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The primary purpose of the CCSS Faculty Fellows Program is to nurture the careers of Cornell University’s most promising faculty members in the social sciences. The goal is to provide time and space for high-impact social scientific scholarship. The program is also designed to create an environment of intellectual exchange and an appreciation for interdisciplinary scholarship.

The fellows meet in Rhodes Hall throughout the academic year to exchange feedback on current research and participate in professional development. The fellows spend a semester in residence with the CCSS in Rhodes Hall. During this semester, the fellows are released from teaching and administrative duties to focus on their chosen research project.

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Rhodes Hall, Suites 530-541
Ithaca, NY 14853

CCSS Faculty Fellows in-residence are housed on the 5th floor of Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall. 

These secure rooms are located in Rhodes Hall and require special authorization for access. One room has a secure gateway to German Institute for Employment Research (IAB) data. The other room has an air-gapped/non-networked computer to meet highly restricted data security requirements. Please email our team here if your regulated data research project has specific information security requirements for data access. The CCSS Data Custodians will assist you in implementing your research project in our secure rooms or inform you about other regulated research environment options meeting the data security requirements.   

The Cornell Center for the Social Sciences coordinates the relationship with the U.S. Census Bureau for Cornell and houses the secure facility that the Census Bureau manages at 391 Pine Tree Rd.

This facility allows researchers to work locally with restricted-access federal data, removing the need to travel to New York City, the Washington, D.C. area, or elsewhere.