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Seed Grant Competition

The Einaudi Center announces a biannual seed grant program designed to advance international studies at Cornell. Tenured and tenure-track Cornell faculty are eligible to apply for these grants, as are Programs and Centers within the university, irrespective of their college or school of origin.

Seed Grant Abstracts

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2007-2008

• Philip Liu (Department of Engineering College of Engineering):
  Research Initiative for Developing a Regional Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program and Early Warning System in the South China Sea
• Julie Legate and Abby Cohn (Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences):
  Acehnese Language Documentation
• Sturt Manning (Classical Archaeology):
  Investigating the potential of Oman Juniper Forests for Chronology and Paleoclimatic Reconstruction, with Emphasis on the Indian Ocean Monsoon
• Jeanne Moseley, Rebecca Stoltzfus, and Kathleen Rasmussen (Global Health Program; Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology and CALS):
  Opening a Door to the World Beyond Our Borders: The Development of Global Health Internship Opportunities in Tanzania for Cornell University Undergraduate and Graduate Students
• Alice Pell (CIIFAD), Per Pinstrup-Andersen (Nutritional Sciences), Rebecca Stoltzfus (Nutritional Sciences, Global Health Program), and Suzanne Gervais (Nutritional Sciences):(Applied Economics and Management, CALS):
  Unleashing an Unrealized Potential for Improved Nutrition: Effective Integration of Agriculture and Nutrition in Interventions in Africa
• Eswar Prasad (Applied Economics and Management, CALS):
  A New Monetary Policy Framework for China
• Wesley Sine (Johnson School of Management):
  The Failure of Political Institutions and New Venture Survival
• Deborah A. Star (Near Eastern Studies):
  Layla Murad - Egyptian Musical Cinema and National Identity
• Xingen Lei and Le Zhu (Animal Science, CALS):
  A Novel Food Supplement for Alleviating Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children in Developing Countries
• Lindy Williams (Development Sociology, CALS):
  The Consequences of Overseas Employment of Parents on the Educational Success of Filipino Children

2006-2007

• Dan L. Brown (Animal Science Department, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences):
  Protecting Haitian Therapeutic Food from Aflatoxins
• Vicki Bogan (Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences):
  Evolution and Innovation in Microfinance Institution Financing and Capital Structure
• Jian Chen (History, College of Arts and Sciences),
  Fredrik Logevall (History, College of Arts and Sciences):
  Transforming the Cold War: East Asia and the Changing World, 1960s – Early 1980s
• Mathew Evangelista (Government, College of Arts and Sciences):
  Human Rights at War: A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of the Geneva Conventions
• Barbara Lust & Sujin Yang (Department of Human Development, College of Human Ecology)
  Exploring Activation of an International component in a Virtual Center for the Study of Language Acquisition
• David Ng (Department of Applied Economics and Management, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences):
  The Effect of Government Default Risk on Firm Cost of Capital: Measuring, Assessing and Managing Transfer Risk
• Sarah Soule (Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences):
  Diffusion of Multinational Firm Divestment in Burma: The Effect of the Transnational Social Movements on Corporate Decisions
• Stefan Klonner (Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences):
  Suicide Seeds or Rainfall Shocks? An Analysis of Farmers’ Suicides in South India
• Lowell Turner (International and Comparative Labor, School of Industrial and Labor Relations)
  The New Politics of Urban Solidarity: A Comparative Analysis of Labor Coalition Building in Germany, the United Kingdom and United States
• Kathleen M. Vogel (Department of Science and Technology Studies and Peace Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences)
  Iraqi "Winnebagos of Death": Imagined and Realized Futures of U.S. Bioweapons Threat Assessments

2005-2006

• S. D. DeGloria (Crop and Soil Sciences), J. Sydenstricker-Neto (Development Sociology) and M. Laba (Institute for Resource Information Sciences):
  Socio-Economic and Environmental Dimensions of Land-Cover Change and Decision Support to Inform a Broader Audience
• Gary W. Evans (Human Development) and Mario Montero (National Autonomous University, Mexico):
  Poverty and Child Development in Mexico
• Edward A. Frongillo (International Nutrition) and Patricia Kariger (International Nutrition):
  Effects of Parental Loss to HIV/AIDS on the Social and Emotional Development of Young Children in South Africa
• Neema Kudva (City and Regional Planning):
  West Coast Urbanism
• Aija Leiponen (Applied Economics and Management):
  (When) Should Knowledge be Controlled? Knowledge Spillovers and Firms’ Innovation Behavior
• Janice Thies (Crop and Soil Sciences):
  Promoting International Soil Health Research and Outreach Efforts at Cornell University
• Anne M. Blackburn (Department of Asian Studies):
  Horizons Not Washed Away: Buddhism, Colonialism, and Modernity in Sri Lanka
• Kenneth M. Roberts (Department of Government):
  Assessing Latin America’s “Left Turn”: Political Diversity and the Search for Development Alternatives
• Molly Diesing & Draga Zec (Department of Linguistics):
  Clitics in South Slavic Languages: the View from the Interfaces
• Devra C. Moehler (Department of Government):
  Media Effects in Africa
• Jeffrey Haugaard (Department of Human Development), Richard L. Canfield & Katarzyna Kordas (Program in International Nutrition):
  The Efficacy of Iron Supplementation & Psychosocial Stimulation in Lead-Exposed Infants on the Prevention of Cognitive and Behavioral Deficits