From 2008-2012, the Environment Institute awarded numerous seed grants to interdisciplinary teams of UCI faculty to support innovative sustainability- and environment-related research. At present, there is no open call for proposals.
Project Image | Project Title | Principal Investigator |
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Wiring up biology: overcoming transport limitations in microbial energy production | Allon Hochbaum (Chemical Engineering & Chemistry), Jacob Brouwer (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering) | |
Using IT to Compress Perceived Time and Space in How People Think About Global Change: A Step Towards Behavioral Change | Bill Tomlinson (Informatics), Brett Sanders (Civil & Environmental Engineering), and Robin Keller (Merage School) | |
Use Of Analytical Chemistry To Examine Controls Over Decomposition of Plant Material | Kathleen Treseder (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) & James Nowick (Chemistry) | |
The First Application of Chemoinformatics to Organic Aerosols | Pierre Baldi (Computer Science) and Sergey Nizkorodov (Chemistry) | |
Solar Light Harvesting by Energy Transfer: Learning from Nature | Sergei P. Balashov (Physiology and Biophysics); Filipp U. Furche (Chemistry); Janos K. Lanyi (Physiology & Biophysics); Hartmut Luecke (Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Computer Science, and Physiolo | |
Self-Assembly of Quantum Dot Superlattices for Solar Cells | Zhibin Guan (Chemistry & BME & ChemE & MSE), Matt Law ( Chemistry) | |
Optimizing At-Home Feedback to Increase Residential Energy Conservation | David Kirkby (Physics & Astronomy) and Daniel Stokols (Planning, Policy & Design) |