According to a survey by the National science Foundation of science and engineering programs at various U.S. colleges, Cornell spent US $ 268 million on research in the 1988-89 academic year, the second highest in the country.
據今年美國國家科學基金會對各大學理、工研究計畫的調查，康大八八到八九學年度的研究經費為二億六千八百萬美元，高居全美第二。