The Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) has awarded nearly $240,000 in seed grants to eight research teams through its Sustaining Illinois program, according to a news release from the University of Illinois System.
Two Illinois State professors are part of research teams that received funding: Dr. Rebekka Darner, director of Illinois State’s Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology and associate professor of Biological Sciences, for “Career/switch: gamified energy career exploration,” and Dr. Matt Aldeman, associate professor of Technology, for “Designing equitable and sustainable STEM education with renewable technologies (DESSERT).”