The Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Sciences (TRIADS) has announced its newest crop of seed grant recipients, with eight teams of researchers receiving funding.
Featuring faculty from four different WashU schools (Arts & Sciences, Brown School, McKelvey School of Engineering, and the School of Medicine), these projects leverage data science to address pressing societal issues. Each research team includes faculty representing multiple academic disciplines, providing the knowledge base to view problems and their potential solutions from many different angles.
“We were extremely impressed with the quality of submissions for this round of seed grants,” said TRIADS co-director Bo Li. “These projects represent WashU faculty asking big, provocative questions and assembling high-quality, transdisciplinary teams to study them.”
Additional funding for the seed grant teams will be provided by WashU Here and Next, the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, McKelvey School of Engineering, and the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.
A strategic initiative of the Arts & Sciences Strategic Plan, TRIADS provides funding, training, and resources to elevate WashU’s use of data science tools.