Congratulations to the FIA-Deutsch Seed Grant Competition semifinalist teams!

On December 10, 2014, four of these teams won awards as FIA-Deutsch Seed Grant Fellows.

The 12 semifinalist teams include 64 students and faculty mentors from 11 UMD colleges and schools:

Revisiting Segregation through Computational History: The Case of the WWII Japanese American Tule Lake Segregation Center
College of Information, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Flip the Museum: A Platform to Extend the Audience Engagement Life Cycle Through Gamification of Content
College of Education, School of Public Health, Robert H. Smith School of Business, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering

iAnon: Third Party Application for Cyberbullying Detection and Mitigation
College of Information, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Empowering Community Wellness with a Health Fair Information Solution
School of Public Health, College of Information, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Using Text Messaging to Crowdsource Data on the Spread of Disease
School of Public Health, A. James Clark School of Engineering, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

“Shining the Light on the First-Generation Students”: An Initiative to Improve Retention Rates of First-Generation Students
Robert H. Smith School of Business, A. James Clark School of Engineering, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Project AdSub: How Does Advertising Affect Learning Culture?
College of Arts and Humanities, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Capturing Emerging Latino Narratives in Langley Park
School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, School of Public Policy

Personal Health Record Design for Chronic Disease Patients in High-Risk Demographic Subgroups
A. James Clark School of Engineering, School of Public Health

Research Connection: Aggregating Information on Research Initiatives at the University of Maryland
Robert H. Smith School of Business, College of Arts and Humanities, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering

Through Venetian Eyes
College of Arts and Humanities, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, College of Education

Information at the Intersections: Re-engineering an Intersectional Research Database
College of Arts and Humanities, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering