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Sustaining Illinois Seed Funding - IIN Sustaining Illinois Seed Funding Sustaining Illinois is the Illinois Innovation Network program that seeks to advance collaborative research activity across its 15 members by offering seed grant funding.
The Sustaining Illinois name has multiple meanings, including the broad economic, health-related, and social well-being of the state and its communities, and environmental sustainability of its food and water ecosystem, which includes addressing issues affecting groups who are underserved, under-represented, or under-resourced.
Since its launch in 2020, Sustaining Illinois has funded 52 early-stage concepts supporting 161 investigators utilizing resources from the University of Illinois System and Northern Illinois University. Many of these projects have continued past the seed stage, earning more than $547,000 in follow-on funding. The proposal cycle is an annual model.
Funded Sustaining Illinois Projects Spring 2025 | News release AI-Driven Discovery of Sustainable Ionic Liquids: A Multimodal Deep Learning Approach for Enhanced Lignin and Plastic Deconstruction Ezinne Achinivu-Ibagere, assistant professor of chemical engineering, University of Illinois Chicago; Khaled R Ahmed, associate professor of computer science, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Monitoring Mosquito Microbiomes as a Surveillance Tool for Pathogens with Antimicrobial Resistance: AI and Experimental Approaches Shicheng Chen, assistant professor of medical laboratory science, NIU; Zhong Chen, assistant professor of computer science, SIUC.
From Waste to Wealth: Exploring the Potential of an Extremophilic Alga for Thriving and Biofuel Production in a Microplastic-Impacted Environment Himali Delanka-Pedige, assistant professor of environmental engineering, SIUC; Ran Mei, assistant professor of civil & environmental engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
A Point-of-Care System for Quantitative Detection of HIV RNA in An Extensive Dynamic Range Hui Li, assistant professor of electrical, computer and biomedical engineering, SIUC; Cunjiang Yu, professor of electrical and computer engineering, UIUC.
Sustaining Illinois: Affordable Paper-Based Diagnostics for Autoimmune Disease Management in Underserved Communities Venumadhav Korampally, associate professor of electrical engineering, NIU; Walter Henne, professor of chemistry, Governors State University.
Circular Economy Startup Simulator: Fostering Emerging Youth Entrepreneurship through AR, VR, and AI Thought Partnerships in Illinois Anne-Marie Hanson, associate professor of environmental studies, University of Illinois Springfield; Hei-Chi Chan, associate professor of mathematical sciences and philosophy, UIS; Neetu Singhj, associate professor of mathematical sciences and philosophy, UIS; Christie Miller, director of community and professional education, and director of cultural events, Northeastern Illinois University.
Spring 2024 | News release Sustaining Illinois through Safe Drinking Water for All: A Detailed Chemical and Geospatial Analysis of Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Contaminants in Drinking Water Across Illinois Carolyn Butts-Wilmsmeyer, associate professor of biological sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE); Kevin Tucker, associate professor of chemistry, SIUE; Nicholas Heller, assistant professor of crop sciences, Illinois State University (ISU) Using a Virtual Community of Practice to Build Capacity for Informal Cancer Caregivers in Rural Illinois Tamara Hamlish, research assistant professor of medicine, University of Illinois Chicago; M.
Courtney Hughes, associate professor of public health, NIU; Hana Hinkle, assistant dean for rural health professions, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford Analysis and Prediction of Electricity Consumption in Chicago Region Using Graph Informer Grey Model Liang Kong, associate professor of mathematical sciences and philosophy, University of Illinois Springfield (UIS); Maria Amarakristi Onyido, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, NIU; Shuwen Xue, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, NIU; Yifei Li, assistant professor of mathematical sciences and philosophy, UIS Colin Kuehl, assistant professor of political science, NIU; Nic Guehlstorf, professor of political science, SIUE; Bethany Friedrich, research fellow, SIUE Margaret Smith, research assistant professor of digital humanities and social sciences, SIUE; Vida Owusu-Boateng, assistant professor of English, Governors State University; Laura Fowler, associate professor of history, SIUE Development of New Electrolyzers for Producing Green Hydrogen from Water Hong Yang, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yong Gao, professor of chemical and biomolecular sciences, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Sustainable Farming in Illinois: Developing Deep Learning Algorithms for Classifying the Growth Stages of Weed in Soybean Field Khaled Ahmed, SIUC; Koushik Sinha, SIUC; John Kostelnick, ISU; Jonathan Thayn, ISU. Developing and Testing the Virtual Reality Embedded Naloxone Training (VENT) Wasantha Jayawardene, SIUC; Roy Magnuson, ISU; Joanna Willett, ISU; Scott Barrows, OSF HealthCare Jump Design Lab, Distillery Labs.
