The work of 12 early-career faculty members will get a boost as this year鈥檚 class of Hellman Fellows. They will receive grants ranging from $16,000 to $49,000, for a total of $330,000 awarded.
Their work covers a wide range of topics, from the educational experiences of Venezuelan immigrants to a wireless device that monitors for seizures.
鈥淲e are excited to see the work these talented faculty members will continue to produce, and we are grateful for the ability to help augment their research enterprises through this ongoing program,鈥 said Philip Kass, vice provost of Academic Affairs, which administers the Hellman Fellows Program at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis.
The fellowship is a 新澳门六合彩内幕信息-wide program, having been started by San Francisco philanthropists Chris and Warren Hellman to bolster the work of faculty members who were just a few years into their careers 鈥 often enough time to exhaust their initial funding but not long enough to garner a significant amount of external funding.
The program was launched at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 San Diego and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Berkeley in 1995, eventually expanding to all 10 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 campuses, including 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis in 2008.
In 2020 the Hellman family provided endowments to each 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 campus 鈥 $6 million to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis 鈥 to continue the awards in perpetuity, through each campus鈥檚 . The Hellmans also intended their endowments to encourage others to contribute to the societies. For more information on donating to the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis society, contact Jennifer Prahl, director of foundation engagement, Office of Development and Alumni Relations, by email or at 530-752-1282.
The 2024-25 fellows
This year鈥檚 inductees to the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Society of Hellman Fellows, and their funded projects, are:
- , Department of English, College of Letters and Science 鈥 鈥淐onstructing the Tropics: Empire and Discourses of Climate鈥
- , Department of Psychology, College of Letters and Science鈥 鈥淪ocial and Cognitive Health Dynamics as Digital Risk Biomarkers of ADRD鈥
- , Department of Evolution and Ecology, College of Biological Sciences 鈥 鈥淐an Microbial Sharing Enhance Host Survival?鈥
- , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering 鈥 鈥淐losed-Loop Wireless System for Autonomous Seizure Monitoring and Mitigation鈥
- , Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 鈥 鈥淚nvestigating Seed Development in Cereal Crops鈥
- , Department of Sociology, College of Letters and Science 鈥 鈥淐riminalizing Chicanas: Intersectional Criminalization and Resistance in California鈥檚 Prison Alley鈥
- , Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences 鈥 鈥淯nderstanding Kelp Photosynthesis To Develop Better Carbon Fixation Strategies鈥
- , Department of Design, College of Letters and Science 鈥 鈥淒esign Bots 鈥楴鈥 Beings: Democratizing Access to Open-Source AI Technologies鈥
- , School of Education 鈥 鈥淭he Educational Experiences of Venezuelan Immigrants in Northern California鈥
- , Department of Statistics, College of Letters and Science 鈥 鈥淎rmed Conflict and Women鈥檚 Economic Empowerment in Africa鈥
- , Department of African American and African Studies, College of Letters and Science 鈥 鈥淩esourceful African Kingdoms鈥
- , Department of Native American Studies, College of Letters and Science 鈥 鈥淛ustice in Balance: The Indians of California Versus the United States of America鈥
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