Projects

To foster a climate and energy ecosystem at UChicago, the Institute invests in collaborative research projects through Venture and Seed Fund programs. Explore the collection of the funded projects to date.

Venture Fund Project

Human-Centered Weather Forecasts

Awardees: Michael Kremer, Amir Jina, Pedram Hassanzadeh
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Venture Fund Project

Establishing the Center for Advanced Materials for Climate Mitigation

Awardees: Laura Gagliardi, John Anderson, Max Delferro, Ian Foster, Guilia Galli, Nancy Kawalek, Doug Weinberg
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Seed Fund Project

Forecasts at Scale: General Equilibrium Impacts of Climate Adaptation

Awardees: Fiona Burlig, Amir Jina, Erin Kelley, Gregory Lane
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Seed Fund Project

Using Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Economics to Induce Smart Demand Response

Awardees: Koichiro Ito, David Brown, Erica Myers, Blake Shaffer
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Seed Fund Project

Developing a Feasibility Assessment Framework for Carbon Dioxide Removal Through Integration of Engineering and Social Science Knowledge

Awardees: Kim Wolske, Udayan Singh
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Seed Fund Project

Quantum Sensors to Probe Interfaces in Electrochemical Systems

Awardees: Chibueze Amanchukwu, Joseph Heremans
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Seed Fund Project

Designing Descriptors and Experimental Methods for High-throughput Electrolyte Discovery

Awardees: Ke-Hsin Wang, Chibueze Amanchukwu
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Seed Fund Project

Computational Tools to Support the Repair, Reuse, and Recycling of Devices

Awardees: Jasmine Lu, Pedro Lopes
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Seed Fund Project

Climate Change Impacts on Population Mobility in the United States

Awardees: Kate Burrows, Prachi Sanghavi
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Seed Fund Project

The Geography of Climate Change: Developing Frameworks to Assess the Economic Impact of Climate Change Across Time and Space

Awardees: Esteban Rossi Hansberg, Rodrigo Adao, Adrian Bilal, Jose-Luis Cruz, Klaus Desmet
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Seed Fund Project

Predicting Microbial CO2 Production from Soils on a Global Scale

Awardees: Seppe Kuehn, Pamela Weisenhorn, Vaibhhav Sinha
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Research Funding

Learn more about the Venture and Seed Fund programs, and how to apply. Questions? Contact: Emma Cronin, ecronin2@uchicago.edu
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