2023

Shanghai Jiao Tong University–Cornell University Joint Seed Fund

• A Stem Cell Basis for Vertebral Metastases. PIs: Matthew Blake Greenblatt (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine) and Weiguo Zou (Institute of Microsurgery on Extremities, SJTU Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital)
• Mechanistic Study of Novel Antagonists of the CCL5/CCR5 Signaling Axis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Growth, Metastasis, and Immunotherapy. PIs: Xiaojing Ma (Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine) and Jing Yu (Life Science and Biotechnology, SJTU)
• AI-Based Medical Image Computing and Next Generation MRI-Guided Surgical Navigation for Head and Neck Surgery. PIs: Yi Wang (Biomedical Engineering, Cornell) and Xiaojun Chen (Mechanical Engineering, SJTU)
• Recognizing Fine-Grained Hand-Face Touching Behaviors using Minimally-obtrusive Wearables with Magnetic Sensing. PIs: Cheng Zhang (Computing and Information Science, Cornell) and Dongyao Chen (Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, SJTU)
• Breaking Metals’ Strength-Ductility Trade-Off with Tailored Gradient Microstructures. PIs: Mostafa Hassani (Engineering, Cornell) and Hongze Wang (Materials Science and Engineering, SJTU)

2022

Shanghai Jiao Tong University–Cornell University Joint Seed Fund

• Climate Adaptation in China and the U.S.: Comparing Strategies, Frameworks, and Impacts in New York and Shanghai. PIs: Linda Shi (City and Regional Planning, Cornell) and Ruishan Chen (Landscape Architecture, SJTU)
• Spatiotemporal Distributions of Traffic-related Carbon Emission in Near-Road Neighborhoods: Measurements and Mitigation. PIs: Oliver Gao (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell) and Hongdi He (Civil Engineering, SJTU)
• Modifying the Message: RNA Editing in Virulence of a Major Pathogen of Rice. PIs: Adam Bogdanove (Integrative Plant Science, Cornell) and Bo Zhu (Resources and Environment, SJTU)
• Operando Characterization of Argyrodite Sulfide-Based Lithium Batteries. PIs: Hector Abruna (Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell) and Huanan Duan (Materials Science and Engineering, SJTU)
• Ultra-Sensitive Point-of-Care Test Platforms Based on the High-Overtone Bulk Acoustic Resonator Detection Technology. PIs: Amit Lal (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell) and Lei Shao (University of Michigan-SJTU Joint Institute)

Zhejiang University-Cornell University Joint Seed Fund

• Improving Crop Yield Through Fundamental Understanding of the Control of Size and Shape in Plants. PIs: Adrienne Roeder (Integrative Plant Science, Cornell) and Lilan Hong (Nuclear-Agricultural Science, ZJU)
• The Dietary Combination of Essential Oils and Hydroponically-grown Sprouted Grains to Mitigate Enteric Methane Emissions From Dairy Cattle. PIs: Joseph McFadden (Animal Science, Cornell) and Hui-Zeng Sun (Dairy Science, ZJU)
• Leveraging Machine Learning and AI for Rationale Structure Design of Nanocarbon-based Single-Atom Catalysts and its Mechanism of Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction for Climate Mitigation. PIs: Fengqi You (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell) and Yang HOU (Chemical and Biological Engineering, ZJU)
• Chemical Vapor Deposition on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Frameworks for Novel Separation Membranes. PIs: Rong Yang (Engineering, Cornell) and Junjie Zhao (Chemical and Biological Engineering, ZJU)

Cornell China Center-Cornell East Asia Program Research Fund

Jointly funded with Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies faculty seed grants.

• Environmental Governance in China: Private Enforcement of Environmental Law. Steven Wolf (CALS).
• Worker Voice in China’s Networked Public Sphere, Duanyi Yang (ILR).
• Fatherland as Mother: Racializing the Chinese Nation in Migrations and Revolutions Yue Du (A&S).

2021

Zhejiang University-Cornell University Joint Seed Fund

• Improving Seed Yield and Stress Tolerance in Rice Through Natural Variations Of A Novel Lipid Binding Protein. PIs: Jian Hua (Plant Biology, Cornell) and Yajing Guan (Agronomy, ZJU)
• In Silico Nanosafety Assessment for Promoting Nano-Enabled Strategies in Agricultural Production. PIs: Dan Luo (Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell); Fang Cheng (Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, ZJU)
• Making Inclusive Finance More Digital and Greener: Big Data Evidence from China. PIs: Yongmiao Hong (Economics, Statistics and Data Science, Cornell), Xingguo Luo and Xuejun Jin (Economics, ZJU), and Chenming Zuo (Alibaba & National Agricultural Credit Guarantee Alliance Co.)
• Regulating the Crystallographic Orientation of Zinc Metal for Advanced Aqueous Zinc Batteries. PIs: Lynden Archer (Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering, Cornell) and Yingying Lu (Chemical and Biological Engineering, ZJU)

China Innovation Grants

• Cornell-Southern China-Macau-International Cooperative Functional Food Groups. PIs: Rui Hai Liu (Food Science, Cornell), Xiong Fu (Food Science, SCUT), Shaoping Li (University of Macau), and Bisheng Zheng (Food Science, SCUT)
• Practical Approaches to the Control of Ichthyophthiriasis in Asian Aquaculture. PI: Theodore Clark (Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell) with co-investigators James Casey (Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell), Giana Bastos Gomes, and Sophie St-Hilaire (City University of Hong Kong), among other collaborators.