Engineering Sustainable Composite Membranes for Water Filtration and Remediation Robert Sinko, NIU; Sabrina Nilufar, SIUC. A Pilot Study on the Prevalence and Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Genes in Urban and Rural Illinois Pallavi Singh, NIU; Jan-Ulrik Dahl, ISU.
Artificial Intelligence Foundations in Autonomous Vehicles for Career Explorers Rebekka Darner, Illinois State University (ISU); Elahe Javadi, ISU; Elham Khorasani Buxton, University of Illinois Springfield (UIS). Cost-effective Road Maintenance through Machine Learning and Optimization Methods Abdelmounaam Rezgui, ISU; Moussa Ayyash, Chicago State University (CSU).
Developing a Human Resources Tool for Intellectual and Developmental Disability Service Organizations Jinsook Kim, NIU; Jennifer Gray, NIU; Caitlin Crabb, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC); Kelly Hsieh, UIC; Tamar Heller, UIC.
Educating Students, Farmers, and Professionals to Support the Livestock Industry of Illinois Eduardo Gastal, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC); Igor Canisso, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Spring 2022 | News release AI- and vision-enabled plant health monitoring system in vertical farms Principal Investigator: Kevin Martin, NIU Co-Principal Investigators: Pratool Bharti, NIU; Keith Cadwallader, UIUC.
Career/switch: gamified energy career exploration Principal Investigator: Rebekka Darner, ISU Co-Principal Investigators: Matthew Hagaman, ISU; Colin Wilson, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE).
Data-driven process modeling of advanced manufacturing systems Principal Investigator: Jida Huang, UIC Co-Principal Investigator: Niechen Chen, NIU Designing equitable and sustainable STEM education with renewable technologies (DESSERT) Principal Investigator: James Mathias, SIUC Co-Principal Investigator: Matthew Aldeman, ISU iGAIT-ASD: data-driven application to predict autism spectrum disorder (ASD) index for children living in underserved, underrepresented and low-income communities Principal Investigator: Sinan Onal, SIUE Co-Principal Investigators: Ziteng Wang, NIU; Allison Gladfelter, NIU; Milijana Buac, NIU Introducing student-centered flipped teaching to faculty in the rural nursing program Principal Investigator: Melodie Rowbotham, SIUE Co-Principal Investigators: Chaya Gopalan, SIUE; Kelli Whittington, SIUC Sustainable software for sustainable manufacturing: developing and training of open-source, high-performance computing simulation tools for additive manufacturing Principal Investigator: Jifu Tan, NIU Co-Principal Investigator: Sandra Gesing, Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) Transforming wastes and industrial byproducts into sustainable construction materials Principal Investigator: Prabir Kolay, SIUC Co-Principal Investigator: Krishna Reddy, UIC Geopolymer concrete for sustainable construction and beyond Principal Investigator: Guang Jin, ISU Co-Principal Investigators: Pranshoo Solanki, ISU, and Nishant Garg, UIUC Integrating hydrology and social science for community resiliency against flooding hazards: a case study for East St.
Louis, Ill.
Principal Investigator: Ajay Kalra, SIUC Co-Principal Investigators: Robert Dixon, SIUE; Courtney Breckenridge, SIUE; and Connie Frey Spurlock, SIUE Planning the southeast Illinois P-16 computational thinking network Principal Investigator: Brian Reid, Eastern Illinois University Co-Principal Investigator: George Reese, UIUC Sustainable inclusive supply chain for the electric vehicle industry in Illinois Principal Investigator: John Simon, Governors State University Co-Principal Investigator: P.
S.
