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Provost Multidisciplinary Seed Grant Awards

Provost Multidisciplinary Seed Grant Awards 2015

The goal of the first annual Provost Multidisciplinary Research Initiatives request for proposals was to provide seed grants that will support cutting-edge initiatives put forward by multidisciplinary teams of investigators across academic units. A total of 60 proposals submitted; nearly all of them involved faculty from two or more colleges/schools. In total, 14 proposals were considered to be Highly Competitive (7 Tier 1 and 7 Tier 2) and will be cumulatively awarded $525,000. All Tier 1 proposals included collaborations among at least 3 colleges, whereas Tier 2 proposals included 2, or more colleges.

Proposal TitlePI / C0-CollegesTier
Engineering novel theranostic devices for cancer treatment using an integrative experimental and simulation approachSalvador-Morales,
Cebral		VSE, COS, VCU2
Stop osteoarthritis by blocking both arms of the inflammatory cycle with a novel inhibitorLuchini,
Paige		COS, VSE1
Pilot testing a graphic text messaging intervention to encourage smoking cessation among first-generation Chinese and Korean immigrant men in the Metropolitan DC areaZhao,
Oh		CHSS, CHHS, VSE1
Effects on intense task-specific training in patients with spinal cord injury – from physiology to functionSikdar,
Guccione		VSE, CHHS1
Health Narratives-A multidisciplinary approach to understanding health-related information generation and dissemination in social mediaStefanidis,
Jacobsen,
Croitoru,
Crooks,
Pfoser,
Vraga		COS, CHHS, Krasnow, CHSS1
Engineering networked tracking devices for smart medical and emergency response trainingBannan,
Peixoto,
Baldwin		VSE, CEHD, CHSS1
Assessing mobile health technologies for medication compliance and nutrition tracking for possible use by kidney transplant candidatesKoizumi,
Dobolyi,
Tang,
Ihara		SPGIA, VSE, CHHS2
Impacts of the 2011 MIPPA bundled payment system on ESRD care provision – a patient outcome comparison between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis and modalitiesKoizumi,
Tang,
Ihara		VSE, SPGIA, CHHS1
Vaccine preventable disease outbreaks and community level vaccination coverageDelamater,
Jacobsen,
Leslie,
Yang		COS, CHHS2
What facets of socioeconomic inequality and neighborhood-level segregation are associated with consumer behavior, diet quality, and obesityFrankenfeld,
Leslie		CHHS, COS2
Use of technology to manage stimulus cues and reduce drug relapse – a STEAM-H (Science, Technology, Engineering Arts & Math-Health) InitiativeMatto,
Seshaiyer		CHHS, COS, CVPA1
The Mason Undergraduate Nutrition for Campus Health (MUNCH) research projectSlavin,
Best		CHHS, CHSS2
A multidisciplinary approach to mitigating campus sexual assaultStabile,
Lucas		SPGIA, S-CAR, COS, CHSS2
The 100th Meridian Project – Exploring Contemporary Water Issues in Historical PerspectiveDavis,
Ahn,
Miller		CVPA, COS, CHSS2

 

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