Congratulations to our 2018-19 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.
CCS Global Collabinar: Building Capacity to Address Global Environmental Challenges
Israel, Brazil, South Africa (Middle East, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa)
Heidi Ballard (and Ryan Meyer)
Center for Community and Citizen Science
School of Education
Applying a revolutionary new method to measure leaf water potential in intact, functioning leaves
Germany, Australia (Western Europe, Oceania)
Thomas Buckley
Plant Sciences
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Viral molecular determinants of pathogenic mosquito-borne virus emergence: Usutu virus in Europe and St. Louis encephalitis virus in California
Ireland (Western Europe)
Lark Coffey
Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Historical Ethnographic Field Research Methods and the History of Youth in Uganda
Uganda (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Corrie Decker
History, College of Letters and Science
Developing an International, Cross-disciplinary Work Group to Advance Research on the Use of Bioclimatic Indices for Drought and Climate Change Assessment in Semi-arid Regions
Italy, Brazil, Chile (Western Europe, Latin America)
Laura Foglia
Land, Air and Water Resources
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Methane Flux from Lakes in a Rapidly Warming Arctic
Spain (Western Europe)
Alexander Forrest (and Holly Oldroyd)
Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Psychology and Law: A University of California, Davis and Altai State University Interdisciplinary/International Collaboration
Russia (Russia and Europe)
Gail Goodman (and Donna Shestowsky)
Psychology, College of Letters and Science (and School of Law)
Molecular Testing for Fragile X Mutations in Individuals with ASD and Intellectual Disability in Mexico
Mexico (Latin America)
Randi Hagerman
Pediatrics & MIND Institute, School of Medicine
Flora Tassone
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine & MIND Institute, School of Medicine
Expanding a Network of One Health Research, Education, and Collaboration Opportunities in Southern Africa
Malawi (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Jennifer Lane (and Woutrina Smith)
One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine
UC Davis-UNICAMP Collaboration for the Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing of Plants Adapted to the Extreme and Biodiverse Brazilian Campos Rupestres
Brazil (Latin America)
Harris Lewin
Genome Center & Evolution and Ecology, College of Biological Sciences
Stephen Richards
Genome Center, College of Biological Sciences
Impact of Animal Burns on the International Veterinary Medicine Community and the Development of the UC Davis Global Veterinary Burn Care Center
United Kingdom, Costa Rica (Western Europe, Latin America)
Jamie Peyton
Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine
Deana Clifford
Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
Strengthening international collaboration on climate change in the Arctic
Oceania and the Polar Regions
Eric Post (and Pernille Sporon Boving)
Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Big data management and information to food animal production decision-making – learning from the Australian Livestock Information Platform (LIP)
Australia (Oceania)
Heidi Rossow (and Fernanda Ferreira)
Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine
LEDs for UCD’s UV System
Palestine (Middle East)
Bassam Younis
Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering