The Graham Sustainability 
Institute at the University of 
Michigan awarded Catalyst 
Grants 
to 
four 
cross-
disciplinary 
sustainability 
projects 
this 
January. 
Jennifer Haverkamp, director 
of the Graham Institute, said 
the winning projects embody 
the value of partnership and 
community involvement in 
research and will develop 
real-world applications over 
the course of the semester.
“What we hope in each case 
is that faculty and students 
working 
together 
with 
external partners generate 
research results that have real 
value and use in the world of 
sustainability,” she said.
According to Haverkamp, 
the collaborative nature of 
the 
sustainability 
projects 
will 
lead 
to 
effective 
sustainability 
applications 
in the areas of engineering, 
botany and public policy.

“Ultimately, the Graham 
Institute 
is 
focused 
on 
fostering 
sustainable 
solutions in the real world, 
which 
requires 
robust 
collaboration across sectors,” 
she said. “These projects are 
excellent examples of putting 
that mission into action and 
bringing 
U-M 
expertise 
to 
bear 
in 
partnership 
with 
practitioners 
and 
policymakers 
beyond 
the 
University.”
The 
research 
teams, 
which include faculty from 
the School for Environment 
and 
Sustainability, 
Stamps 
School of Art & Design, Ford 
School of Public Policy, the 
Earth 
and 
Environmental 
Science department and the 
Climate and Space Sciences 
and Engineering department, 
are beginning work with the 
$10,000 Catalyst Grants. The 
projects include Expanding 
the Renewable Energy Policy 
Initiative, which encourages 
local and state government 
officials to support equitable 

access 
to 
clean 
energy 
technology, and Cut or Keep: 
Farmer Perceptions and Tree 
Management 
in 
Forested 
Cocoa and Coffee Agriculture, 
which will help farmers in 
Ethiopia and Ghana decide 
how to use their land. The 
two other grant recipients are 
The Rust Belt Herbarium and 
Better Communicating Great 
Lakes Ice Forecasts.

All four will involve 
the 
development 
of 
environmental 
sustainability 
applications with partners 
and stakeholders.
Ayumi 
Fujisaki-
Manome, 
principal 
investigator 
for 
Better 
Communicating 
Great 
Lakes 
Ice 
Forecasts, 
will be developing an 
improved 
interface 
for 
ice forecasts with the U.S. 
Coast Guard 9th District 
and 
Lake 
Carrier’s 
Association.
“Researchers 
and 
stakeholders will meet to 
discuss what’s needed for 
forecasting information,” 
Fujisaki-Manome 
said. 
“We are going to include 
an 
interactive 
graphic 
development 
system 
so we can improve the 
forecast graphic alongside 
stakeholders.”
The 
Rust 
Belt 

Herbarium 
project 
will 
document the flora of the 
greater Detroit area in order 
to fill knowledge gaps about 
urban plants, explained Anton 
Reznicek, herbarium curator 
and project co-director.
“For some of these species 
our information is thin,” he 
said. “Plants that are weeds of 
these kinds of urban settings 
are the most dynamic element 
of the flora … but we don’t 
have as much information as 
you might think.”
The herbarium project will 
also hold meetings with local 
stakeholders and create an 
Instagram account to share 
findings.
Daniel Phillips, a doctoral 
candidate 
in 
the 
School 
for 
Environment 
and 
Sustainability, explained the 
herbarium will be working 
with community stakeholders 
to hear their feedback. 
“The people who live in 
these neighborhoods have a 
vested interest,” Phillips said. 
“We will mediate between 
larger long-term goals and 
the immediate needs of the 
community. … The only way 
we 
can 
understand 
these 
needs is to have conversations 
with people.”
Business 
junior 
Elsa 
Borrello, 
a 
Graham 
Sustainability 
Scholar, 
reflected on the importance of 
an interdisciplinary approach 
to addressing sustainability 
issues.
“I think it’s really important 
to bring together people who 
are interested in the sciences, 
to 
share 
knowledge 
with 
business people who can bring 
new perspectives and solve 
a problem more holistically,” 
she said.
Haverkamp looks forward 
to 
hearing 
from 
future 
Catalyst Grant applicants and 
is hopeful about the research 
projects selected this January.
“We look forward to robust 
interest in the next round 
of grants and look forward 
to seeing the results of the 
grants that we just issued,” 
she said.

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knowledge with 
business people 
who can bring new 
perspectives and 
solve a problem more 
holistically.”

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Graham Institute awards grants to 
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