The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Catalyst Faculty Research Grant Program is a joint effort of UT’s Center for Global Engagement and the Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development. The program provides funding for faculty-led partnerships with international universities, institutions of higher education, and research institutes.
The focus of these funds is specifically aimed at creating a strong foundation for or conducting globally-engaged collaborative research, scholarship, and creative activities. Generating at least one external research proposal submission is a key deliverable of the Global Catalyst Faculty Research Grant Program. Proposal submissions should support international activities and should be submitted no more than one-year after the seed award end date.
Congratulations to the 2021- 22 grant awardees listed below. Learn more about the Global Catalyst Grants Program here: https://globalgrants.utk.edu/
| Research Grant Proposal Title | Awardee | Department | Award Amount |
| Developing Faculty Educators at a New International College of Veterinary Medicine in Egypt | India Lane | Veterinary Medicine | $5,000 |
| Supporting Student’s International Collaboration to Enhance Active US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) Partnership in Climate Change Research | Debasish Saha | Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science | $5,000 |
| Public Interiority: Bucharest | Liz Teston | Interior Architecture | $5,000 |
| Integrated Research and Education in Social Robotics | Xiaopeng Zhao | Mechanical Engineering | $5,000 |
| From 18th-Century “Period Style” to Empowered World-Making | Misty G Anderson | English | $23,883 |
| Belize study and research program | Andrew Cushing | Small Animal Clinic | $7,580 |
| Social Networks of Southeast Asian Palm Oil Capitalists | Paul Kenneth Gellert | Sociology | $17,405 |
| Postharvest Handling and Processing of Shea Nuts for Improved Shea Butter Quality | Denita Hadziabdic Guerry | Entomology and Plant Pathology | $25,000 |
| Entrepreneurship in Cuba: Emergence and Impact | Jessica Jones | Management | $15,600 |
| The South Korean-U.S. Alliance, Threats, Security, and Cooperation | Krista Wiegand | Political Science | $21,650 |
| Occupational hazards leading to gut dysbiosis and increased risk of colorectal cancer among firefighters | Ji Youn Yoo | Nursing | $25,000 |
CONTACT:
Jason Moody (865-974-2168, jmoody9@utk.edu)