COLLEGE PARK, Md - The University of Maryland's Grand Challenges Grants program is accelerating solutions to humanity’s most pressing issues in our communities and around the globe through education, research, scholarship, creative activities and service.
Three years ago, the university awarded $30 million to research teams and individual investigators tackling vital questions in areas ranging from global health to safe and efficient energy production to the promotion of economic growth and equality.
That investment has paid off in a surge of additional funding for the projects unlocked from external sources—nearly double the initial expenditure so far. It‘s paying off as well in life-enhancing results for our nation, state and world.
Now UMD is upping the ante on doing good for humanity with the Grand Challenges Grants Program 2.0. The university is now accepting proposals that will result in funding for up to 10 creative new institutional and team projects to address the most important societal challenges of our time.
To learn more about the program’s impact so far, visit MarylandToday.com.