Congratulations to our 2021-22 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.
2021-22 Grant Recipients
Training Spanish-Speaking Professionals on Expressive Language Sampling: Partnerships for International Treatment Studies for People with Neurodevelopmental Conditions
Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, Spain
Leonard J. Abbeduto
Director, Mind Institute Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair Professor, School of Medicine
Laura del Hoyo Soriano
Supported by the Richard F. Walters Seed Grant
Developing Novel Suppressive Soils to Manage Soilborne Pathogens in Mediterranean Climates
Spain
Jesús Fernández Bayo
Assistant Professorial Researcher, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Celia Borrero
University of Seville
Supported by the Gurdev S. and Harwant K. Khush Seed Grant
Growing Biodesign Collaborations for Increased Circularity
Chile
Christina Cogdell
Professor for College of Letters and Science
UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center and Collaborative partners at Universidad de Desarrollo
Nataly Silva
Chemist and Material Science Researcher, School of Design
Paulina Contreras
Director of Research, School of Design
Nicolas Golobuff
Executive Director of Exploratec (Design and Engineering)
Ricardo Vidal
Design Coordinator at Exploratec (Design and Engineering)
Enhancing the Validity of Epidemiological Variables in a Tuberculosis Cohort from South Africa
South Africa
Brenna Henn
Associate Professor, College of Letters and Science
Marlo Moller
Stellenbosch University
Looking into the Past: Fish Eye Lenses Describe Lifetime Habitat Use for an Economically Important Fish in
Southern Brazil (Brazil)
Carson Jeffres
Field and Lab Director and Senior Researcher, Center for Watershed Sciences, Office of Research
Dislene Torrente-Vilara
University of São Paulo
Is Taiwan's Democracy in Crisis? Civil Contestations amidst Populism and Uncertain Globalization
Taiwan (East Asia)
Ming-Cheng M. Lo
Professor, College of Letters and Science
Supported by the UC Davis-Taiwan Collaborative Research Fund in Memory of Larry Vanderhoef
Mathematical Models for Dengue Surveillance: Challenges and Opportunities
Costa Rica (Latin America)
Miriam Nuño
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine with CAMPOS fellow Fabio Sánchez, University of Costa Rica
Luis Barboza
University of Costa Rica
Juan Calvo
University of Costa Rica
Paola Andrea Vásquez Brenes
University of Costa Rica
Sandra Delgado
University of Costa Rica
Beatriz Martínez-López
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Yury García
UC Davis
María Daza-Torres
UC Davis
J. Cricelio Montesinos Lόpez
UC Davis
Matched by UC Davis Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Establishing a Community-based Integrated One Health Research, Education, and Outreach Program
Rwanda
Wilson K. Rumbeiha
Professor and Agronomist, School of Veterinary Medicine
Kizito Nishimwe
University of Rwanda, University of Global Health Equity, and the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture
2022 Seed Grants for International Activities Support Innovative Research and Engagement Projects
The seventh annual International Connections Reception, hosted by Global Affairs on March 3, brought together the UC Davis community to celebrate several award and grant programs, including the 2022 recipients of Global Affairs Seed Grants for International Activities. These grants are offered in partnership with the colleges and schools as well as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Office of Research to faculty taking on innovative research and engagement projects around the world. Seed Grant projects foster long-term international research collaborations, create innovations in internationalizing the curriculum in support of the Global Education for All initiative and grow or build global partnerships.