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Grand Challenges: Institutional Grants

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Grand Challenges Institutional Grants support new institutional initiatives that catalyze cross-disciplinary collaborations around a grand challenge focus or theme.

Institutional Grants provide up to $1M per year for 3 years of funding, which includes a 1:1 match of resources from participating colleges and/or departments.

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Three Institutional Grants were awarded:

Tackling Grand Challenges: Addressing Climate Change for a Sustainable Earth
Tackling Grand Challenges: Food, Energy and Water Access | The Global FEWture Alliance
Tackling Grand Challenges: Educational Equity | Enterprise Research Stories

Learn About the 50 Grand Challenges Projects by Grant Category: