Thirteen Groups of Duke Faculty Receive Intellectual Community Planning Grants
Provost Sally Kornbluth and Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies Ed Balleisen are pleased to announce thirteen awards for Intellectual Community Planning Grants to support groups of faculty who want to pursue the development of a new or nascent collaboration.
In Duke’s rich culture of collaboration, many scholars are already working together on a broad range of projects—and new ideas are constantly bubbling up. These small awards, ranging from $3,500 to $5,000, will assist awardees in building collaborations in exciting intellectual areas.
It is envisioned that these awards will spark new areas of inquiry and bring together new collaborative groups. “The outcome is important,” said Kornbluth. “It’s not just about getting together for coffee, but about discovering or creating something together and moving it forward.” Recognizing that the availability of established lines of grant funding varies greatly by discipline, Kornbluth said that valued outcomes include “a course, a shared research project, an extra- or co-curricular offering or quite simply a plan for sustained interactions.”
“Our intent was for the collective set of recipients to reflect the richness of intellectual approaches and modes of inquiry that make Duke such a vibrant university,” said Balleisen. “We were pleased to be able to support proposals that incorporate faculty from fifteen departments and programs in Arts & Sciences, eight schools, and three university-wide institutes and initiatives.
The second round of proposals for this funding opportunity will be due on February 8 for use during the 2015-16 academic year. Details will be circulated to faculty in early January.
Intellectual Community Planning Grant Awards
Women in Quantitative Sciences
Computer Science: Susan Rodger
Mathematics: Emily Braley, Sarah Schott, Lillian Pierce
Statistical Science: Mine Cetinkarya-Rundel, Merlise Clyde, Katherine Heller
Building a Triangle African Humanities Seminar
Cultural Anthropology & Music: Louise Meintjes
History: Janet Ewald, Bruce Hall
Global Health: Kearsley (Karrie) Stewart
International Comparative Studies: Catherine Mathers
Physical Biology of Organisms
Biology: Sheila Patek, Steven Vogel
Evolutionary Anthropology: Daniel Schmitt, Christine Wall
Mechanical Engineering: Adrian Bejan
Orthopaedic Surgery: Andrea Taylor
In collaboration with faculty from NCCU, NC State and UNC Chapel Hill
Religious Faith, Environmental Concern, and Public Policy
Divinity: David Toole, Norman Wirzba
Law: Jedediah Purdy, Jonathan Wiener
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions: Jonas Monast, Brian Murray, Tim Profeta
Environmental Justice
Economics: Chris Timmins
Kenan Institute for Ethics: Suzanne Katzenstein
Law: Matthew Adler
Nicholas School of the Environment: Elizabeth Albright, Dalia Patino-Echevarri, Deborah Gallagher, Megan Mullin, Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza, Erika Weinthal
Ultrasound Technologies
Biomedical Engineering: Kathy Nightingale, Mark Palmeri, Gregg Trahey
In collaboration with faculty from UNC Chapel Hill and NC State
The Lives of Religious Books
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies: Ellen McLarney
Classical Studies: Clare Woods
Divinity: Maria Doerfler, Jennie Grillo
Religious Studies: Marc Brettler, Laura Lieber
Romance Studies: Martin Eisner
Philanthropy in Comparative Contexts: Learning and Giving
Economics: Crauford Goodwin
History: Sumathi Ramaswamy
Kenan Institute for Ethics: Suzanne Katzenstein
Law: Guy Charles, Maggie Lemos
Sanford School of Public Policy: Kristin Goss
Hybrid Organizations: Institutions of Power between the Public and the Private
Fuqua School of Business: Aaron Chatterji
History: Phil Stern
Kenan Institute for Ethics: Suzanne Katzenstein
Law: Rachel Brewster, Barak Richman
Nicholas School of the Environment: Erika Weinthal
Political Science: Tim Büthe
Romance Studies: Elvira Vilches
Sanford School of Public Policy: Tana Johnson
Counting Justice: The Social Matter of Statistics
Cultural Anthropology: Diane Nelson
Mathematics: Paul Bendich
Statistical Science: Sayan Mukherjee
Women’s Studies: Gabriel Rosenberg, Ara Wilson
Human Rights Archive Acquisition
Cultural Anthropology: Robin Kirk, Rebecca Stein
Library: Danette Pachtner, Patrick Stawski
Nicholas School of the Environment: Erika Weinthal
Open-Source Platform for Advancing the Capabilities and Applications of 3D Printing at Duke
Chemistry: Benjamin Wiley
Electrical & Computer Engineering: Steven Cummer, Michael Gehm, Jeff Glass
Radiology: Joseph Lo
Many thanks to the Dean of Humanities and to the Vice Provosts of Academic Affairs, Arts and Library for participating in the review of the proposals.