Fifteen Teams Awarded Interdisciplinary Research Grants and Large-Scale Integrative Research Awards for 2024

In June, Interim Provost Mike Malone announced a total of 15 teams of faculty and librarians from across the UMass Amherst campus have been awarded Interdisciplinary Research Grants (IRGs) and Large-Scale Integrative Research Awards (LIRA) for 2024. Ten teams were awarded IRGs and five teams received LIRAs.<_o3a_p>

Interdisciplinary Research Grants are offered to teams of UMass Amherst faculty and librarians from at least two different schools/colleges with the goals of empowering creativity, strengthening the campus' areas of interdisciplinary excellence, promoting equitable collaborations and attracting external funding and other forms of recognition across our colleges and schools. The grants are offered in two categories: up to $20,000 or up to $50,000.<_o3a_p>

The Large-Scale Integrative Research Awards are for faculty teams to develop equitable collaborations aimed at large-scale initiatives that require substantial external funding. The program provides professional consultations to awarded teams on integrative teaming, equitable collaboration, and budget planning and offers research development support for ideation and proposal development. LIRA grants are offered in two categories: up to $30,000 or up to $60,000.<_o3a_p>

The IRGs and LIRAs are internal funding opportunities that support research and creative activity by faculty and librarians offered through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement and Seed Funding for Strategic Research Initiatives offered through the International Programs Office.<_o3a_p>

"These programs are an integral part of how the university facilitates collaboration across a wide range of academic areas," Malone said. "These well-deserved recipients will have the opportunity to innovate with colleagues in new ways, charting paths in research and leading the way to extraordinary scholarly contributions."<_o3a_p>

Malone announced the call for IRG and LIRA proposals in February in partnership with the deans from all schools, colleges and libraries. The funded projects were selected from a total of 38 project submissions.<_o3a_p>

Full details of 2024 IRG and LIRA projects and team recipients can be viewed on the provost's website.

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2024 Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IRG) Projects<_o3a_p>

"A Nation on the Precipice: Incorporating and Understanding the Voices of an Increasingly Diverse Electorate Through the American Multiracial Panel Study (AMPS)"<_o3a_p>

Seth Goldman, Communication; Tatishe Nteta, Political Science; and Linda Tropp, Psychological and Brain Sciences<_o3a_p>

"Assessing Salt Marsh Vegetation Health and Wetland Sustainability Using SAR and Optical Remote Sensing"<_o3a_p>

Qian Yu, Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences; Paul Siqueira, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Brian Yellen, Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences <_o3a_p>

"Bio-inspired Footwear: Variable Stiffness Lattice Design Shoes to Mitigate Knee Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis"<_o3a_p>

Seth Donahue, Biomedical Engineering; Katherine Boyer, Kinesiology <_o3a_p>

"Collaborative for Urban Imagination"<_o3a_p>

Pari Riahi, Architecture; Samantha Solano, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning; Brian Kane, Environmental Conversation; Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering<_o3a_p>

"Feminist Family Studies: A Novel Framework for Interdisciplinary Justice-oriented Research and Collaboration"<_o3a_p>

Maria Galano, Psychology and Brain Sciences; Kiran Asher, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies; Kirsten Leng, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies <_o3a_p>

"Forecasting Antibiotic Resistance Using Biophysics and Machine Learning"<_o3a_p>

Anna Green, Information and Computer Sciences; Jianhan Chen, Chemistry; Lulu Kang, Mathematics and Statistics<_o3a_p>

Leveraging Large Language Models to Provide Clinically Feasible Tools for Assessing Discourse in Individuals with Communication Impairments<_o3a_p>

Jacquie Kurland, Speech, Language, and Hearing Science; Anna Liu, Mathematics and Statistics; Brendan O'Connor, Computer and Information Sciences <_o3a_p>

"Processes of Medical-legal Communication Among Emergency Nurses in States with Abortion Bans"<_o3a_p>

Lynnette Arnold, Anthropology; Lisa Wolf, Nursing <_o3a_p>

"The Role of Self-Censorship and Fear of Social Isolation In Undergraduate College Students' JEDI Conversations"<_o3a_p>

Musbah Shaheen, Educational Policy, Research, and Administration; Seth Goldman, Communication<_o3a_p>

"Ultrafast Quantum Networks for Utility-scale Quantum Information Processing"<_o3a_p>

Rajveer Nehra, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Don Towsley, Computer and Information Sciences

2024 Large-Scale Integrative Research Award (LIRA) Projects<_o3a_p>

"Center for Multi-Sectoral Decision Analytics for Health and Social Equity and Justice"<_o3a_p>

Chaitra Gopalappa, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; Song Gao, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Kalpana Poudel Tandukar, Nursing<_o3a_p>

"Center for Community Health Equity Research: Center for Excellence in Investigator Development and Community Engagement"<_o3a_p>

Susan Shaw, Health Promotion and Policy; Kathryn Derose, Health Promotion and Policy; Airín Martínez, Health Promotion and Policy; Daniel Lopez-Cevallos, Health Promotion and Policy; Linnea Evans, Health Promotion and Policy<_o3a_p>

"Developing the HEART Center: Health, Environment, and the ARTs (HEART)"<_o3a_p>

Aline Gubrium, Health Promotion and Policy; Marla Miller, History; Sally Pirie, Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies; Elizabeth Krause, Anthropology; Sarah Goff, Health Promotion and Policy; Sandy Litchfield, Architecture<_o3a_p>

"Connecting STEM to Social Justice to Create Systemic Change in Broadening Participation"<_o3a_p>

Nilanjana Dasgupta, Psychology and Brain Sciences; Christian Guzman, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Susan Shaw, Health Promotion and Policy<_o3a_p>

"Linking Ecological, Economic and Community Resilience within a Convergence Framework"<_o3a_p>

Adrian Jordaan, Environmental Conservation, Gloucester Marine Station; Paige Warren, Environmental Conservation; Katherine Kahl, Environmental Conservation, Gloucester Marine Station; Brian Cheng, Environmental Conservation, Gloucester Marine Station; Lisa Komoroske, Environmental Conservation, Gloucester Marine Station; Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli, Environmental Conservation, Gloucester Marine Station

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