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2018 Environmental Science and Design Research Initiative Seed Grants; E-Inside; November 26, 2018

The Environmental Science and Design Research Initiative (ESDRI) was excited to be able to offer competitively awarded seed grant funding to research teams in Spring Semester 2018. ESDRI was established in 2017 to support faculty efforts to achieve continued scholarly success in areas of research concerning both natural and built systems.

The projects funded demonstrate the broad nature of scholarly activity addressing the environment at Â鶹´«Ã½, including projects related to climate change, urban health and forest restoration. The teams were chosen based on their creative and cutting-edge nature, breadth of the interdisciplinary team and future funding potential.  

The teams and projects that received funding:

Scott Sheridan (Geography), Terry Schwarz (Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative)
Enhancing Climate Preparedness Through Geodesign Of Urban Green Space
 
Elizabeth Herndon (Geology), Lauren Kinsman-Costello (Biological Sciences)
Designing a Sensor Network to Investigate How Redox Regimes Control Iron and Phosphorus Biogeochemistry
 
Reid Coffman (College of Architecture and Environmental Design), Christie Bahlai (Biological Sciences)
Biodiversity Roofs as Novel Ecosystems
 
Anne Jefferson (Geology), Christie Bahlai (Biological Sciences), Bridget Mulvey (School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies)
FoSTERing Restoration Success at Cuyahoga Valley National Park

See the ESDRI website for more details.

POSTED: Monday, November 26, 2018 12:00 AM
Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2022 01:02 AM