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Graduate School Pathways Programs

Application fee waivers may be available to participants of the following programs.

Not all degree programs qualify applicants for a fee waiver. If you think you are eligible for a waiver, please submit your application and the fee waiver request at the same time, right in the application form. Waiver requests are reviewed and notifications are sent within one to three business days. Whenever possible, please submit your application with the fee waiver request at least three days before your application deadline. If your request is approved, you will receive an email confirming that your Cornell graduate application has been received. If your request is denied, you will receive an email notification asking you to revisit your application and pay the fee. 

    • ABRCMS Conference
    • AG-NGINE (name exchange)
    • AmeriCorps
    • Annual Ivy Plus University of Puerto Rico Event
    • AISES
    • Astrophysics and Planetary Science REU Program at Cornell
    • AUCC
    • California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education
    • Cientifico Latino GSMI 
    • Center for Bright Beams Summer Program (CBB)
    • CLASSE Summer REU Program at Cornell
    • CLASSE Summer Research for Community College Students (SRCCS)
    • CNF/ NNCI REU Program at Cornell
    • Consider Cornell: Experience
    • Consider Cornell: Explore
    • Cornell AgriTech Summer Research Scholars Program
    • Cornell Department of Astronomy REU in Astrophysics and Planetary Science
    • Cornell Geopaths Geoscience Learning Ecosystem Summer Internship Program (CorGGLE) 
    • Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source Summer REU Program (CHESS)
    • Cornell LSAMP REU Program
    • Cornell, Maryland, Max Planck Pre-doctoral Research School (CMMRS)
    • Cornell Summer School on Designing Technology for Social Impact
    • The CUNY Pipeline Program
    • ENGINE (name exchange)
    • FAMU Graduate Feeder Conference
    • Food Science Summer Scholars Program at Cornell
    • Fulbright
    • Grace Hopper Celebration
    • IRT
    • The Leadership Alliance
    • MANRRS Conference
    • Mathematics Summer REU Program at Cornell
    • MBG Summer REU Program at Cornell
    • McNair Scholars
    • Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
    • NACME Scholars
    • National GEM Consortium (GEM)
    • National Name Exchange (NNE)
    • NOBCChE
    • NSBE
    • NSBP
    • NSHP
    • New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, Summer Research Scholars Program
    • NextGenPop – summer program in population research
    • NIH U-RISE Scholars
    • oSTEM
    • Peace Corps
    • Plant Genome Research Experiences for Undergrads at Boyce Thompson Institute & Cornell University (PGRP)
    • Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Material (PARADIM)
    • PREP
    • SACNAS
    • Shoals (Cornell) Marine Lab Summer Internship in Maine
    • SHPE
    • SoNIC Summer Workshop at Cornell
    • Summer Program for the Advancement of Women in Philosophy (SPWP)
    • Summer Undergraduate Research in Science and Engineering (SUnRiSE)
    • SWE
    • Tapia Conference
    • Teach for America
    • The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Program (RBSI)