Dear All,

Thank you for your patience. Please note the next steps below:

For selected problems:

Phase 2: (Dec 16^th – Feb 20^th)

Faculty who submitted interest in the selected problems are now invited to submit full proposals. Please find attached proposal template with the mail.

Deadline to submit proposal is Feb 20^th 2020.

I will organize webinars where representatives from the selected partner organizations will answer questions from faculty. Faculty may use this opportunity to get additional information or data that they need for their proposal. (I will confirm webinar information in coming weeks)
Selection of Finalists will happen by March 6^th, and will be announced on March 9^th. The Jury Panel will include representatives from the partner organizations.
Feedback collected from this phase will be shared with the finalists for them to make any last-minute modifications/edits to their proposal.

Phase 3 (Shah Lab Expo – April 2^nd)

The finalists will be invited to present their proposal in-person in front of the judges during our Expo on 2^nd April.
Seed grant awards will be announced during the Expo reception.

For other problems

I will connect the faculty to the organization representatives for them to explore opportunity of co-creating solution, pilot, or joint proposal together. I would be available for additional facilitation, if needed.

Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns.

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

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Subject: Shah Lab Seed Grant Awards: Phase 1 results

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:

NGO that submitted the problem - Country/ region of execution	Problem statement
World Concern - Bangladesh	Solutions for Food Storage and Transportation
National Rice Research Institute (NRRI) - India	An Intelligent Early Warning System for Crop Diseases in Rice Cropping System
Pan USA - Zimbabwe	GirlEngage program in Zimbabwe
CARE - Global	Co-creating a solution/process to address rapid qualitative coding of data to support more informed and agile humanitarian programming
WaterAid - India	Affordable water meter at scale
World Concern - Kenya	Desalination of water in arid and semi-arid areas
Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) - India	Sensor technologies for real time monitoring of mosquito populations through heat maps
N/Core - India	Models to predict health behaviors for maternal and child health
Academic Model Providing Access To Healthcare (AMPATH) -Kenya	Low-cost home-use oxygen tank device powered using renewable sources
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 2^nd