6-year appointment, visiting 2-3 week-long campus visits to interact with the Cornell community): brings a steady stream of the world’s foremost scholars, thinkers, and artists to campus to enliven the intellectual and cultural life of the University. Currently, at any one time, up to twenty outstanding intellectuals of international distinction hold the title of A.D. White Professor-at-Large. They are regarded as full members of Cornell faculty and…
Faculty Short-Term
Casual visits to Cornell (short-term), with no formal appointment and no international visa handling, are processed solely by each department. Please contact faculty host directly. 
Faculty Long-Term or Sabbatical
Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) - Visiting Professors: Faculty who are visiting Cornell on sabbatic or other reasons.
Faculty Long-Term or Sabbatical
Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) - Visiting Scholars (paid) and Visiting Fellows (unpaid) (up to three 1-year terms): Scientists from other countries with advanced degrees are able to visit Cornell/CALS to collaborate with faculty and students. Those who are clearly not students elsewhere and are paid a Cornell salary may be appropriately appointed as Visiting Scholars. Those who are clearly not students elsewhere and are not paid a Cornell salary may be appropriately…
Postdoc
Cornell University College of Arts & Sciences - Klarman Fellowships (1-3 years): for postdoctoral opportunities to early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise. Among the most selective of its kind in the country, the program offers independence from constraints of particular grants, enabling the recipients to devote themselves to frontline, innovative research without being tied to specific outcomes or teaching responsibilities.
Graduate Student
College of Veterinary Medicine - ‘Lab’ Interns (3-12 months): Postgraduate research students who have a desire to be mentored and learn in a lab. Interns visit for up to 12 months with proof of student status and funding from home institution or government (stipend/fellowship). All visits will incur fees, which are defined each year. The fees can be paid by the host faculty, department, section, or visitor. Visitor-related costs are used to cover fees for specific services that are granted upon…
Faculty Long-Term or Sabbatical
College of Veterinary Medicine - Visiting Academics (3-12 months): Researchers or scientists from other institutions who have academic credentials. This may include faculty on sabbatical or visiting as a part of a collaboration. Visiting faculty may be at the CVM for up to one year. Visiting academics must hold a research or faculty position at another institution. Sabbatical academics in collaborative relationships/projects will incur no fees. Other visits will incur fees, which are defined…
Faculty Short-Term
College of Veterinary Medicine - Visiting Veterinarians: an opportunity for veterinarians to observe in our clinical services for a short period of time. A fee may be charged for visiting our facilities and clinical services. DVMs that are in the academic sector have a specific fee, as do DVMs that are in the private practice or that are independent.
Postdoc
Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainability (3 years): funds highly motivated recent PhDs to conduct projects under the mentorship of a Cornell faculty host and an advisor from an external partner organization. Fellows hold academic appointments at Cornell University for three years. Each fellow receives individualized and cohort-level support, including the Sustainability Leadership Program’s workshops in professional development, career strategy, communications training, and…
Postdoc
Cornell Engineering - Ezra Systems Postdoctoral Associates (1-3 years): Ezra Postdoctoral Associates spend one to three years at Cornell during which they conduct advanced systems research under the guidance of systems faculty, and author or co-author one or more substantial research papers addressing the agreed-upon topic. Postdocs should expect to spend about three quarters of their time on collaborative systems research, and are also expected to attend seminars and workshops. Ezra…
Faculty Long-Term or Sabbatical
Cornell Engineering - Ezra Systems Visiting Scholars (2 weeks to 1 year): for established, mid-to-late-career researchers who are at the forefront of their domain, and who have an interest in collaborating with one or more Cornell faculty on systems-related research. This program is designed to start new collaborations that will persist after the scholar leaves. Through these collaborations, Ezra Systems Visiting Scholars and Cornell faculty and students push the boundaries of systems research…
Graduate Student
Cornell Law School - Exchange Student (1-2 semesters): Cornell Law School welcomes a select number of highly qualified law students from our international partner institutions to enroll at Cornell Law School for one or two semesters as nonmatriculated students. Students wishing to participate in this program must have completed a minimum of one year of law school, or be in the final year of an undergraduate legal studies program, or be enrolled in a graduate law program at their home…
Graduate Student
Cornell Law School - Visiting Researchers (a few weeks to an academic year): Generally Ph.D. degree candidates, younger professionals, and others who are at the beginning of a promising academic career. In general, Cornell Law School does not accept visiting researchers unless the applicant is the nominee under an exchange agreement with a partner school, or a Cornell Law School faculty member has invited them. Nevertheless, each year a few spots are available to scholars without a preexisting…
Faculty Short-Term
Cornell Law School - Visiting Scholars (a few weeks to an academic year): Cornell welcomes scholars from around the world to study, research, and speak at the Law School. Visiting scholars typically have a faculty appointment at their home institution for five years or more, or equivalent professional status (e.g., experienced jurists, government officials, and senior practitioners). In general, Cornell Law School does not accept visiting scholars unless the applicant is the nominee under an…
Postdoc
Cornell Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs (1-3 years): Multiple endowed fellowship programs at Cornell's fund postdoc opportunities.
Postdoc
Cornell Tech Digital Life Initiative (DLI) - Postdoc Fellowships (1+ years): supporting research in ethics, politics, and quality of life in digital societies on issues, such as, privacy, unfair discrimination, AI and ethics, and platform governance. For a unique opportunity to work alongside ethicists, computer scientists, legal and policy researchers, and social scientists, we welcome applicants from across the disciplinary spectrum. For one of the positions, demonstrated interest in…
Faculty Long-Term or Sabbatical
Cornell Tech Digital Life Initiative (DLI) - Visiting Fellowships: The DLI is now inviting applications from visitors to join our growing community of scholars, researchers, practitioners and innovators in exploring ethics, policy, politics and quality of life within prevailing socio-technical systems.
Graduate Student
Cornell University - Visiting Student or Intern (paid or unpaid): Visiting students must secure a Cornell faculty host to mentor them. At Cornell, tenured and tenure-track faculty (full/associate/assistant professors) are able to host visiting graduate students, with department approval. Self-funded students can seek a Cornell faculty host in a related field with related research interests. After securing a willing faculty host, that professor's department will help with next steps including…
Faculty Long-Term or Sabbatical
East Asia Program - Visiting Scholar (9-12 months): pursue research on China, Japan, or Korea and work with EAP faculty and students. Most visiting scholars come from countries in East Asia and spend 9 to 12 months at Cornell. Scholars must obtain their own financial support and health insurance and find a Cornell EAP core professor with similar disciplinary and research interests to support their application and serve as their faculty host.