AMES, Iowa – The third round of funding from an Iowa State University presidential initiative will build four research teams that will use big data to benefit human and animal health, improve cities and build new tools for researchers.
Iowa State President Steven Leath launched the Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research in 2012. The program provides seed funding to establish research teams from across campus to tackle emerging societal challenges. The goal is to help the teams grow into well-funded, cross-disciplinary research groups.
Image: This image shows flu virus as seen by an electron microscope. The Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research is supporting a team that will use big data tools for real-time tracking of flu in swine. -- Image courtesy of Phillip Gauger.
