Cornell synchrotron receives $100M extension in federal funding over 5 years

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Staff report Ithica Journal

ITHACA — Cornell’s High Energy Synchrotron Light Source Lab received a vote of confidence from the federal government Monday in the form of $100 million in funding from the National Science Foundation.

The money will ensure the lab operations continue for the next five years.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, announced that the NSF grant had been renewed Monday while visiting the Wilson Lab in the CHESS facility, which is one of five high-energy synchrotron x-ray sources in the world and one of only two in the United States. It provides synchrotron x-ray capabilities to investigators in all fields of science and engineering.

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