The Seed Grant program aims to provide research funds to foster transdisciplinary urban biobehavioral health pilot projects that involve collaboration between at least two RoBUST faculty members. In particular, it aims to stimulate early-career urban biobehavioral health research.

2017 RoBUST Seed Grant Recipients:

• Dr. Massil Benbouriche. Project: Biofeedback of heart rate variability in gambling disorder: A pilot study
• Dr. Samuele Zilioli, Project: SES, family relationships, and telomere length among children with asthma 

Past Seed Grant Recipients

Dr. Todd Lucas: 'Perceived Fairness in Stress Coping in African-Americans'