2023 Seed Grant Winners

The 2023 Research & Innovation Seed Grant program resulted in 25 new grants with approximately $1.4M being awarded to ²ÊÃñ±¦µä faculty across disciplines.

2023 Funded 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 Practices Arts & Humanities The 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 & Humanities Teaching Climate Across the Curriculum with CLEAN
Leila GomezWomen and Gender StudiesArts & Humanities Global 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 SciencesGeological & Environmental Sciences Development and field testing with Argonne National Laboratory of an  Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) simulator for mesoscale-microscale atmospheric modeling
Sheldon MastersCivil, Environmental and Architectural EngineeringEngineering & Applied SciencesTransformative Approach to Controlling Lead in Drinking Water informed by Advanced Diagnostics
Bob McLeodElectrical, Computer and Energy EngineeringEngineering & Applied SciencesHolographic labelling to characterize multi-modal 3D micron and millisecond dynamics of soft and biomaterials
Andres Montoya CastilloChemistryBasic Physical SciencesMeasuring and taming noise in quantum devices for improved performance
Bhuvaneswari NarasimhanLinguisticsSocial Sciences & Professional SchoolsGetting the message across: Acoustic realization of information in maternal speech and its effects on autistic and typically developing children
Amy PalmerBiochemistryBiomedical & Life SciencesNutrient sensing using RNA-based biosensors
Melanie PefferHealth Professions Residential Academic Program (HPRAP)/ICSSocial Sciences & Professional SchoolsInvestigating epistemological beliefs about science in biological inquiry
Michael ShirtsChemical and Biological EngineeringBiomedical & Life SciencesUnderstanding the biological role of coiled-coil proteins in liquid-liquid phase separation
Joel SwansonATLAS InstituteArts & Humanities TYPO Lab
William TaylorAnthropology/Museum of Natural HistorySocial Sciences & Professional SchoolsUnderstanding human-animal dynamics and early prehistory in the Inner Asian Altai - investigations at Khoid Tsenkher Cave
Fernando Villanea GuevaraAnthropologyBiomedical & Life SciencesOptimizing Computer Simulation for Use in Archaic Genomics
Linda WatkinsPsychology & NeuroscienceBiomedical & Life SciencesNovel use of endogenous complement cascade inhibitors to treat chronic pain: a pivotal study to define the creation of a new startup company
Tom YehComputer ScienceEngineering & Applied SciencesToward Ethically Designed, Culturally Diverse, and Developmentally Appropriate AI Systems for Children Globally
Nikolay ZabotinElectrical, Computer and Energy EngineeringGrand ChallengeIonosphere as a Remote Sensor for Moderate Ground-Level Atmospheric Disturbances

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