Congratulations to our 2020-21 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.
2020-21 Grant Recipients
A Partnership Across Borders to Improve Legal Protections for Asylum Seekers
Colombia and Venezuela (Latin America)
Raquel E. Aldana
Professor of Law, School of Law
Holly Cooper and Amagda Pérez
UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic Co-Directors
Co-Creating an Educational and Culturally-Relevant Environmental Monitoring Program for Indigenous Maya Youth
Southern Belize (Latin America)
Heidi Ballard
Professor and Founder and Faculty Director of the Center for Community and Citizen Science, School of Education
Erin Bird and Michael Dobbins
Postdoctoral Researchers, School of Education
Creating a Community of Practice of Scholars of Forced Migration
Latin America
Amanda Crump
Assistant Professor of Teaching in International Agricultural Development
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Sarai Lillian Acosta and Lena Allison Pransky
International Agricultural Development Graduate Students
An International Collaboration to Use Electron Microscopy to Understand How Cells Make Protein
United Kingdom
Christopher Fraser
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
College of Biological Sciences
Permeable Roadside Infrastructure for Road Drainage, Sewage and Stormwater Treatment: Conceptual Studies, Road Map, and Team Building
Costa Rica and Kenya (Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa)
Maureen Kinyua
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
John Harvey
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Seasonal Subtropical Highland Climates Impact on Dairy Cattle Health in Central Mexico Using Cryptosporidium as a Biomarker
Mexico (Latin America)
Xunde Li
Associate Researcher of Population Health and Reproduction
School of Veterinary Medicine
Edward Robert Atwill
Professor of Population Health and Reproduction
School of Veterinary Medicine
Deciphering Rules of Cell Division Plane Orientation in Land Plants Through a Collaboration
Israel (Middle East)
Bo Liu
Professor of Plant Biology
College of Biological Sciences
Crop Manage: a Decision-Support Tool for Farmers and Researchers
Botswana (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Jeffrey Peter Mitchell
Extension Specialist in Plant Sciences
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Supported by the Gurdev S. and Harwant K. Khush Seed Grant
The Design and Implementation of an Online Corpus Query Tool for Spanish Learners’ Errors
Spain (Western Europe)
Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez
Assistant Professor of Spanish
College of Letters and Science
Agustina Carando
Assistant Professor of Spanish
College of Letters and Science
Kenji Sagae
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
College of Letters and Science
Supported by the Richard F. Walters Seed Grant
Lake Modeling to Support Sustainable Development and Climate Resilience in Northern Patagonia
Chile (Latin America)
S Geoffrey Schladow
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Office of Research
College of Engineering
The Lake Modeling to Support Sustainable Development and Climate Resilience in Northern Patagonia project team, led by Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering S Geoffrey Schladow, preparing for a research dive in Lago Panguipulli. (Courtesy of S Geoffrey Schladow)
Integrating Cognitive and Cultural Approaches to Empower Youth Against Misinformation
Georgia (Russia and Europe)
Narine Yegiyan
Associate Professor of Communication
College of Letters and Science
2021 Global Affairs Seed Grant Projects Aim to Solve Global Challenges
The sixth annual International Connections Reception, hosted by Global Affairs on March 4, brought together the UC Davis community in an online forum to celebrate several award and grant programs, including the 2021 recipients of Global Affairs Seed Grants for International Activities. These grants are offered in partnership with the Office of Research and the individual colleges and schools to faculty taking on innovative research, service, and engagement projects around the world.