{"id":815,"date":"2026-05-08T18:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/?page_id=815"},"modified":"2026-08-12T16:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:39:50","slug":"grailer-faculty-fellows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/chr\/research-publications\/grailer-faculty-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Grailer Faculty Fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><\/head><body><div class=\"intro-text global-spacing--3x dotted-line-start\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Grailer Faculty Fellow Program, offered by the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR), is designed to support tenure-track faculty at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration conduct impactful, industry-relevant research that benefits the broader hospitality and travel industry.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>To see a list of the CHR&rsquo;s current funding opportunities,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/chr\/research-publications\/requests-for-research-proposals\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <section class=\"featured-profiles featured-profiles--condensed  section-heading--wrap bg--clear\">\n          <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n                          <h2>2026 Grant recipients<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n    <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n      <div class=\"grid-container text-margin-reset global-spacing--4x\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.business.cornell.edu\/faculty-research\/faculty\/photo\/aaa362\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Photo of Aaron Adalja\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/aaa362\/\">Aaron Adalja<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Associate Professor; Grailer Faculty Fellow, Center for Hospitality Research<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.business.cornell.edu\/faculty-research\/faculty\/photo\/lvk7\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Photo of Lauri Kyt&ouml;maa\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/lvk7\/\">Lauri Kyt&ouml;maa<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Assistant Professor; Torgalkar Faculty Fellow, SC Johnson College of Business; Grailer Faculty Fellow, Cornell Center for Hospitality Research<\/span>\n    \n    <\/article>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <article class=\"profile profile--featured \">\n    <figure class=\"aspect-ratio-frame\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 7\/5\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.business.cornell.edu\/faculty-research\/faculty\/photo\/mq56\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Photo of Meng Qi\">\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <h3><a class=\"stylized-link--dark\" href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/profiles\/mq56\/\">Meng Qi<\/a><\/h3>\n        <span>Assistant Professor; 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