2023 Seed Grant Winners

The 2023ÌýResearch & Innovation Seed Grant program resulted in 25 new grants with approximately $1.4M being awarded to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty across disciplines.

2023ÌýFunded Projects

PI NamePI DepartmentCategoryProject Title
Tanya AldereteIntegrative PhysiologyBiomedical & Life SciencesHuman Bioaccumulation of Micro-plastics and Nano-plastics: Implications for Infant Health
August BlackDigital Critical Media PracticesÌýArts & HumanitiesÌýThe Conduction Series: Radio Camp
Jordy BouwmanChemistry/LASPGrand ChallengeEnabling the detection of Nitrogen-bearing molecules on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
Pamela BuckleyPrevention Science Program/Institute for Behavioral ScienceSocial Sciences & Professional SchoolsFulfilling Mandates for Evidence Based Decision Making: Do Evidence Based Interventions "Work" for Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Youth?
Calvin ChanCenter for National Security InitiativesGrand ChallengeSecure and Authenticated Hardware Accelerators for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Yueqi ChenComputer ScienceEngineering & Applied SciencesSecuring Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems from Improving Data Accessibility
Xiaoyun DingMechanical EngineeringBiomedical & Life SciencesGeneration of blastocyst-like structures via 3D acoustic tweezers
Virginia FergusonMechanical EngineeringEngineering & Applied SciencesWhy does exercise in Type 1 diabetes mellitus fail to protect bone?
Anne GoldCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)Arts & HumanitiesÌýTeaching Climate Across the Curriculum with CLEAN
Leila GomezWomen and Gender StudiesArts & HumanitiesÌýGlobal Indigeneity and Land Struggle: Documentary Film for Sustainable Futures
Ankur GuptaChemical and Biological EngineeringEngineering & Applied SciencesMotion of Ellipsoidal Microparticles in Physiological Flows
Julie LundquistAtmospheric and Oceanic Sciences