Penn State's IEE awards seed grants to 14 interdisciplinary energy and environment research teams
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The Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE) at Penn State has awarded 2026 Seed Grant Program funding to 14 interdisciplinary research teams. The program supports basic and applied research aligned with IEE's five strategic research themes, aiming to help teams build groundwork for pursuing external funding. This year's grants support over 40 researchers across 10 colleges and campuses and 21 departments and units.
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· 3 pulledFourteen interdisciplinary research teams have received funding through the Institute of Energy and the Environment's (IEE) 2026 Seed Grant Program.
The program supports basic and applied research that lays the groundwork to pursue external funding and is guided by IEE's five strategic research themes.
This year, the program awarded seed funding to more than 40 researchers across 10 colleges and campuses and 21 departments and units.
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