Faculty Seed Grants

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 Titlesort ascending Principal Investigator
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)

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