Grand Challenges Grants News

December 2024

Detecting Troubling Gastrointestinal Conditions Earlier With Ingestible Capsules

December 16, 2024
 

Global STEWARDS Program Announces 2025 Cohort

December 9, 2024
 

Sarah McGrew Quoted in Education Week: Inside a Class Teaching Teens to Stop Scrolling and Think Critically

December 9, 2024
 

November 2024

Baltimore Gets Shadier with New Tree Plantings (WYPR)

November 15, 2024

UMD MIDA Researchers Play Major Role at ASSETS Conference

November 7, 2024

October 2024

UMD Journalism Students, Faculty Release Guide to Maryland’s School Board Elections

October 22, 2024
 

How Fentanyl Takes A Unique Toll on Hispanic Youth Amid Trauma, Barriers to Care (NBC TV 4 Washington)

October 17, 2024

Grand Challenges Research Roundup Special Edition Highlights the Impact of 50 Grant Supported Projects

October 11, 2024

MILE Literacy Research Team Shares Recommendations on Teacher Training, Instructional Strategies, Community Engagement

October 4, 2024

September 2024

Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Advances Born-Accessible Approach and Helps Guide Policy

September 30, 2024

Water Emergency Team Advances Research and Community Outreach

September 30, 2024

Grand Challenges Project Supports Urban Tree Growth and Environmental Justice in Baltimore

September 30, 2024

UMD’s Urban Equity Collaborative Provides Training, Workshops, and Policy Action for Strengthening Community-based Institutions

September 30, 2024

Grand Challenges Team Seeks to Observe Wildfires Through UAVs and Fire Imaging Technologies to Improve Understanding and Response

September 30, 2024

UMD Team Implements Effective Mental Health Intervention for Latino Youth through Community Partnership

September 30, 2024

Grand Challenges Team Engineers a Designer Protease to Help Clear Respiratory Infections and Disease

September 30, 2024

Grand Challenges: Monitoring Second-Generation Biofuel Crops to Inform Climate Mitigation Efforts

September 30, 2024

Maryland Safe Drinking WATER Study Engages Maryland Residents Across All 24 Counties in Statewide Analysis

September 30, 2024

UMD Researcher Develops Community Partnership in Honduras to Support Youth Mental Health

September 30, 2024

Grand Challenges Team Engages Students and Statewide Partners in Methane and Waste Heat and Water Remediation Project

September 30, 2024

Research Study Examines How Statistical Learning and Socioeconomic Status Shape Literacy Development

September 30, 2024

UMD Researcher Developing Early Warning System for Infectious Disease Based on Climate

September 30, 2024

Grand Challenges Project Seeks to Increase Participation of Underrepresented Students in STEM through Sports Analytics Research

September 30, 2024

Researcher Working to Develop On-board Energy Harvesting for Earth Observation UAVs

September 30, 2024

Grand Challenges Project Seeks to Model Renewable Energy Storage and Interconnection to the U.S. Power Grid

September 30, 2024

Research Study Seeks to Improve Understanding of Fetal Mammary Stem Cell Programming and Hormone Dysfunction

September 30, 2024

Grand Challenges Team Models the Evolution of Avian Influenza Viruses to Better Understand How New Strains Emerge

September 26, 2024

UMD Team Builds Social Justice Research-Practice Partnership with Area School Districts

September 26, 2024

Grand Challenges Project Examines the Link Between Climate Change and Political Violence

September 25, 2024

Maryland State Board of Education Applauds MILE Leadership’s Efforts to Advance Literacy Instruction

September 25, 2024

Grand Challenges Project Aims to Develop A New Adsorbent for the Removal of PFAS in the Environment

September 25, 2024

Research Study Seeks to Better Understand Brain Aging in Individuals with Severe Mental Illness

September 25, 2024

Maryland State Board of Education Holds Session with MILE

September 20, 2024

FDA-Funded Study Could Lead to Advances in Fight Against Endometriosis

September 20, 2024 

Poised for Political Engagement: 64% of Maryland 18-Year-Olds Are Registered to Vote

September 19, 2024

Hall Receives $3.5M in Federal Funding for Innovative Gut Microbiome Research

September 11, 2024

New AI Seed Grants Support Trustworthy Tech 

September 10, 2024

To Heal the Anacostia, Citizen Scientists Wade Into Troubled Waters 

September 9, 2024

Combining AI and Earth System Research to Improve Climate Forecasting for Underserved Communities

