Internal Grants & Awards
Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program – 2017 funded projects
Twelve faculty teams at the University of Georgia were selected to receive research awards through the first Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program in 2017. More than 150 faculty teams submitted research proposals to this competitive program.
Winning proposals are below.
Clark Alexander Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Mark Risse Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Brian Bledsoe College of Engineering
Glen Nowak Center for Health and Risk Communication; Advertising, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Sun Joo "Grace" Ahn Advertising, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Jon Calabria College of Environment and Design
Marguerite Madden Center for Geospatial Research, Department of Geography
Shana Jones Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Georgia Sea Grant Legal Program
Scott Pippin Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Anne Lindsay Marine Education, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Jessica Brown Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Tom Bliss Shellfish Research Lab, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Jill Gambill Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Danny Bivins Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Leigh Elkins Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Marin Brewer Fungal Biology Interdisciplinary Group; Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Michelle Momany Fungal Biology Interdisciplinary Group; Department of Plant Biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Shawn R. Lockhart Fungal Reference Laboratory; Antifungal Laboratory, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Anastasia Litvintseva Fungal Research Unit, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Harlan Grant Cohen International Law
Kang Li Computer Science
Amanda Murdie International Affairs
Roberto Perdisci Computer Science
Victor Asal Political Science, State University of New York, University at Albany
John M. Drake Odum School of Ecology
Susana Ferreira Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Nicole Gottdenker Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine
Steve Bellan Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health
Richard Hall Odum School of Ecology; Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine
Drew Kramer Odum School of Ecology
J.P. Schmidt Odum School of Ecology
Patrick Stephens Odum School of Ecology
Carolyn Lauckner Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health
Bernadette Heckman Department of Counseling and Human Development Services, College of Education
Timothy Heckman Health Informatics Institute; Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health
Nathan Hansen Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health
Dr. Gregory Felzien Georgia Department of Public Health, Division of Health Protection/IDI-HIV
Suleima Salgado Telehealth and Telemedicine, Georgia Department of Public Health
Changying "Charlie" Li School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Scott Jackson Plant Functional Genomics; Center for Applied Genetic Technologies
Harald Scherm Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Alexander Bucksch Department of Plant Biology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Institute of Bioinformatics
Ping Ma Department of Statistics; Big Data Analytics Lab
Rebecca Matthew School of Social Work
J. Maria Bermudez Human Development and Family Science
Carolina Darbisi Public Service and Outreach; Research & Evaluation, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development
Pamela Orpinas Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health
Alejandra Calva Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute
Jennifer Elkins School of Social Work
Edward Delgado-Romero Counseling Psychology, College of Education
Jason Cade School of Law
Henry N. Young Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
Developing evidence-based reintegration programming for female victims of trafficking in West Africa
David Okech School of Social Work
Nathan Hansen Health Behavior and Promotion, College of Public Health
Jody Clay-Warner Department of Sociology
Steven M. Kogan Human Development and Family Science
Jenifer Elkins School of Social Work
Dr. James Pippim Augusta University/UGA Medical Partnership
John Anarfi Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana
WenZhan Song School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Marc van Iersel Department of Horticulture, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Richard Watson Department of Management Information Systems, Terry College of Business
Javad Mahommadpour Velni School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Thomas Lawrence School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Yi Hong Department of Computer Science, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Maric Boudreau Department of Management Information Systems, Terry College of Business
Marc Haidekker School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Li Tan Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Sergiy Minko Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors, College of Family and Consumer Sciences
Debra Mohnen Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Cheryl Gomillion School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
David Tanner State Services and Decision Support, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Karen Webber Institute of Higher Education
Timothy Burg Office of STEM Education, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine
Greg Wilson Workforce Development Technical Assistance Program, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Mark Tompkins Center for Vaccines and Immunology
Ted Ross Center for Vaccines and Immunology
Pej Rohani Odum School of Ecology
Fred Quinn Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine
Bodo Linz Center for Vaccines and Immunology
Eric Harvill Center for Vaccines and Immunology
Mark H. Ebell College of Public Health
Steven Bellan College of Public Health
Anne Gaelle Bebin Blackwell Center for Vaccines and Immunology
Elodie Ghedin Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University