Research
Cornell Global Hubs put scholars at the center of a transnational research network. At Hubs, international work is supported and seamless — so teams can focus on building their world-class collaborations and advancing shared research interests.
Joint Research Seed Grants
Joint seed awards from Cornell and Hubs partner universities support new and continuing collaborations to fast-track international research results. The 2024 Joint Research Seed Grants, awarded in December, will run from January 1 through December 31, 2025.
Cornell researchers: Find out about opportunities with Hubs partners.
Research Fast Facts
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Joint seed grants
$1.3M
Total seed grant funding
$180K
Follow-on for 3 teams
13 Cornell colleges and schools
participated in Hubs collaborations supported by joint seed grants in 2024.
Cornell researchers: Start your Hubs engagement by exploring locations and reaching out to the faculty lead in your region of interest.
Growing Our Global Impact
Global Hubs welcomed four new joint seed grant partners in 2024, bringing the number of participating institutions to 11. Research teams made up of Cornell faculty and collaborators from partner institutions receive Cornell-partner matching funds to support their emerging research projects. Together, we launched 47 global collaborations in 2024!
HEaTR for a Warming World
A climate collaboration with Hubs partners in India, the United Kingdom, Ghana, and Singapore, the Global Center for Household Energy and Thermal Resilience was launched with a joint seed grant and received a two-year $250K design grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Biomining with a Microbe-Mineral Atlas
A pathway to mining rare earth elements sustainably began with a Hubs joint seed grant to support collaboration with two UK partner universities and researchers in Japan and Canada. The atlas team is expanding its scope with a three-year $2 million NSF grant.
Migrations in Malta
Migrations experts at Cornell and UK Hubs partner Queen Mary University of London established a wide-ranging research and teaching collaboration with a seed grant–funded retreat held at QMUL’s Malta campus in 2023. They are currently preparing an SBE-UKRI research proposal.
Natural History Field Note
Cornell's Alexander Flecker (CALS, A&S) and Ethan Duvall (CALS) were part of a team that published a peer-reviewed paper titled “Geophagy by a Large Herbivore Driven by a Human Sodium Supply” in BioTropica's May 2024 edition. Learn more about their research.
Full listing
Five research projects that bring together academics from Queen Mary University of London and Cornell University will receive seed funding.
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A Cornell-led project team—with Global Hubs partners in India, the UK, Ghana, and Singapore—has received a two-year $250,000 design grant from the National Science Foundation to bring more comfortable days and nights to homes everywhere.
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With the support of Cornell Global Hubs joint seed grants, researchers are building international connections and advancing their research.
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Cornell faculty and staff traveled to Global Hubs locations in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Australia to explore reciprocal student mobility, collaborative faculty research, and teaching opportunities.
Nate Foster, CIS and faculty lead for Global Hub partner University of Edinburgh, will receive the 2023 Robin Milner Young Researcher Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of programming languages.
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Rachel Beatty Riedl, Einaudi Center director, visited the University of Ghana in February to connect with faculty and staff and explore opportunities for collaboration with this Hub. Riedl also met with a group of Cornell alumni excited about supporting the Global Hubs initiative.
New seed grants from Global Cornell are deepening relationships between Cornell and its Global Hubs partners across the world.
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From Ken Roberts' recent research in Ecuador and evidence ripped from headlines worldwide, when political parties stoke partisan conflicts–often by contesting formal state institutions, like systems for managing elections–actual democratic capacity may take a hit as public opinion polarizes.
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Global Cornell has awarded five International Cornell Curriculum (ICC) grants totaling $114,000 to support faculty developing courses that feature international experiences for students.
