{"677431":{"#nid":"677431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2024 Sustainability Next Seed Grant Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe latest \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustain.gatech.edu\/sustainability-next-plan\/\u0022\u003ESustainability Next\u003C\/a\u003E Research Seed grants have been awarded. The seed grant program is administered by BBISS in collaboration with the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI), the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), and the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT). The program nurtures promising areas for future large-scale collaborative sustainability research, research translation, and high-impact outreach; provides mid-career faculty with leadership and community-building opportunities; and broadens and strengthens the Georgia Tech sustainability community as a whole.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe call for proposals was modeled after the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research\u2019s (EVPR) \u201cMoving Teams Forward\u201d and \u201cForming Teams\u201d programs. All told, the work of 49 researchers \u2014 from 19 Schools in five Colleges, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), and external partners and research professionals from several of Georgia Tech\u2019s Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) \u2014\u0026nbsp;will benefit from these grants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoving Teams Forward\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EToward a Center on Effective Climate Communication; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/bruce-n-walker\u0022\u003EBruce Walker\u003C\/a\u003E (Psych), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/lozier-dr-susan\u0022\u003ESusan Lozier\u003C\/a\u003E (EAS), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/claire-arthur\u0022\u003EClaire Arthur\u003C\/a\u003E (Music), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/jessica-roberts\u0022\u003EJessica Roberts\u003C\/a\u003E (IC), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cc.gatech.edu\/people\/carrie-bruce\u0022\u003ECarrie Bruce\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; (IC), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/profile\/abower\/\u0022\u003EAmy Bower\u003C\/a\u003E (Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMoving Teams Forward to Building a Path Toward Community-Owned Resilience Hubs for Ethical Climate Adaptation and Mitigation: An Interdisciplinary and Community-Engaged Approach; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/sofia-perez-guzman\u0022\u003ESofia Perez-Guzman\u003C\/a\u003E (CEE), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/allen-hyde\u0022\u003EAllen Hyde\u003C\/a\u003E (Hist\u0026amp;Soc), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/people\/danielle-willkens\u0022\u003EDanielle Willkens\u003C\/a\u003E (Arch), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/robel-dr-alexander\u0022\u003EAlexander Robel\u003C\/a\u003E (EAS), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/jennifer-hirsch\u0022\u003EJennifer Hirsch\u003C\/a\u003E (SCoRE), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/valerie-thomas\u0022\u003EValerie Thomas\u003C\/a\u003E (ISYE), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/joe-f-bozeman-iii\u0022\u003EJoe Bozeman\u003C\/a\u003E (CEE), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/nicole-kennard\u0022\u003ENicole Kennard\u003C\/a\u003E (BBISS), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/jung-ho-lewe\u0022\u003EJung-Ho Lewe\u003C\/a\u003E (AE).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA Digital Twin for Atlanta: Toward a Building Energy Demand\/Mobility Nexus; 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\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/constance-crozier\u0022\u003EConstance Crozier\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; (ISYE), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/planning.gatech.edu\/people\/brian-an\u0022\u003E(Brian) Yeokwang An\u003C\/a\u003E (Pub Policy), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/bio\/?pid=hiba-baroud\u0022\u003EHiba Baroud\u003C\/a\u003E (Vanderbilt).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA Sustainability Data Dashboard for the GT Library Media Bridge, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/yanni-loukissas\u0022\u003EYanni Loukissas\u003C\/a\u003E (LMC), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/emily-weigel\u0022\u003EEmily Weigel\u003C\/a\u003E (Biol), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/library.gatech.edu\/alison-valk\u0022\u003EAlison Valk\u003C\/a\u003E (Library), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/library.gatech.edu\/jason-wright\u0022\u003EJason Wright\u003C\/a\u003E (Library), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/library.gatech.edu\/charlie-bennett\u0022\u003ECharles Bennett\u003C\/a\u003E (Library), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/coltrain\u0022\u003EAtlas Coltrain\u003C\/a\u003E (LMC) (Co-funded by IPaT \u0026amp; 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