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Upcoming CCSS Deadlines

Deadline: January 14

Email Heather Furnas, CCSS Program Coordinator, with any questions.

Congratulations to Fall Grantees!

This fall, CCSS awarded research funding to 23 faculty projects spanning 11 departments across nine Cornell colleges and schools, targeting $50M in external research support. Faculty interested in applying to Spring 2026 grant offerings should visit:

Cornell FSRDC Celebrates 20 Years of Advancing Research

Marking its 20th anniversary, the Cornell Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) continues to support social science research by providing faculty and students with local, secure access to federal restricted-use microdata.

Read more in the Chronicle →

Cornell faculty, staff, and leadership Natalie Bazarova, Gary Koretzky, Peter Enns, Nichole Szembrot, and Zhuan Pei, with members of the Census Bureau at the 2025 Federal Statistical Research Data Center Annual Research Conference.

Jacob Grippin, CCSS Research Facilitator, provides consulting support in the CCSS Clark Hall collaboration space.

CCSS Offers Customized Training for Individuals and Teams

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Qualitative methods
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CCSS is proud to partner with the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) to make rigorous, transparent research easier for our community.

QDR has just shared an exciting new dataset in PLOS ONE: first-person accounts capturing how people lived through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Explore the dataset
Learn about Annotation for Transparent Inquiry
Connect with us to see how QDR's tools and services can support your next project.

"The Qualitative Data Repository offers multi-method researchers an opportunity to make data accessible for replication and knowledge accumulation through future scholarship. Through QDR, our original data collection efforts on religious sermons and political participation in Africa had greater reach as other scholars were able to build on this foundation to ask a new series of questions."

Rachel Riedl

Professor

Government and Public Policy

CCSS-Supported Research

"Safety First: Babies Heighten Adults' Perception of Threats"

Michael Goldstein Professor

Psychology

Goldstein, director of the Behavioral Analysis of Beginning Years (BABY) Lab, published new research in Child Development with support from a CCSS Grant. The study found that adults perceive the world as more threatening when caring for a baby. These findings suggest that babies' appearance and movements may lead adults to interpret sensory information in ways that support their safety and learning.

"Generative Art Enhances Virtual Shopping Experience"

So-Yeon Yoon

Professor

Human Centered Design

Yoon, director of the Design-User Experience-Technology (DUET) Lab, published new research in Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services with support from a CCSS Grant. The study found that generative art in virtual retail stores enhances consumer perceptions of exclusivity and aesthetic appeal, benefitting both mass-market and luxury brands. These findings suggest that accessible, algorithm-driven art can meaningfully impact consumer behavior in metaverse retail environments.

2025-26 Faculty Fellows Spotlight

Rachel Sandwell

Assistant Professor

History

Sandwell studies histories of late decolonization in southern Africa, with a focus on the transnational politics of national liberation movements. She is currently developing new research on the interface between the history of international development and the work of southern African national liberation movements, including their social and gender policies. In 2024, her article "South African Women and the Politics of Peace in the 1950s" was awarded the South African Historical Journal's annual article prize.

In the News

"What Native American Teens Say About Stereotypes," Psychology Today article discussing research by Adam Hoffman, CCSS Faculty Fellow (2024-25)

"How a loss of public benefits harms democracy," Salon article discussing research by Jamila Michener, CCSS Faculty Fellow (2018-19)

"Pain tolerance increases during social interaction in VR," Chronicle article discussing research output by the Virtual Embodiment Lab directed by Andrea Stevenson Won, CCSS Faculty Fellow (2020-21)

Additional Events & Opportunities

December 8 @ 9am | Webinar | Gender-Based Violence in Global Supply Chains | This webinar will explore the first official evaluation of the Dindigul Agreement, a landmark partnership between major global apparel brands, unions, and manufacturers aimed at eradicating gender-based violence and harassment in factories worldwide. Hosted by the Cornell ILR Global Labor Institute.

December 10 Deadline | Maxwell Postdoctoral Fellows | Cornell’s Engineering Innovations in Medicine (EIM) initiative and the Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society is recruiting scholars for one- to two-year fellowships that advance cutting-edge collaborations in data science and biomedical research potentially spanning across Cornell Engineering, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Cornell Tech.

December 16 @ 12pm | Webinar | Lab to Impact: Social Science at the Frontiers of Innovation | This session is designed for researchers and inventors working in the social sciences at Cornell. Panelists will discuss how to translate behavioral science and human-centered research into impactful products, services, and ventures. Hosted by the Center for Technology Licensing.

January 19 Deadline | Assistant Research Professors | The Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society is recruiting Assistant Research Professors for three-year appointments through the Provost’s radical collaborations initiative, advancing campus wide data science connections and strengthening the university’s leadership in this rapidly evolving field.

March 13 Deadline | Roper Center Scholar Program | The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is accepting applications from Cornell graduate students and undergraduate students for the W.E.B. Du Bois Scholar Program and the Andrew Kohut Research Scholar Program.

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