{"667875":{"#nid":"667875","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems Announces Sustainability Next Seed Grant Winners, Second Round Call Opens","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustain.gatech.edu\/sustainabilitynext-plan\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESustainability Next\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Institute Strategic Plan initiative launched an annual seed grant program totaling $250,000 to support interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary climate and sustainability research. The overarching goals of the initiative are to nurture promising areas for future large-scale collaborative sustainability research, research translation, and\/or high-impact outreach; to provide mid-career faculty with leadership and community building opportunities; and to broaden and strengthen the Georgia Tech sustainability community as a whole.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS), which is administering the initiative modeled after the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research\u2019s (EVPR) \u201cMoving Teams Forward\u201d and \u201cForming Teams\u201d programs, put out a call for proposals this Spring. Proposal reviewers consisting of academic and research faculty at Georgia Tech were invited and assigned to review a minimum of three proposals each. The complete panel of reviewers discussed the relative merits of each proposal and made recommendations to the Interim Executive Director and Deputy Director of the BBISS. Ultimately three were chosen in the \u201cMoving Teams Forward\u201d category, and three in the \u201cForming Teams\u201d category.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m delighted that the transdisciplinary focus of the call achieved its purpose \u2013 accelerating team-based climate work that strengthens our community-engaged research infrastructure and HBCU partnerships with an emphasis on community engagement and equity,\u201d said Beril Toktay, interim executive director of the BBISS.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe proposals selected for funding are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMoving Teams Forward\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECollaborative Approaches to Research Engagement (CARE): Building and Validating a Community-Centered Realist Approach to Human Subjects Recruitment; Lewis Wheaton (BIOL), Karen Minyard (Georgia State), Jennifer Hirsch (Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain), Melanie J Clark (Office of Research Integrity); Chris Parker (Georgia State), and Lea T. Marzo (Center for Promoting Equity and Inclusion in the Sciences).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ENurturing Climate-Aware Knowledge Networks for Environmental Justice-Oriented Design; Neha Kumar (INTA), Vishal Sharma (IAC), Anjali Karol Mohan (Integrated Design, India), Bonnie Nardi (UC Irvine), Aaditeshwar Seth (IIT Delhi), and Gayathri Muraleedharan (Integrated Design, India).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EUrban Heat Atlanta - Moving Forward; Brian Stone (SCRP), Christopher Le Dantec (IAC), Russell Clark (College of Computing), Kim Cobb (Brown University), Jairo Garcia (College of Design), and Na\u2019Taki Jelks (Spelman University).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EForming Teams\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBuilding a Virtual Sustainability Lab for Climate Adaptation in Megacities \u2013 Urban Flood Modeling as a Prototype; Yi Deng (EAS), Xiaoming Huo (ISYE), and Jian Luo (CEE).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELow-carbon Building Materials for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation; Ebenezer Fanijo (BC), Ece Erdogmus (BC), Kimberly Kurtis (CEE), and Giovanni Loreto (Kennesaw State).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHeritage BIM and Sustainable Tourism; Danielle Willkens (ARCH), Junshan Liu (Auburn University), Maria Jose Vi\u00f1als (Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia, Spain), Russell T. Gentry (ARCH), and Ece Erdogmus (BC).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second round for this call is now open for the Fall of 2023, with submissions due on September 15. Details and application instructions can be found on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.infoready4.com\/#competitionDetail\/1905207\u0022\u003EInfoReady\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustain.gatech.edu\/sustainabilitynext-plan\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESustainability Next\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Institute Strategic Plan initiative launched an annual seed grant program totaling $250,000 to support interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary climate and sustainability research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Sustainability Next Institute Strategic Plan initiative launched an annual seed grant program totaling $250,000 to support interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary climate and sustainability research."}],"uid":"27338","created_gmt":"2023-05-24 16:30:35","changed_gmt":"2023-05-24 16:44:45","author":"Brent Verrill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670864":{"id":"670864","type":"image","title":"GTStratPlan_Susatainability_Next_Over_Under.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Strategic Plan logo with \u0022Sustainability Next\u0022 text underneath.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1684946024","gmt_created":"2023-05-24 16:33:44","changed":"1684946024","gmt_changed":"2023-05-24 16:33:44","alt":"Georgia Tech Strategic Plan logo with \u0022Sustainability Next\u0022 text underneath.","file":{"fid":"253808","name":"GTStratPlan_Susatainability_Next_Over_Under.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/24\/GTStratPlan_Susatainability_Next_Over_Under.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/24\/GTStratPlan_Susatainability_Next_Over_Under.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":242540,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/05\/24\/GTStratPlan_Susatainability_Next_Over_Under.jpg?itok=4JLulW5x"}}},"media_ids":["670864"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.infoready4.com\/#competitionDetail\/1905207","title":"Sustainability Next Call on InfoReady"}],"groups":[{"id":"244191","name":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188360","name":"go-bbiss"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:susan.ryan@sustain.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESusan Ryan\u003C\/a\u003E, Program and Operations Manager, BBISS\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["susan.ryan@sustain.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}