The 2022 Research & Innovation Seed Grant program resulted in 25 new grants with approximately $1.2M being awarded to CU Boulder faculty across disciplines.
2022 Funded Projects
| PI Name | PI Department | Category | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nausica Arnoult | Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | Grand Challenge |
Does microgravity impair the proper repair of DNA double strand breaks? |
| Longji Cui | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Gapless thermo-photovoltaics: A new paradigm for renewable power generation using waste heat |
| Samantha Fladd | Anthropology/Museum of Natural History |
Social Sciences & Professional Schools |
Digital ontologies and indigenous materialities |
| Kathryn Goldfarb |
Anthropology |
Social Sciences & Professional Schools |
Mobility and environmental health in wildfire response communities |
| Juliet Gopinath |
Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering |
Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Quantifying membrane fouling dynamics using stimulated Raman scattering and fiber-coupled optical coherence tomography |
| Andras Gyenis | Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering |
Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Novel error-protected superconducting circuit for next-generation quantum processors |
| Christoffer Heckman | Computer Science |
Grand Challenge Our Space. Our Future. |
Keeping water on the radar: Using embedded machine learning for sensing of surface water levels in the era of climate change |
| Allison Hilger |
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences |
Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Mechanisms for aerosol generation from speech production for airborne disease transmission |
| Adam Holewinski |
Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Rewiring electrolysis for sustainable plastics |
| Yumi Janairo Roth; Emmanuel David |
Art and Art History; Women and Gender Studies |
Arts & Humanities |
Ang Walong Pinoy (The Filipino Eight) |
| David Jonas | Chemistry |
Basic Physical Sciences |
Are there quantum resonances across interfaces between photosynthetic proteins? |
| Joel Kaar |
Chemical & Biological Engineering |
Biomedical Sciences |
Inhibition of beta-amyloid peptide toxicity by mixed phospholipid vesicles |
| Nicole Lovenduski |
INSTAAR/Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies |
Geological & Environmental Sciences |
Cloudy chlorophyll: Emulating satellite retrieval in an Earth system model |
| Christopher A. Lowry |
Integrative Physiology |
Biomedical Sciences |
Broad-spectrum Cannabidiol (CBD) as a prevention/treatment of neuroinflammation in a rat model of comorbid autism and epilepsy |
| Elizabeth Meyer |
Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice, School of Education |
Social Sciences & Professional Schools |
Working towards LGBTQ equality in secondary schools: Learning from teachers who support student activism |
| Beth Osnes | Theatre and Dance | Arts & Humanities |
Birds' eye view: Facilitating youth-authored creative solutions for climate change |
| Valerie Otero |
STEM Education; School of Education |
Social Sciences & Professional Schools |
Elementary STEM collaborative |
| Shaily Rahman |
Geological Sciences/ INSTAAR |
Grand Challenge Our Space. Our Future. |
Tracing the fate of reactive Si from mobilization to sequestration across terrestrial analog environments: implications for interpreting the weathering history of Mars |
| Michelle Sauther |
Anthropology |
Geological & Environmental Sciences |
Big data for small nocturnal primates: Development and field testing a new monitoring system to deliver rich real time data to record small primate spatial and social movement |
| Katharine Suding |
INSTAAR/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
Geological & Environmental Sciences |
Utilizing diversity to optimize ecosystem service delivery in orchards: Initial characterization to inform a long-term research platform |
| Tiera Tanksley |
Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice; School of Education |
Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Engineering for social justice: How decolonial and anti-racist engineering programs impact the career development and aspirations of humanitarian engineering students |
| Thorsten Trimpop |
Critical Media Practices |
Arts & Humanities |
Stealing paradise |
| Keith Ulmer | Physics | Basic Physical Sciences |
FACET: A new detector to search for dark matter particles |
| Gregory Whiting |
Mechanical Engineering |
Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Extremely high power density motor and generators enabled by flow boiling advanced cooling |
| Lei Yuan |
Psychology & Neuroscience |
Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Symbol grounding in humans and machines |