NEXUS Pilot Grant Summary
The NEXUS pilot grant program focuses on interdisciplinary research that will seed the creation of knowledge and solutions to society’s grand challenges.
Proposals are sought from all colleges/departments at the University of Utah where research teams must comprise two or more regular, full-time faculty members at the University of Utah from different departments and different disciplines and that clearly articulate the interdisciplinary perspective.
Expedition Proposals are designed to encourage teams to explore a new topic and determine if it has potential
for a larger proposal, book project, or other product.
Research Proposals address society's grand challenges and topics in the domain of the University's Transformative Excellence Program (TEP).
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SPRING 2020 NEXUS PILOT PROGRAM GRANT AWARD WINNERS |
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PI |
COLLABORATORS |
AFFILIATIONS/DEPARTMENTS |
PROJECT TITLE |
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Adrienne Cachelin |
Brett Clark |
ENVST |
Resilience and justice in the local food system: Understanding mutual aid in the time of COVID-19 |
| Rogelio Cardona-Rivera | Aaron Fischer |
Entertainment Arts & Engineering |
How do Teacher-Trainers train Teachers? Computationally Modeling the Design of Behavioral Skills Training to Support Automated Virtual Training. |
| Phyllis Coley |
Bei Wang Phillips |
Biological Sciences Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute |
Sustaining Biodiversity: Combine Machine Learning with Molecular Networking in Drug and Natural Product Discovery |
| A. Gannet Hallar |
McKenzie Skiles |
Atmospheric Sciences Geography |
Impact of COVID-19 Response on the Environment with regards to Radiative Balance and Hydrology |
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SPRING 2019 NEXUS PILOT PROGRAM GRANT AWARD WINNERS |
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PI |
COLLABORATORS |
AFFILIATIONS/DEPARTMENTS |
PROJECT TITLE |
| David S. Curtis | Camilla Hodge, Kevin Rathunde |
Family and Consumer Studies - Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation | Leveraging the Zoo, Arts and Parks Summer Passport Program to Promote Physical Activity and Human Development |
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RESEARCH PROPOSALS |
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PI |
COLLABORATORS |
AFFILIATIONS/DEPARTMENTS |
PROJECT TITLE |
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Daniel Mendoza |
Jeff Rose |
Atmospheric Science |
Environmental Justice Research to Action: Assessing and Addressing Disparate Exposures to Air Pollution in Salt Lake County |
| Richard Medina | Adrienne Cachelin |
Geography |
The Influence of Web-Based Hate on Bias-Motivated Criminal Behavior |
| Tyler Faith |
Randall Irmis |
Anthropology Geology & Geophysics Natural History Museum of Utah |
Exploring Utah's High-Elevation Caves: Fossil Archives of Ecosystem Change |
| Brenda Bowen | Shane Macfarlan Jory Lerback |
Geology & Geophysics Anthropology Global Change & Sustainability Center |
Uncovering the Framework for Spring Sustainability in Complex Socio-hydrological Systems in the Remote Arid Highland of Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Tabitha Benney | Daniel Mendoza Phillip M. Singer Robert A. Chaney Chantel D. Sloan |
Political Science Atmospheric Sciences Pulmonary Medicine Department of Public Health-Brigham Young University |
Crossing the Policy Divide: Translating Health and Behavioral Drivers of Utah Air Quality into Public Policy Solutions |