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Interdisciplinary Faculty Seed Grant Program
Overview
Each year, the Global Change Center (GCC) at Virginia Tech accepts proposals from GCC faculty to support interdisciplinary research that will lead to collaborative proposals submitted to extramural funding sources. We are seeking projects that link multiple faculty programs and take advantage of unique combinations of expertise at VT, have societal implications and/or a policy component, deal with emerging global change issues that have regional significance, and have high potential to eventually leverage external resources.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator border_width=”3″][karma_builder_heading heading_text=”FUNDED PROPOSALS” sub_heading_text=”Global Change Science” sub_heading_color=”#555555″ heading_size=”20px” heading_type=”h3″ heading_style=”uppercase” sub_heading_size=”18px”][/karma_builder_heading][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Water & Health” sub_title=”Water Resources” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#1e73be” main_title_color=”#1e73be” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fhow-management-of-water-quality-aligns-with-health-in-virginia%2F|||” attachment_id=”17852″]How does current water quality management align with ecological health and human well-being?[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Biological Invasions” sub_title=”Community Ecology” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#81d742″ main_title_color=”#81d742″ url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fdynamics-of-fish-reproductive-mutualisms-and-linkages-to-the-spread-of-invasives%2F|||” attachment_id=”17898″]Spatio-temporal dynamics of fish reproductive mutualism and linkages to the spread of invasive[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Energy & Water” sub_title=”Sustainability” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#6b4d12″ main_title_color=”#6b4d12″ url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fintegrating-an-economic-input-output-model-with-watershed-and-energy-models%2F|||” attachment_id=”18048″]Integrating economic models with watershed & energy models using a system-of-systems approach[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Carbon & Energy” sub_title=”Climate Mitigation” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#6b4d12″ main_title_color=”#6b4d12″ url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fthomas-grant%2F||” attachment_id=”12435″]Climate mitigation from biofuels: Is loblolly or switchgrass more beneficial in the southeast?[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Public Health” sub_title=”Land Use Changes” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#dd3e3e” main_title_color=”#dd3e3e” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fenvironmental-landscape-changes-shape-health%2F||” attachment_id=”12445″]How does environmental landscape change shape community and ecological health in Appalachia?[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Drinking Water” sub_title=”Climate Change” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#1e73be” main_title_color=”#1e73be” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Freservoirs-confronted-with-global-change%2F||” attachment_id=”12437″]Managing human needs and ecosystem services in drinking water reservoirs confronted with global change.[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Avian Health” sub_title=”Global Change” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#83bf3b” main_title_color=”#83bf3b” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fcharacterizing-the-poison-ivy-avian-mutualism%2F||” attachment_id=”12440″]Poison Ivy and migrating birds: exploring a mutualistic relationship in the face of climate change.[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Carbon Fluxes” sub_title=”Land Use Changes” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#dd9933″ main_title_color=”#dd9933″ url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fsurface-subsurface-connectivity-in-karst-landscapes%2F||” attachment_id=”12447″]Surface-subsurface connectivity in karst landscapes: implications for terrestrial water and carbon fluxes.[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Stream Salinity” sub_title=”Land Use Changes” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#1e73be” main_title_color=”#1e73be” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fmicrobial-diversity-response-to-a-coal-mining-induced-salinity-gradient%2F|||” attachment_id=”21422″]Microbial diversity response to a coal-mining induced salinity gradient in Appalachian streams.[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Birdfeeding Dynamics” sub_title=”Wildlife Disease” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#dd3333″ main_title_color=”#dd3333″ url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fcoupled-social-and-ecological-dynamics-of-backyard-bird-feeding%2F|||” attachment_id=”21434″]The coupled social and ecological dynamics of backyard bird feeding.[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Parasite Spillover” sub_title=”Invasive Species” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#81d742″ main_title_color=”#81d742″ url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fparasite-spillover-from-invasive-to-native-species%2F|||” attachment_id=”21914″]Parasite spillover from invasive to native species[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][karma_builder_imagebox_1 main_title=”Health Outcomes” sub_title=”Climate Change” box_bg_color=”#ffffff” img_border_width=”10px” img_border_color=”#dd9933″ main_title_color=”#dd9933″ url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalchange.vt.edu%2Fa-synthetic-population-approach-to-modeling-human-health-and-the-environment%2F|||” attachment_id=”21459″]A synthetic population approach to modeling human health and the environment: A tool for adaptation planning[/karma_builder_imagebox_1][/vc_column][/vc_row]