Stem Cell Grants
The Stem Cell Program supports students, postdocs, and faculty in attending scientific conferences and workshops, as well as receiving on-site training in stem cell related techniques.
Training Fellowships
The Cornell Stem Cell Program (SCP) requests applications for pre and postdoctoral training fellowships. The aim of these fellowships is to provide comprehensive training in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Trainees engaged in multi-disciplinary and collaborative research will be given an additional advantage in the selection process. We also encourage applications that involve addressing health disparities in underrepresented communities. All students whose mentor is an SCP member in good standing are eligible to apply. We are currently not accepting applications for fellowships.
Seed Funding
CSCP seed funding grants are expected to support nascent stem cell-related research projects and to stimulate cross-disciplinary collaborations in the areas of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. In particular, we encourage proposals that address health disparities in underrepresented communities. The PI should be a faculty member of CSCP, Co-PIs can be any faculty at Cornell. Successful applicants will be asked to give a presentation after completing the proposed project. We are not currently accepting applications for seed funding.
Travel Awards
Requests for travel funding will be considered on an ad hoc basis. Preferential consideration for full funding will be provided to applicants presenting at stem cell meetings and workshops. A maximum of 2 applications, each for up to $1,200, is allowed per PI lab per calendar year. All applications must be submitted and approved at least one week prior to first day of travel.
To request funding, please send an email with the following information to bdc68@cornell.edu.
- Traveler's name and position
- Dates and titles of the conference/meeting/workshop
- The travel purpose
- Research abstract
- Estimated travel costs
Previously Funded Seed Grant Applications
| 2020-2021 | Andrew Yen | Less Toxic Therapy for AML to Benefit Black Race Patients |
| Tolunay Aydemir | Deletion of metal transporter Slc39a14/Zip14 protects neural progenitors from manganese toxicity | |
| Tudorita Tumbar/Andrew White | The role of Sox6 in keratinocyte-mediated recruitment of melanocyte to UV-damaged epidermis | |
| 2019-2020 | Michelle Delco | The Role of Connexins in Mitochondrial Transfer Between Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Stressed Chondrocytes |
| Amnon Koren | Mechanisms of Replication Delays in Haploid Embryonic Stem Cells | |
| Praveen Sethupathy | Defining a new marker and driver of intestinal stem cells during early development | |
| 2018-2019 | Marcos Simoes-Costa | A single-cell platform for network analysis of neural crest differentiation |
| Daniel Berry/Anna Thalacker-Mercer/ Shu-Bing Qian |
m6A mRNA Modifications in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration | |
| 2017-2018 | Tudorita Tumbar/Jonathan Butcher | Modeling the cross-talk between endothelial cells and epithelial stem cells in the skin using co-culturing systems with 3D-bioprinting and hemodynamic flow |
| Carrie Adler | Elucidation of DNA damage responses in planarian stem cells | |
| 2016-2017 | Claudia Fischbach/Ben Cosgrove | Mechano-signaling control of invasive breast cancer stem cell phenotypes in obesity-associated microenvironments |
| Andrew White | Rapid In Vivo Functional Genetic Screening for Skin Cancer Development from Adult Stem Cells | |
| 2015-2016 | Brian Rudd/Elia Tait Wojno/Andrew Grimson | Identifying the developmental pathway for lymphoid tissue inducer (LTi) cells |
| Ankur Singh/Avery August | Understanding the role of 3D microenvironment in human induced pluripotent stem cell-based B-cell lymphopoiesis | |
| Nicolas Buchon/John Lis | Transcriptional control of stem cell activation and differentiation in the Drosophila midgut | |
| 2014-2015 | Sylvia Lee/Veerle Rottiers | Germline stem cells regulation of lifespan in males and hermaphrodites in C. elegans |
| Minglin Ma/Shiubing Chen | Developing a stem cell encapsulation therapy for type 1 diabetes | |
| 2013-2014 | John Schimenti | Role of PDCD2 in Diverse Stem Cells |
| Gerlinde Van de Walle | Towards cell-free regenerative therapies: characterization of the equine mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) secretome | |
| 2012-2013 | Brian Rudd | Determining the role of stem cells in the maintenance of immunity |
| 2011-2012 | Jonathan Butcher/Todd Evans | Engineering Cardiomyocyte Fate and Function from ESCs |
| Paul Soloway | Determining the role of epigenetic modulation in Mbd3-mediated alternative splicing in embryonic stem cells |
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| 2010-2011 | Vimal Selvaraj | Synchronized differentiation of ES and iPS cells to oligodendrocytes for treating myelin disorders |
| Xiling Shen | A Quantitative Study of Notch Lateral Inhibition in Asymmetric Cell Fate |
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| 2008-2009 | Claudia Fischbach | Analysis of TSCs therapy resistance in bioengineered 3-D culture niches |
| John March | Training in culturing and differentiating stem cells in vitro | |
| Sylvia Lee | Investigate the roles of HCF-1 and HCF-2 in mouse embryonic stem cell functions |