Mujdat Cetin and Mark Bocko – Seed Funding for New Transdisciplinary Centers and Institutes

A key pillar of the Boundless Possibility strategic plan is that the University aims to launch five new transdisciplinary centers or institutes aimed at supporting scholarship in areas that will bring the University even more distinction and reputation. The University launched a planning funding competition in which teams of scholars from multiple units across the institution proposed ideas for new centers and institutes.

Out of the 42 outstanding submissions received, ten were chosen to receive seed funding to support one year of developing what they think will be the best prospect for the University to advance its scholarly prominence. Among those ten are Professor Mujdat Cetin and Professor Mark Bocko for their funding initiatives listed below:

• Center for Human Centric Augmented and Virtual Reality co-led by professors Nick Vamivakas, Mujdat Cetin, Jannick Rolland, and Susana Marcos
  
• Rochester Music and Sound Institute co-led by Professor Mark Bocko

It is expected that one or more of these centers or institutes will be awarded larger-scale funding beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year. Thank you to all who applied and best of luck to those selected moving forward. See a full list of projects and collaborators on the Provost’s website.

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