Cornell offers a number of award opportunities for faculty at both the university level and in the individual colleges. External awards are listed at the bottom of this page.
University-wide Awards
Faculty Diversity Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service through Diversity
George D. Levy Faculty Award
Kendall S. Carpenter Advising Award
Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in Graduate and Professional Degree Programs
Schwartz Research Fund for Women and Other Underrepresented Faculty in the Life Sciences
Stephen H. Weiss Teaching Award
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CALS Research and Extension Awards
Donald C. Burgett Distinguished Advisor Award
Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Students in Independent Research
Innovative Teacher
Kathy Berggren Diversity and Inclusion Award
Louis and Edith Egerton Career Teaching Award
Professor of Merit
Young Faculty Teaching Award
College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Dean’s Professional Development Funds
Clarence Stein Award
Watts Prize for Faculty Excellence
College of Arts and Sciences
Appel Fellowship
Robert A, and Donna B. Paul Awards for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
Rosenthal Advancement of College of Arts and Sciences Women Faculty and Non-stem Undergraduate Research Fund
Russell Distinguished Teaching Award
Sze/Hernandez Teaching Prize
Cornell Bowers Computing and Information Science
College of Engineering
Faculty Teaching and Advising Awards
Research Excellence Awards
Electrical and Computer Engineering Awards
Materials Science and Engineering Awards
College of Human Ecology
Advising Award — Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society in conjunction with Human Ecology Alumni Association
ILR School
General Mills Award for Exemplary Graduate Teaching
MacIntyre Award for Exemplary Teaching and Advising
Robert N. Stern Award for Teaching and Mentoring
SC Johnson College of Business
Outstanding Teaching and Research Awards
Dyson School
Nolan School of Hotel Administration
Law School
Kheel Family Awards for Excellence in Teaching
College of Veterinary Medicine
Baum Compassion Award
Cornell University Hospital for Animals Outstanding Clinical Service Award
Daniel Elmer Salmon Award for Distinguished Alumni Service
Department of Clinical Sciences Innovative Teaching Award
Outstanding Speaker Award for Annual State Veterinary Meeting
Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence
Outside Cornell
American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges Excellence in Research Award
American Mathematical Society Fellows Program
American Veterinary Medical Association Lifetime Excellence in Research Award
Faculty Recognition Prizes and Awards Outside Cornell, Assembled by Office of Sponsored Programs
Guggenheim Fellowships
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE Fellows
INFORMS Fellows
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Sciences
North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Teaching Award of Merit
Prestigious Awards Outside Cornell (scroll down)
Pew Biomedical Scholars
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Fellows Program
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Tau Beta Pi Awards and Programs