2020

Shanghai Jiao Tong University-Cornell University Joint Seed Fund

• Understanding Trichome Formation at the Nexus of Food, Nutrition, and Human Health. PIs: Jocelyn Rose (Integrative Plant Science, Cornell) and Kexuan Tang (Agriculture and Biology, SJTU).
• Robust Learning for Distributed Medical Data Analysis with Scarce and Imperfect Measurements and Communication Constraints. PIs: Yudong Chen (Engineering, Cornell) and Xiaolin Huang (Information and Electrical Engineering, STJU).
• Towards Automated Eating Activity Recognition in the Wild Using a Commodity Smartwatch. PIs: Cheng Zhang (Computing and Information Science, Cornell) and Junchi Yan (Computer Science and Engineering, STJU).
• Energy-Use Behaviors and Patterns in Public Buildings: A Comparison Between China and the USA. PIs: Michael Tomlan (City and Regional Planning, Cornell) and Liang Xin (International and Public Affairs, STJU).
• COVID-19: Impact on the Hospitality Industry. PIs: Peng Liu (Hotel Administration, Cornell) and Haitao Yin (Economics and Management, STJU).

Zhejiang University-Cornell University Joint Seed Fund

• Toward Cleaner Water in China: Policy Analysis of Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution. PIs: Panle Jia Barwick (Economics, Cornell); Weiwen Zhang (Public Affairs, ZJU).
• Mult-Stimuli-Responsive Silk-Elastin-Like Protein Hydrogels for Dynamic Biomaterials. PIs: Jingjie Yeo (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell) and Wenwen Huang (School of Medicine, Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute).
• Multivalent Al3+ Electrode Reactions in Rechargeable High-Energy Aqueous Aluminum Batteries. PIs: Lynden Archer (Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering, Cornell); Yingying Lu (Chemical and Biological Engineering, ZJU).
• A Machine Intelligence Approach to Quantify Climate Change Impact on Rainfed and Irrigated Corn Production. PIs: Fengqi You (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell); Xi Chen (Control Science and Engineering, ZJU).

Cornell China Center-Cornell East Asia Program Research Fund

• China, Aging, and the COVID-19 Response. PIs: Mildred Warner (City and Regional Planning, Cornell). Collaborators: Xue Zhang (CRP, Cornell), Elaine Wethington (Human Development, Cornell and Roybal Center), Zhilin Liu (Public Policy, Tsinghua University), and Lina Zhao (Public Affairs Management, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology)
• Understanding Cross-Cultural Social Perceptions Towards Interacting with an On-Skin Display for Displaying Health and Environmental Data. PIs: Cindy Kao (Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell). Collaborator: Chuang-Wen You (Assistant Professor, National Tsing-Hua University).
• The Roots of Female Underrepresentation in Academia in China: Exploring the Development of Gender Stereotypes about Intelligence. PI: Lin Bian (Human Development, Cornell). Collaborator: Qingfen Hu (Psychology, Beijing Normal University).
• The Making and Remaking of China’s Cities: Demolition, Redevelopment, and Expansion. PI: Jeremy Wallace (Government, Cornell).

2019

China Innovation Grants

Full grant awardees:

• Food–Energy–Water Security in the Three Rivers Headwater Region: Integrating Science, Data, and Decision Tools to Manage Under a Changing Climate and Development Pressures. Cornell team: John Albertson (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Lindsay Anderson (Biological and Environmental Engineering), Ariel Ortiz-Bobea (Applied Economics and Policy), Patrick Reed (Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Ying Sun (Soil and Crop Sciences).
• Engaging Chinese Cities in Cost-Effective Data-Driven Air Pollution Management. Cornell PIs: Max Zhang (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) and Andrew Wilson (Operations Research and Information Engineering).
• Managing Disease in China’s Changing Apple Industry: Farmers, Landscapes, and Pathogen Population Dynamics. Cornell PIs: John Aloysius Zinda (Development Sociology) and Awais Khan (Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology).
• Environment and Education SDGs: Building Capacity for Local Environmental Practice Through Online Learning in China. Cornell PIs: Marianne Krasny (Civic Ecology Lab), Rene Kizilcec (Information Science), Yue Li (Natural Resources), and Alex Kudryavtsev (Natural Resources).

Project development grant awardees:

• Chinese Society, Media, and the World: Attitudes and Discourse. Cornell PIs: Jessica Chen Weiss (Government), Yue (Mara) Du (History), and Will Hobbs (Human Development).
• Triakonta: Seismic Analysis of a New Sustainable Building System. Cornell PIs: Jack Elliott (Design and Environmental Analysis) and Kifle Gebremedhin (Biological and Environmental Engineering).
• Prototyping of a Robot-Based Network Integrated with Deep-Ultra Violet Light Source for Disinfection of Hospital Rooms by Directional and/or Distributed DUV Beam. Cornell PIs: Vladimir Protasenko (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Joseph Skovira (Electrical and Computer Engineering), and Carmen Moraru (Food Sciences).
• Learning with Chongqing: Sustainable Urbanization and Housing Models for Urban-Rural China. Cornell PIs: Leslie Lok (Architecture), Jamie Vanucchi (Landscape Architecture), Peng Liu (Real Estate and Finance), and Timur Dogan (Architecture).