In February 2021, the BRIDGE initiative (Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity) at Rice University provided seed funding to support research endeavors exploring inequality within Houston's racially and ethnically diverse environment and the broader Gulf Coast Region. We sought proposals for new research endeavors, extensions of current projects, the generation of new data, and/or academic partnerships that address or inform our understanding of inequality. In particular, we encouraged research that builds on Rice University’s specializations in urban, health, and education inequality.

Systemic Racism & Racial Inequality Project Awardees

• Dr. Lan Li, Dr. Ricardo Nuila, and Dr. Fady Joudah, “Medicine, Race, and Democracy:
  Reassessing Health Care Access in Houston”
• Dr. Arko Barman, Dr. Brielle Bryan, and Dr. Su Chen, “Systemic Racial Biases in Traffic Stops & Their Financial Impact on Persons of Color”
• Dr. Illya Hicks and Dr. Robert Stein, “Mathematical Techniques to
  Incorporate Fairness in Political Redistricting”