Enterprise Innovation brings internal and external collaboration opportunities to our faculty and trainees. These programs provide extra funding and opportunities to work with industry to advance faculty/trainees' translational research projects.
Please contact Dr. James Bellush at james.bellush@cornell.edu if you have any questions or need guidance on your application.
1. Klingenstein Fund: Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience
- Eligibility: Award will support innovative research by early career, tenure-track neuroscientists seeking to understand mechanisms underlying neurological and behavioral disorders. Specific focus areas for consideration include:
- Cellular and molecular neuroscience, mechanisms of neuronal excitability, genetic basis of behavior
- Integrative functional studies of neural systems
- Translational models to understand causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of neurological / psychiatric disorders
- Submission Details: Submit application via Klingenstein Portal
- Award Details: $450,000 total ($150k x 3 yrs)
- Submission Deadline: February 1, 2026
2. Leukemia Research Foundation: New Investigator Research Program
- Eligibility: Early career investigators (<7 yrs from start of faculty appointment with independent lab space) who are initiating foundational research with a focus on leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and / or MDS.
- Submission Details: Submission details and application portal linked here
- Award Details: $150,000 over two years (no funds for capital equipment)
- Submission Deadline: February 6, 2026
3. American Federation for Aging Research: Glenn Foundation Discovery Award
- Eligibility: Early to mid-career investigators who are developing pioneering discoveries for understanding the underlying biological mechanisms that govern normal human aging and its related physiological decline. Proposal can be from any branch of biology, however disease specific proposals will not be prioritized.
- Submission Details: LOIs can be submitted via the AFAR portal
- Award Details: $555,000 total (max $185k x 3 yrs)
- Submission Deadline: February 18, 2026