Cornell University Grant Information
The Cornell University chapter of Sigma Xi has a granting program for graduate students that is separate from the better-known national Sigma Xi grant program. Owing to constraints associated with the original bequest, only Cornell graduate students (not undergraduates) are eligible for these awards. These funds are to be used to support current or future scientific investigations.
Our research support grants are made in amounts up to $1000. There is a limit of one award per student during each calendar year.
The deadline for receipt of applications is midnight, March 30th.
Research proposals are evaluated on the basis of their intellectual rigor, potential for success, contribution towards the student's professional development, and appropriateness of budget. Funding can not be provided for faculty/staff, for hiring research assistants, or for other salaries. It is strategic to place the budget of your Sigma Xi proposal in the larger fiscal context of your project: how will this award allow you to accomplish your research? Budgets that come across as vague or padded are unlikely to garner support. Evidence that you are seeking support from many granting sources is considered a definite positive.
A Grant Application Form is available via the web link above. Note that we now ask only for the name of your research supervisor; we may contact that person in the unlikely event that we have specific questions about your status or progress, but we no longer require any formal letters of recommendation.
Please send your proposals as a single MS Word file to: Irby Lovette, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 E-mail: ijl2@cornell.edu. It would be helpful if you title your file YOURLASTNAMESigXi.doc
Sigma Xi National also awards student research grants independently. All national grant applications are accepted online at the Sigma Xi National site only. Please use this web link to access the
national grant program.
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