Sriraj, UIC Spring 2021 | News release Multi-level Economic and Resilience Planning in Three Connected Communities: Critical Environmental Interfacing, Ecosystem Service Resourcing, and Sustainable Community Development Principal Investigator: Connie Frey-Spurlock, SIUE Co-Principal Investigators: Craig Anz, SIUC, and Sean Park, Western Illinois University C2C: Supporting Special Educators in their Transition from College to the Classroom Principal Investigator: Melissa Jones-Bromenshenkel, EIU Co-Principal Investigators: Michelle Parker-Katz, UIC, Wendy Weber, SIUE Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Rural Broadband Access and Quality to Develop a Roadmap for Smart Farming in Illinois Principal Investigator: John Kostelnick, ISU Co-Principal Investigators: Jonathan Thayn, ISU, Rex Schaeffer, ISU, and Koushik Sinha, SIUC Estimating the Burden of HIV in Semi-Urban and Rural Illinois Principal Investigator: John Matta, SIUE Co-Principal Investigators: Koushik Sinha, SIUC Laboratory-scale biomass containers to achieve transportation density and lignin pre-treatment processes Principal Investigator: Nicholas Pohlman, NIU Co-Principal Investigator: Thomas Canam, EIU 2021 CURES Community Project Lab: Interdisciplinary Sustainable Solutions for Small to Medium Sized Illinois Communities Facing a Changing Climate Principal Investigator: Carolee Rigsby, UIS Co-Principal Investigators: 19 from UIUC, UIS, UIC, WIU, NIU, EIU Sustaining Illinois through Collaborative Governance: A Pilot Study of Water Systems Governance in Northeast and North Central Illinois Principal Investigator: Thomas Skuzinski, NIU Co-Principal Investigators: Kate Albrecht, UIC, Chris Goodman, NIU, Michael Siciliano, UIC, and Jered Carr, UIC Development of an Affordable and Home-Based Point-of-Care Device for Universal Cancer Screening Principal Investigator: Jing Su, Northeastern Illinois University Co-Principal Investigators: Mathew Thoppil Mathew, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford The Design, Development and Deployment of a Mobile-based Child Vaccination Program for Underserved Communities in Illinois Using Novel Digital Analysis & AI Tools Principal Investigator: Scott Barrows, OSF Healthcare Co-Principal Investigators: Shaeon Wu, ISU, Mary Staple & Elise Albers, OSF Healthcare Mitigating Future Threats to Biodiversity: The Role of Headwater Streams and Land Management Practices in the Kaskaskia River Watershed Principal Investigator: Joan Brehm, ISU Co-Principal Investigators: Bill Stewart, Cory Suski, and Maria Librada Chu, UIUC Development and Application of a Novel Cancer Mortality Index in Illinois: Discovering Opportunities for a Public Health Intervention Principal Investigator: M.
Courtney Hughes, NIU Co-Principal Investigators: Margaret Wright, University of Illinois Cancer Center and Mahdi Vaezi, NIU Building a Sustainable Geo-STEM Learning Ecosystem for Illinois Teachers Principal Investigator: Nicole LaDue, NIU Co-Principal Investigators: Praveen Kumar, UIUC; Sarah Fisher, Lewis and Clark Community College Forever Chemicals: PFAS Detection, Fate and Transport in Illinois Principal Investigator: Melissa Lenczewski, NIU Co-Principal Investigators: Kevin Tucker, SIUE; Megan Brown, NIU Development of Robotic Technologies Tailored to Support the Specialty Crop Production in the State of Illinois Principal Investigator: Nima Lotfi, SIUE Co-Principal Investigators: Carrie Buss-Wilmsmeyer, SIUE; Hasan Ferdowsi, NIU Establishing a Caregiving Stakeholder Registry for Collaboratory for Health, Equity, Engaging Technology for Aging in the Home Principal Investigator: Naoki Muramatsu, UIC Co-Principal Investigators: Jennifer Gray, NIU; Milos Zefran, Emily Stiehl, Kathleen Diviak, Michael Scott and Alex Leow, UIC NIU-UIUC: Sustainable Water Supply in Illinois using Innovative Electrochemical Treatment Technology Principal Investigator: Tomoyuki Shibata, NIU Co-Principal Investigators: Xiao Su, UIUC; Kyo Taek Cho, NIU Spring 2020 | News release Modification of Basil Flavor via Adjustment of Light Environment Principal Investigator: Kevin Martin, NIU Co-Principal Investigator: Keith Cadwallader, UIUC Squash Hunger in Eastern Illinois through Partners in Produce: An initiative to improve food access and decrease food insecurity among low-income residents Principal Investigator: Nicole Lynch, EIU Co-Principal Investigators: Melissa Maulding, EIU; Jennifer McCaffrey, University of Illinois Extension Sustainable Urban-Regional Modeling Network (SURe Modeling) Principal Investigator: John Murphy, NIU Co-Principal Investigators: Moira Zellner & Sybil Derrible, UIC Integrated Logistical, Techno-economic and Socio-environmental Assessment Framework for Sustained MSW Conversion Facilities: New Paradigm Shift for the State of Illinois Principal Investigator: Maedi Vaezi, NIU Co-Principal Investigator: Krishna Reddy, UIC
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Researchers from at least two Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) hubs. Projects are to be completed within one year of receiving funding. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows not specified (previous seed grants around $30,000, over $900,000 in total seed grants to 32 projects, $547,000+ in follow-on funding). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Sustaining Illinois Seed Funding - IIN is funded by University of Illinois System. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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