Cornell's Research Development (ReD) Team promotes and facilitates research and innovation across the Ithaca campus, AgriTech, Cornell Tech, and Weill Cornell Medicine. Cornell is known as “Big Red”, and the term “Red Team” also evokes the red team review process that several universities and other research organizations use to facilitate compliant and compelling funding proposals.
Cornell ReD Team plays a crucial role in supporting and advancing research activities among Cornell's faculty, particularly in developing compelling proposals to fund research programs and projects. We provide a range of services to help researchers enhance their skills as effective communicators, as grant proposal writers and as advocates for their research. The team works collaboratively with other college-based Research Development staff, and operates under the direction of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.
Our key elements supporting Cornell's research and translation community include:
- Proposal Development Services*
- Help research faculty develop funding priorities and identify potential sponsors
- Facilitate collaborations
- Provide assistance with proposal strategy and grantsmanship
- Assist with the development of Broader Impacts plans and community partnerships
- Coordinate letters of support and other ancillary documents for proposal submissions
- Review and edit proposal narratives
- Help faculty navigate the proposal submission process in coordination with their Research Administrator and Grant & Contract Officer
- Provide project management services for large, complex grants with budgets of $2M/yr (coordinating milestones, internal deadlines, meetings, e-mail reminders, etc.). Note that the proposed budget is an imperfect correlate with the proposal complexity and proposed program complexity that varies among research fields; this filter is used with appropriate discretion by ReD Team.
- Strategic Research Advancement
- Collaborate with leadership to identify areas of faculty-driven research benefiting from a focus on external sponsorship or partnership
- Manage the Limited Submissions Program, important when sponsors choose to limit the number of submissions from Cornell
- Research Development Outreach
- Disseminate funding and engagement opportunities
- Promote activities to foster interdisciplinary research within and across Cornell campuses
- Provide specialized training, such as workshops for early career faculty and agency-specific trainings (e.g., NSF CAREER, DOD, NIH, and Foundations)
*Proposal development services are primarily for research faculty/teams submitting complex multidisciplinary proposals (e.g., center and training grants). In addition, we work with early career faculty submitting to external funding opportunities. As time permits, we also support individual researchers submitting single PI or more narrowly scoped research proposals.
| ReD Director (TBH) Click here to view open Job posting | |
Gayle Fagan | 
Liz Diaz |
| Tiffany Fleming CALS Research Development T: (607) 255-1890 E: tfleming@cornell.edu |
Schedule a consultation to discuss how we can help you with your proposal, including identifying funding opportunities and potential collaborators, building compelling broader impacts and education plans.
To discuss your research development needs or to inquire about our services, please email us at research_development@cornell.edu.
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An initiative launched in 2016 by the Office of Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) and the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), Research Development Services (RD) was established to provide dedicated services to help faculty pursue large, collaborative, team science-focused awards. RD catalyzes capacity-building activities, research collaboration, diversity, and pipeline growth, which complements the administrative management of proposals by grant administrators.
