Seed Grants

 

EEB’s Seed Grant Program aims to support our faculty as they develop external research proposals. The seed grant program prioritizes projects that bring together new ideas and collaborations. Core EEB faculty are eligible to submit seed grant proposals with a maximum request of $20k per project.

The call for funding provides additional information on the application process. Applications for FY23 proposals have been closed. 

Proposals may also be considered off-cycle if external deadlines necessitate a different timeline. Questions can be directed to the committee chairs Catherine Lindell.
 

2021-2022 Funded Projects

Title	Lead PI	Dept
*Empowering stakeholders from ship to store--solving fishery management challenges with use-inspired genomic and artificial intelligence tools	Mariah Meek	Integrative Biology
**Co-phylogenetic inference and learning: New algorithmic techniques and an applied study of bioluminescent cephalopod symbioses	Kevin Liu	Computer Science and Engineering
Identifying how belowground microbial communities change across time and space after wildfire	Jessica Miesel	Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences
*What makes a virus pathogenic? Using machine learning to distinguish genomic signatures of virulence in crop and wild viruses	Carolyn Malmstrom	Plant Biology
**Rules of polyploid life – Evolution of the vertebrate nervous system by genome duplications	Ingo Braasch	Integrative Biology
Mapping phenology and above ground biomass in an African savanna	Kyla Dahlin	Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
**Leveraging genomic data to increase adaptive potential for the endangered Mitchell's satyr butterfly	Sarah Fitzpatrick	KBS and Integrative Biology

*Project co-sponsored by MSU AgBioResearch.

**Project co-sponsored by MSU BEACON

 

2020-2021 Funded Projects

Title	Lead PI	Dept
Integrating biodiversity sciences across scales	Kendra Cheruvelil	Fisheries and Wildlife
Mechanisms to prevent cheating in a newt-microbe symbiosis	Heather Eisthen	Integrative Biology
Identifying the genetic basis of adaptive flagellar loss in mormyrid electric fish	Jason Gallant	Integrative Biology
The Conservation Genetics Coalition: Building international capacity in applied genetics	Mariah Meek	Integrative Biology
*Unraveling growth-defense interactions across biological scales using grapes	Marjorie Weber	Plant Biology
Herbivory Variability Network: Quantifying plant-herbivore interactions	Will Wetzel	Entomology

*Project co-sponsored by MSU AgBioResearch.