Team Research

Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program

Contact

Jonique Freeman
Project Manager
Office of Strategic Research Development
jfree124@uga.edu
Tucker Hall
310 East Campus Rd.
Athens, GA 30602
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2025 Call for Proposals

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Overview & Projects

President Jere W. Morehead sponsors this internal seed grant program for interdisciplinary team proposals. Team proposals are asked to address a significant challenge at the local, national or global level, and to support UGA’s 2025 Strategic Plan goal of growing research, innovation, entrepreneurship and partnerships with communities. Prior Funded projects through the Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program:

Previous Years

2025 Projects

Digital illustration of a city protected by a transparent dome labeled AI-Driven Decision Support Platform, shielding it from fire, with text Smart Disaster Resilience Planning—powered by a Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant.

AI-Driven Decision Support Platform for Smart Disaster Resilience Planning.

AI-Driven Decision Support Platform for Smart Disaster Resilience Planning

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Disaster Education and Risk Communication Using Artificial Intelligence and Immersive Technologies.

Disaster Education and Risk Communication Using Artificial Intelligence and Immersive Technologies

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Engineered Plant Extracellular Vesicles as a Next-Generation Therapeutic Platform.

Engineered Plant Extracellular Vesicles as a Next-Generation Therapeutic Platform

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Exploiting Prescribed Fire Aerosol Emissions to Study Cloud and Weather Modification.

Exploiting Prescribed Fire Aerosol Emissions to Study Cloud and Weather Modification

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Improving Outcomes for Catastrophic Cervical Spine Injured Athletes.

Improving Outcomes for Catastrophic Cervical Spine Injured Athletes

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Healing and Empowerment after Limb Loss in XR.

Incentivizing Prevention: A Research Agenda for Reducing Health Risks in Global Livestock Systems

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One-Two Punch Therapy for Refractory Cancer in Human and Canine.

One-Two Punch Therapy for Refractory Cancer in Human and Canine

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Developing Applied Institutional Ethics for the Age of AI: Interdisciplinary Approaches.

Polymerizing Synergies Across Georgia’s Commodity Sectors for Bioeconomic Growth

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Resilient Agricultural Landscapes Initiative (RALI).

Resilient Agricultural Landscapes Initiative (RALI)

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Targeted brain stimulation to enhance the creativity network for effective rehabilitation post brain injuries.

Targeted brain stimulation to enhance the creativity network for effective rehabilitation post brain injuries

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Unlocking the Ecological “Black Box” of Green Stormwater Infrastructure for More Resilient and Sustainable Cities.

Unlocking the Ecological “Black Box” of Green Stormwater Infrastructure for More Resilient and Sustainable Cities

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Targeted brain stimulation to enhance the creativity network for effective rehabilitation post brain injuries.

Targeted brain stimulation to enhance the creativity network for effective rehabilitation post brain injuries