CDC Seed Projects
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CDC/GEORGIA TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AWARDS-FY 2009
Seed Awards to Promote Collaborative Research
As part of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Annual CDC/Georgia Technology Research Awards, CDC provides funding to three recipients to foster scientific collaboration among Georgia Tech and CDC investigators. This CDC/Georgia Tech seed project program is a joint effort that supports pilot research in the form of proof of concept and feasibility projects that will advance the state of the science to facilitate scientific innovation (e.g. patents and publications), new external funding, and novel collaborative relationships. Previously funded projects have covered a variety of areas and approaches including vaccine risk, molecular biology, cell engineering, bioinformatics, and GIS.
The research priorities for the CDC/Georgia Tech seed project funding are the following broad priority areas:
- Bioengineering (e.g. biosensors, environmental sensors, biomechanics),
- Bioscience (e.g. cell/tissue engineering, microanalysis, molecular biology), and
- Informatics (e.g. signal detection, pattern recognition, human/computer interface, information retrieval, data integration, simulation, decision science, security, GIS, networking).
Annually, three seed awards are funded at $50,000 total per project/year with each institution providing $25,000 per year. The maximum total budget for the two year project period is $100,000 ($50,000 total per institution), but second year funding is contingent upon submittal of a satisfactory progress report.
The following individual projects are currently in their second year of funding and include:
Georgia Tech PI Name |
CDC PI Name |
Title |
Abstract |
L. Andrew Lyon, PhD |
Jonas M. Winchell, PhD, MS |
Development of Hydrogel Microarrays for Multiplex Detection of Pathogens by Nucleic Acid Hybridization |
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Beth Mynatt, PhD |
Scott Mullins |
Exploring the use of social media and mobile technologies for diabetes management |
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Patricia Sobecky, PhD |
Cheryl Bopp, MS |
Emergence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Pathogens: Novel Genotypes Promoting Disease |
CDC/GEORGIA STATE SEED AWARDS- FY 2009
Seed Awards for Social and Behavioral Science Research
Funding supports social and behavioral science research within the field of public health. Funded projects address a public health issue in the areas of health promotion, disease prevention, injury or disability prevention, or health protection from infectious, environmental or terrorist health threats. In addition, proposals are based on a clearly defined collaboration between Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Georgia State University (GSU) scientists.
Research priority areas include: studies that evaluate policies or programs using behavioral surveillance data; process evaluation of public health interventions; methodological assessments such as reliability or validity studies involving survey data; organizational or systems analysis studies of public health infrastructure or workforce training and performance, sociological studies of inter-organization exchange and collaboration in community health partnerships and coalitions; anthropological studies of cultural competence or sensitivity of public health programs that seek to reduce disparities; assessment of participatory processes in public health planning or research; or studies related to public health programs, law, or policies.
Five research projects in the social and behavioral sciences were awarded in FY08 based on collaborations between the CDC and GSU. The maximum award amount for each institution is $15,000 per year ($30,000 total per project). The maximum total budget for the two year project period is $60,000 ($30,000 total per institution).
The following individual projects are currently in their second year of funding and include:
GSU PI Name |
CDC PI Name |
Title |
Abstract |
Page Anderson, PhD |
Janet Saul, PhD |
Preventing Childhood Maltreatment in the Wake of a Disaster: What do States do? |
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Brian J. Dew, PhD |
Gordon Mansergh, PhD |
Toward a Better Understanding of Non-addicted, Methamphetamine-using Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) |
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Marise B. Parent, PhD |
Joel Kimmons, PhD |
The Effects of a High Fructose Diet on Brain and Behavior |
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Diana Robins, PhD |
Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD |
Determining the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Young Children |
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Richard Rothenberg, MD |
Dawn K. Smith, MD, MS, MPH |
An Assessment of the Attitudes and Program Preferences about Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Inner City Young Adults at Risk for HIV/AIDS |
CDC/University of Georgia SEED AWARDS- FY 2009
Promoting Academic Partnerships:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - University of Georgia
Seed Award Funding in Support of Collaborative Research
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and University of Georgia (CDC/UGA) seed award program provides pilot research project funding to enhance collaborative scientific innovation and technology development at the interface of human, veterinary, and ecological health, increase the number and quality of research outputs and strengthen collaborative interactions between CDC and UGA scientists. Successful applications most responsive to the CDC/UGA guidelines for seed grant funding have collaborative, interdisciplinary research in the following broad priority areas:
- Public health (e.g., infectious diseases, chronic diseases, injury and environmental health)
- Veterinary medicine (e.g., wildlife, companion animals, surveillance, risk analysis, disease detection and prevention, and human interface)
- Ecological science (e.g., climate change, entomology, spatial analysis, mathematical and environmental modeling, environmental exposures/conditions, informatics, and infectious disease ecology)
Awards are funded at $50,000 total per project/year with each institution providing $25,000 per year. The maximum total budget for the two year project period is $100,000 ($50,000 total per institution). Second year funding is contingent upon submittal of a satisfactory progress report.
In fiscal year 2009, the following projects received funding:
UGA PI Name |
CDC PI Name |
Title |
Abstract |
Sonia P.Altizer |
Charles E. Rupprecht |
Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of vampire bat-transmitted rabies outbreaks |
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Jessica Kissinger |
Venkatachalam Udhayakumar |
Development of simple, field-usable molecular tools for the diagnosis of malaria |
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Michael J. Yabsley |
Michael R. Levin |
Ecosystem health and human health: understanding the ecological effects of prescribed fire regimes on the distribution and population dynamics of tick-borne zoonoses |
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Egbert Mundt, |
Mark Papania, |
Aerosol delivery of a virus-like-particle vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza in poultry |
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Richard Dluhy |
Paul Rota |
High sensitivity nano-optical method to detect measles virus in clinical samples |
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