September 9, 2024

In Baltimore’s Curtis Bay, Sooty Air Pollution is on Par with That on Major Highways, Study Finds (Baltimore Sun)

September 6, 2024

Maria Molina on Machine Learning and Extreme Weather

September 5, 2024

Literacy Group Makes Recommendations Under Blueprint Implementation Plans (Baltimore Sun)

September 5, 2024

Building a Better Future for Maryland’s Students

September 3, 2024

August 2024

Safeguarding Our Salads From the Roots Up

August 29, 2024

Tap Water Is Generally Safe To Drink, But Contamination Can Occur (USA Today)

August 29, 2024

‘Our Democracy Is in Very Good Hands’:  Students Celebrate Successful Summer Internships at Voter Education and Mobilization Nonprofits

August 8, 2024
 

A ‘Magic’ New Treatment for Depression?

August 6, 2024

July 2024

New Tools for Keeping Immigrant-Owned Shops in Place

July 26, 2024

Maryland Democracy Initiative Engages, Empowers New Voters in Advance of 2024 Election 

July 24, 2024

Overdeck Family Foundation Funds Study Led by Jing Liu on Generative AI Coaching Tools for Improving K-12 Instruction and Student Outcomes

July 8, 2024

Dickerson On Improving Air Quality in Maryland’s Overburdened Communities

July 3, 2024

June 2024

UMD Grand Challenges Grant Funds Work to Better Understand How Small Business Thrive

June 27, 2024

First Annual Fostering Inclusivity through Technology Workshop

June 19, 2024

UMD Faculty Co-Host Events Aimed at Increasing Neurodiversity

June 17, 2024

New Flood Sensors Give Real-Time Data at Annapolis City Dock (Chesapeake Bay Magazine)

June 12, 2024

Charles County and Partners Celebrate Maryland HydroNet Launch (Southern Maryland Chronicle)

June 8, 2024

Sea-Level Sensors Provide Flood Data in Annapolis, Md. (Government Technology)

June 7, 2024

UMD Leads Sensor Project to Cast a Wide ‘Net’ to Predict, Prepare for Floods

June 7, 2024

‘We can’t turn our back on rising sea levels’: New Maryland Sensors Measure Flooding in Real Time (WTOP News)

June 6, 2024

New Sea-level Sensors Aim to Provide Annapolis with Better Flood Data (Baltimore Sun)

June 6, 2024

Racing Against R&D: AI, Collaborative Robotics Automates Wearable Tech Design

June 3, 2024

Stormwater Hits D.C.’s Poorest Neighborhoods Hardest, UMD Study Finds 

June 3, 2024

MILE Hosts Dual Language Educator Conference

June 1, 2024

May 2024

Americans Strongly Support Defending Human Rights Globally (Brookings Institution)

May 16, 2024

Small Businesses in Baltimore: ‘Our Own Little, Bitty Town’

May 8, 2024

Terrapin EdTalk: How to Support Asian American Students Who Experience Racism and Mental Health Challenges

May 3, 2024

President Pines Takes a ‘Do Good’ Tour, Gets Close-up View of Researchers Tackling Grand Challenges 

May 1, 2024

April 2024

City of Annapolis & University of Maryland Deploy Water Level Monitoring System (What's Up Magazine)

April 30, 2024

SPH Collaboration Trains Teachers in Honduras on Student Mental Health 

April 30, 2024

From Family to Community, Understanding the Mental Health Challenges and Difficulties of Asian American Youth (Boston Asian Radio & TV)

Drug Overdoses Rising Among Latino Youth in Montgomery County (DC News Now)

April 26, 2024

U.Md. Program Uses AI to Teach You How to Play the Violin (WTOP News)

April 24, 2024

As Latino Youth Struggle with Substance Use, Families and Young People Are Eager for More Resources in Spanish (MoCo 360)

April 24, 2024

UMD Journalism Survey: Maryland News Outlets Are Small, Struggling to Survive

April 23, 2024

Latino Families Report Need for More Trusted Information on Substance Use Prevention (WTOP News)

