Earlier this spring, Arts & Sciences launched a new internal grant program, “Seeding Projects for Enabling Excellence & Distinction” (SPEED), with the goal of spurring novel and impactful research, scholarship, and creative practice initiatives led by tenure-track and research faculty.
Earlier this spring, Arts & Sciences launched a new internal grant program, “Seeding Projects for Enabling Excellence & Distinction” (SPEED), with the goal of spurring novel and impactful research, scholarship, and creative practice initiatives led by tenure-track and research faculty. SPEED grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded semiannually to support the exploration and development of new scholarly and creative pathways. With guidance and input from the Faculty Board of Research, Feng Sheng Hu, dean of Arts & Sciences, and William Tolman, vice dean of research and entrepreneurship, recently named the first cohort of SPEED grant winners.
The winners represent disciplines across Arts & Sciences, from film and media studies to anthropology to biostatistics. Funding for these innovative projects begins June 1 and will last one year, with expectations that the work will lead to external grant submissions, scholarly publications, or significant presentations or events.
The Performing Arts Department is proud to recognize Elizabeth Hunter, Assistant Professor of Drama for her work:
Big Apple 80s: An augmented reality trip to the birth of MTV
Hunter will develop Big Apple 80s, an augmented reality (AR) application for mobile phones based on locations related to the early years of the Music Television (MTV) cable channel. Hunter will collaborate with St. Louis’ Missouri History Museum and New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) to create an immersive, interactive experience that will allow her to explore how emergent technologies like virtual reality (VR) and AR disrupt familiar notions of liveness, presence, and authenticity.
“The breadth, depth, and quality of the proposals we received was quite impressive,” said Feng Sheng Hu, dean of Arts & Sciences. “Empowering faculty to pursue bold, innovative, and collaborative ideas is a central aim of our strategic plan, and it is critical to strengthening our research enterprise. I’m incredibly excited to watch these projects take shape.”
To see a full list of the 2022 cohort visit: https://artsci.wustl.edu/ampersand/arts-sciences-announces-first-cohort-speed-grant-recipients
