Seed Grant
The Center for Urban and Environmental Change intends to
provide modest funds (2-3K each) for faculty and their students
to conduct pilot research and to prepare proposals for
extramural funding agencies. Funds may be used for student wage,
data collection and analysis, materials and supply, and travel,
but not for faculty stipend. A proposal of 1-2 pages should be
submitted to Dr. Qihao Weng, detailing:
- research needs
- rationale
- project objectives
- personnel and duties
- work plan
- budget summary
- rationale for granting programs/agency selection.
Decisions for awards will be made within a month after a
proposal is received.
Recipients are requested to send a
proposal through CUEC for external funding at the end of the grant
period, and to forward to the CUEC a brief report on the
accomplishments and activities shortly after termination of the
grant period. In addition, any publications or
presentations/exhibits, which result from this project, should carry
a statement acknowledging the assistance of the Center for Urban and
Environmental Change, Indiana State University.
Past Recipients
Dr. MaryAnn McLean, Assistant Professor
of Life Sciences, ISU, “Can adaptation by urban fungal isolates
to higher temperatures in urban oak forest be explained by
alterations in enzyme production?”.
Ms. Hua Liu, Doctoral Student of
Geography, ISU, "The Effects of Landscape Covers as Patterns on
Urban Thermal Conditions in Chicago IL, Indianapolis IN and Terre
Haute IN”
Dr. James Speer, Assistant Professor of
Geography and Geology, ISU, “Stand-Age Structure and Disturbance
History o the Big Thicket Biological Preserve: Examining
Successional Dynamics and the Role of Disturbance”.
Dr. Michael Angellitta, Associate
Professor of Ecology, ISU, “Biological Effects of Urban Heat
Islands”.
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