Rice University: Ken Kennedy Institute Grants $175K in Seed Funding for Innovative Research

The Ken Kennedy Institute — supported by contributions from the Rice Synthetic Biology Institute, Smalley-Curl Institute, and Rice Advanced Materials Institute — awarded $175,000 across seven projects through the 2024 AI, Data, and Computing Seed Funding Initiative. This initiative aims to bridge interdisciplinary gaps, foster collaborations, and set forth new paradigms in AI, Data, and Computing by supporting innovative research groups with aspirations to launch groundbreaking projects. The following projects have been funded for the award period of March 2024 – March 2025.