Dear All,
Thank you for your responses and for your patience.
Phase 1 of our seed grant awards process is now complete, and we have selected
10 problem statements to move forward to the Phase 2.
The selection process included a panel of 17 jury members scoring problem statements on 12 parameters. These parameters assessed multiple aspects like - importance and severity of the problem, value to Purdue
research, geographical and thematical importance in donor world, partner organization, solution feasibility and Purdue’s own relevant research capability.
Problem statements that scored high on the assessment and also received higher number of submissions from faculty/researchers were selected to proceed to the next round.
The selected problem statements are:
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NGO that submitted the problem - Country/ region of execution |
Problem statement |
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World Concern - Bangladesh |
Solutions for Food Storage and Transportation
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National Rice Research Institute (NRRI) - India |
An Intelligent Early Warning System for Crop Diseases in Rice Cropping System
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Pan USA - Zimbabwe |
GirlEngage program in Zimbabwe |
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CARE - Global |
Co-creating a solution/process to address rapid qualitative coding of data to support more informed and agile humanitarian programming |
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WaterAid - India |
Affordable water meter at scale |
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World Concern - Kenya |
Desalination of water in arid and semi-arid areas |
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Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) - India |
Sensor technologies for real time monitoring of mosquito populations through heat maps
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N/Core - India |
Models to predict health behaviors for maternal and child health |
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Academic Model Providing Access To Healthcare (AMPATH) -Kenya |
Low-cost home-use oxygen tank device powered using renewable sources |
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Social Alpha - India |
Monitoring Air Pollution and Pollution Control |
Congratulations to the practitioners, NGOs and faculty interested in these problem areas.
Please note, while only the abovementioned problems will move forward in the seed grant awards process, Shah Lab will provide other facilitation and partnership support to experts interested in working on
other problem areas.
I will send a separate email to provide detailed information on next steps for Phase 2 and Phase 3.
Please mark your calendar for the
Shah Lab Expo on April 2nd
Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns.
Thank you for all your support.
Kind Regards,
Pallavi Gupta
Assistant Director of Programs
Shah Family Global Innovation Lab
Global Engineering Programs and Partnerships
Office: 765-496-7311 | Mobile: 304 545 1525 |
gupta604@purdue.edu
