Collaborative Research Grants

The purpose of the DCII Collaborative Research Grant Program is to support teams of two or more researchers as they pursue research projects on topics of interdisciplinary interest and impact. The program seeks to enable faculty to advance their individual research agendas while building connections across campus. 

Teams draw members from at least two academic departments and include at least one full-time Dedman College faculty member (either tenure-track or professional and teaching faculty), but teams can also include faculty members from other SMU schools and/or graduate students. Teams receive funding to support research-related travel, the purchase of research supplies or software, and other direct research expenses.

2025-2026 Collaborative Research Grant Recipients

Community-Based Processes for Sustainable Sanitation Solutions: Co-Designing as an Approach to Compost Toilet Designs

Team Members: Thandeka Dlamini-Simelane, Jessie Zarazaga, Neely Myers, Anthony Petrosino

A Global Oral History of PEPFAR

Team Members: Jill Kelly, Brian Franklin, Thandeka Dlamini

Narrative Legibility and Terrorism in Sub-Saharan West Africa: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into Power, Agency, and Extreme Violence

Team Members: Ben Voth, UcheChukwu Agbo

A Temporal Database of Texas Voter Timelines

Team Members: Andrea Barreiro, Ginger Alford, Marcie Reynolds