About the Planetary Health Research Seed Grants
The Leonardo-ASU Initiative is pleased to offer funding to develop early-stage interdisciplinary research and creative projects. Proposed projects will center on hybrid creative collaboration across arts, sciences, and digital technologies, aiming to address global challenges in planetary health. These initiatives should align with the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing regenerative systems, global access, justice, and equity.
To be eligible for funding, projects must incorporate hybrid creative innovation (e.g., art and science, art and technology, digital culture, creative enterprise) and leverage Leonardo's assets, including publications, programs, platform, network, and archives. Additionally, the proposed projects are expected to advance leadership for art-science and art-tech across the ASU campus, community, and network, while generating outputs with potential for demonstrable positive impact. Eligible initiatives must engage a collaborative and interdisciplinary team, comprising at least two ASU faculty or staff members from a minimum of two academic units or disciplines, and demonstrate a commitment to advancing justice, access, and equity. Moreover, the projects should be led or co-led by at least one faculty member from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and/or the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. One proposal per PI.
This funding is made possible through generous commitments of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory and the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Leonardo will award two to three grants each cycle, depending on the scope of proposed projects and available funds. In addition to the grant award, selected initiatives will receive opportunities to participate or be featured in Leonardo’s publications, LASER talk series, global programs and network.
Applications for the 2024 Fellowship are closed.
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