Congratulations to our 2023-24 Seed Grant Recipients
Partnering with UC Davis colleges and schools, the Office of Research and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Global Affairs provides Seed Grants for International Activities to faculty taking on innovative research, service and engagement projects around the world.
2023-24 Grant Recipients
Cultivating Equity: Building International Partnerships for Sustainable Horticulture and Food Systems Research
Africa
Ermias Kebreab
Professor and Sesnon Endowed Chair, Animal Science
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Erin McGuire
Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture
Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Can Genotypic Diversity Help Save Rarotonga’s Reefs?
Cook Islands (Oceania and Polar Regions)
Anya Brown
Assistant Professor, Evolution and Ecology
CAMPOS Scholar
College of Biological Sciences
Rachael Bay
Assistant Professor, Evolution and Ecology
College of Biological Sciences
Project Amazon Link: A Cross-Cultural Collaboration for Sustainable Applications in Plant Biotechnology
Brazil and Ecuador (Latin America and the Caribbean)
Philipp Zerbe
Associate Professor, Plant Biology
College of Biological Sciences
Anna Cowie
Graduate Student, Plant Biology
College of Biological Sciences
Supported by the Gurdev S. and Harwant K. Khush Seed Grant
Low Temperature Synthesis of Complex Oxide Thin Films for Sustainable Energy Technologies
Chile (Latin America and the Caribbean)
Yayoi Takamura
Professor and Chair, Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Regime Change in Ethiopia: Culture, Violence, and Local Resilience
Ethiopia (Africa)
James Smith
Professor, Anthropology
College of Letters and Science
Donald Donham
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
College of Letters and Science
Enactment of Classroom Assessment Standards in Chilean Teacher Preparation Programs
Chile (Latin America and the Caribbean)
Megan Welsh
Associate Professor
School of Education
Domestic Workers’ Collective Bargaining in the 21st Century
India, Mexico and United States (Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and North America)
Shayak Sarkar
Professor
School of Law
Leticia M. Saucedo
Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law
Co-Director, Labor and Community Center of the Greater Capital Region
School of Law
Developing a Sustainable Community-Based Educational, Clinical, and Research Outreach Program for Swallowing Disorders in Head and Neck Surgical Patients in Kenya
Kenya (Africa)
Lisa Evangelista
Associate Clinical Professor, Otolaryngology
School of Medicine
Mapping Turkish and Syrian Refugee Mothers' Vulnerability
Turkey (Türkiye) (Middle East)
Patrick Marius Koga
Associate Adjunct Professor, Public Health Sciences
Director of Ulysses Refugee Health Research
School of Medicine
Supported by the Richard F. Walters Seed Grant
UCD School of Nursing and Health, University of Nairobi Schools of Nursing and Medicine Partner: Modeling Advanced Practice Nursing Interprofessional Medical Care Teams in Kenya
Kenya (Africa)
Laura Van Auker
Associate Clinical Professor
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Stephen Cavanagh
Dignity Health Dean’s Chair for Nursing Leadership, Dean and Professor
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Debra Bakerjian
Associate Dean for Practice and Clinical Professor
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Global Collaboration to Understand Impacts of Microbiome on Mountain Gorilla Health
Rwanda (Africa)
Tierra Evans
Assistant Researcher, One Health Institute
Chief Veterinary and Scientific Officer, Gorilla Doctors
School of Veterinary Medicine
Julius Nziza
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Gorilla Doctors
School of Veterinary Medicine
Improving the Clinical and Diagnostic Skills for Equine Neurological Diseases of Veterinarians and Veterinary Medicine
Colombia (Latin America and the Caribbean)
Monica Aleman
Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Made Possible by Donor Support
Two seed grants projects were supported this year thanks to the commitment and support of generous donors Gurdev S. and Harwant K. Khush and Richard F. Walters. “Project Amazon Link: A Cross-Cultural Collaboration for Sustainable Applications in Plant Biotechnology,” led by Philipp Zerbe and Anna Cowie (College of Biological Sciences),” received the Gurdev S. and Harwant K. Khush Seed Grant. “Mapping Turkish and Syrian Refugee Mothers Vulnerability,” led by Patrick Marius Koga (School of Medicine) received the Richard F. Walters Seed Grant.