Congratulations to our 2016-17 Seed Grant Recipients
Partnering with UC Davis colleges and schools, Global Affairs provides Seed Grants for International Activities to faculty taking on innovative research, service, and engagement projects around the world.
2016-17 Grant Recipients
The Dark Side of the Amazonian Extractive Rubber Economy (1860-1920): Travel Accounts and Fictional Narratives
Leopoldo Bernucci,
Division of Humanities, College of Letters and Science
Laura Izarra
Arts, and Cultural Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
How Mass Media Affects and Is Affected by Social Media, Within and Between Countries
Amber Boydstun
College of Letters and Science, Division of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science
UC Davis - Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research Exchange in Honor of Sharon Beth Gray
Ethiopia (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Siobhan Brady
College of Biological Sciences, Department of Plant Biology
Partitioning the mortality risk associated with failure of passive immunity in Irish dairy calves: UC Davis - University College Dublin (UCD-Squared) Collaboration
Ireland (Western Europe)
Munashe Chigerwe
School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Uncovering the Role of Crystal Fields in Heavy Fermion Superconductors
Nicholas Curro
Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Department of Physics, College of Letters and Science
Foods for Improved Vascular Health
Robert Hackman
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Nutrition
UC Davis and Arab Region Research and Training Partnership: Minimizing Water, Energy and Food Losses in the Food Supply Chain
Bryan Jenkins
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Feminism & STEM
Suad Joseph
College of Letters and Science, Division of Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology
UC Davis-University College London partnership in Climate Change Adaptation for Civil Infrastructure
London (Western Europe)
Amit Kanvinde
College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Menstrual Hygiene, Latrines, and Anaerobic Digestion: Protecting Human Health and the Environment while Promoting Human Dignity
Maureen Kinyua, Harold Leverenz
College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sharing Knowledge for Rural Development in Georgia: A Partnership Between the UC Davis D-Lab and Tbilisi State University
Georgia (Russia and Europe)
Kurt Kornbluth
College of Engineering, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Reducing Antibiotic Resistance in Agroecosystem through International Collaborations
Xunde Li, Edward Rob Atwill
School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Population Health and Reproduction
EPI-4-HEALTH: International Collaboration and Training partnership in epidemiology and eHealth to better prevent and control neglected and emerging diseases in Latin America
Beatriz Martinez Lopez
School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Davis-York-Stockhold Sustainability Research and Scholarship Triangle
Mark Mascal
College of Letters and Science, Department of Chemistry
Establishing a Cross-Cultural Partnership in Research & Education between UCD and Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Isabel Montanez
College of Letters and Science, Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Protecting Children from Hospital Acquired Infections after Congenital Heart Surgery in Peru
Peru (Latin America)
Joanne Natale, Nilas Young
School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Socio-ecological drivers of declining water quality in kales: Engagement with indigenous communities at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, to improve water quality through restoration of macrophyte buffer zones
Guatemala (Latin America)
Eliska Rejmankova, Steven Sadro
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Science and Policy
Innovation for Planetary Health: A Cross-cultural, Immersion-based Approach
Woutrina Smith, Martin Smith
School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology