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Health & Safety Information

Remote work and classes will continue through Sunday, January 30, 2022. All student services will remain accessible both remotely and in person, and athletics, theatre and most other events will continue as planned. For more information, view the university's health and safety protocols. Visit the  Winter 2022 Student Services Guide for information about student support services and campus activities available during the remote period.

Faculty Seed Grant

The primary goal of the Faculty Seed Grant program is to provide support for research and creative projects that will lead to proposals submitted to external funding agencies. There are two application periods - October for spring semester awards; March for fall semester awards. All full-time faculty with a home location on one of the Kean USA campuses are eligible to apply. 

  • Application for Spring 2022 is currently closed

Faculty Seed Grant Guidelines

Spring 2022

Application Deadline: December 2, 2021
Awards Announced in January 2022

Spring 2022 Awards

GPS + iBeacon Self-Guided Audio Campus Tour
Chris Friend, CLA- School of English Studies

Linguistic and Ethnoracial Discourses: Equity-Based Examination of Translingual Experiences
Madjiguene Fall, COE - School of Curriculum & Teaching

Reimagining Community-Police Relationships in Union County, NJ
Jennifer Bryan, CBPM - School of Criminal Justice & Public Administration

Innovativeness in the Face of Crises: Do Environmental Threats Drive Innovation by Female Entrepreneurs?
Ipek Kocoglu, CBPM - School of Management and Marketing

Set Aside Programs in the NJ State Government Contracts
Jung Ah (Claire) Yun & Bok Gyo Jeong, CBPM - School of Criminal Justice and Public Administration

Impact of integrative health practices on community health center staff
Ruthann Russo, CBPM - School of Criminal Justice & Public Administration

The Effects of EITC on Elder care with and without Dementia
Ngoc Dao, CBPM - School of Criminal Justice and Public Administration

Competition and Innovation for Markets of Technology: Theory and Evidence from US Licensing-Intensive Industries
Hua Fang Liu, CBPM - Global Business School

AI-based Drug Pill Recognition
Daehan Kwak, CSMT - School of Computer Science and Technology

Mycobiome and metabolome of dead wood
Maria Shumskaya, CSMT - School of Biology

Investigating the Evolution of Biomolecular Condensates
Matthew G. Niepielko, NJCSTM 

Niclosamide as a Adjuvant for Glioma Immunotherapy
Salvatore J Coniglio, NJCSTM

Possible Futures for and from the Almost Architect
Camille Sherrod, MGC - School of Public Architecture

Public Housing and Social Infrastructure for the 21st Century
Gabriel Fuentes, MGC - School of Public Architecture

A preliminary investigation of the Context Adjustable Language Measure (CALM)
Kate Nealon, NWGC - Communication Sciences and Disorders

Impact of Mask Wearing on Bilingual Speech Perception
Iyad Ghanim, NWGC - School of Communication Disorders & Deafness

Understanding cultural categories in the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape community
Shivani Raina - NWGC - School of Communication Disorders & Deafness

 

Fall 2021 Awards

Assessment of Genomic Instability in Cell Culture using Karyotype Analysis

Robert Pyatt, NJSTEM - New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics

Recovering Lost Voices: History, Slavery and Liberty Hall

Brid Nicholson, CLA - Department of History

Cardiorespiratory and Electromyographic Effects of Quadrupedal Movement Patterns

Adam Eckart, COE - Health and Human Performance

Whole Transcriptome Analysis of Glioblastoma Associated Macrophages Using RNA-Seq

Salvatore J Coniglio, NJCSTM - Biotechnology Science

Silver Linings: A Community Wellness Program for Older Adults Living with Mental Illness

Laurie Knis-Matthews, Kelly Sullivan, Nicole Kiseli, NWGC - Department of Occupational Therapy

Effects of Window Strikes on Migratory Success in Passerines

Cailin O’Connor Fitzpatrick, CSMT - School of Environmental and Sustainability Science

Governance and COVID-19 responses: International comparison

Bok Gyo Jeong, Jung Ah (Claire) Yun, CBPM - Public Administration

AI to Detect Chemical Compounds and Generate Designs

Juan Jenny Li & Dr. Qinghong Lu, CSMT - School of Computer Science and Technology

Design Thinking for Social Responsibility

Denise Anderson, MGC - Robert Busch School of Design, Graphic Design,

A sense of urgency and mental accounting: Would you like to donate if your reward points expire today?

Min Chung Han, CBPM - School of Management and Marketing