April 18, 2024

The New Frontier of Microbiome Science: Computational Challenges and Solutions

April 12, 2024

Academia Willing to Help with Blueprint Education Reform Plan (Maryland Matters)

April 11, 2024

UMD Launches Institute Focused on Ethical AI Development

April 9, 2024

A Campus-wide Commitment to Advancing Ethical Artificial Intelligence: Q&A with Jing Liu

April 9, 2024

To Gauge Maryland’s Drinking Water Quality, Researchers Tap Into the Public

April 8, 2024

March 2024

Alum’s Gifts Support Maryland Democracy Initiative

March 28, 2024

Researcher’s Pacific Dive Spurred Innovations in Robotics with Machine Intelligence to Create Biodegradable Plastic Substitutes

March 26, 2024

New Program to Help Add Civic Engagement Into Courses Across UMD

March 25, 2024

MDI Partners Join USM in their Work to Help Students Serve as Nonpartisan Poll Workers in the 2024 Election

March 20, 2024

EPA Awards Nearly $1.2M to Student Teams for Innovative Solutions to Environmental and Public Health Challenges: Guangbin Li (EPA)

March 14, 2024

Is It 100% Safe to Drink Tap Water? Here's the Truth (Parade)

March 13, 2024

UMD Grand Challenges Team Trains Teachers on Youth Mental Health in Rural Honduras

March 6, 2024

MILE Celebrates Day of Giving With Book Drive for Local Students

March 6, 2024

February 2024

Solving the Mystery of the Vapor Plumes on Campus

February 26, 2024

Urban Equity Collaborative Launches First Cohort of the Community Fellows Program

February 23, 2024
 

UMD Students Share Child Welfare, Education Policy Priorities at Advocacy Event 

February 16, 2024

Connecting Our Future Scientists and Engineers to Environmentally Friendly Water Treatment Technology in the Post-COVID Era: A Better World Starts with Your Bioreactor (Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors)

February 22, 2024

January 2024

On Nepal Research Trip, Graduate Students Strive for Solutions for Food, Energy, Water 

January 26, 2024
 

Advancing Climate Resilience in Maryland 

January 24, 2024

Better Traction, Too Salty Drinking Water: U. of Md. Researcher on Environmental Impact of Road De-icers (WTOP)

January 16, 2024
 

Researchers Develop Online Platform to Improve, Expand Instrumental Education

January 12, 2024

People Are Disrupting Natural 'Salt Cycle' On A Global Scale, New Study Shows (National Science Foundation)

January 4, 2024
 

UMD Leads Projects Aimed at Career Support, Accessibility for People with Disabilities (Insight Into Diversity)

January 2, 2024

December 2023

What's Really in Your Drinking Water? UMD Study Aims To Find Out (WMAR)

December 29, 2023

Teachers Ask Better Questions With Feedback That’s Frequent, Personal, and AI-Generated, Study Shows (Newsweek)

December 8, 2023

Safeguarding Every Drop: UMD Research Aims to Catalog Drinking Water Contaminants Statewide

December 13, 2023

Units Across UMD Partner on Multidisciplinary Initiatives for AI Ethics, Accessible Technology, and Literacy

December 7, 2023

“Equitable, Trusted Partnerships” for Racial and Social Justice in Education

December 7, 2023

Jonathan Lazar Gives Closing Keynote Speech About the Born-Accessible Model at the INTERACT Conference

December 5, 2023

Grand Challenges Q&A: Artificial Intelligence, Human Values

December 4, 2023

Grand Challenges Q&A: The Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Empower Teachers and Advance Equity

December 4, 2023

Grand Challenges Q&A: A Strong Democracy for a More Fair and Just Society

December 1, 2023

November 2023

UMD-Hosted Summit Mobilizes Youth Voters for 2024 Election

November 30, 2023

An Innovative Initiative to Increase Literacy and Equity in Maryland

November 16, 2023

MDI and Its Civic Partners Provide Opportunities to Forge Student Connections to College Park Elected Officials

November 14, 2023

A New Way to Make Digital Technology Accessible to All

November 13, 2023

Partnership Between UMD Researchers and Nonprofit Group Addresses Latino Community's Mental Health Needs

November 6, 2023

Grand Challenges Grant Q&A: How Education Can Help Us Prepare for the Next Pandemic

November 6, 2023

October 2023

UMD, State Officials Turn on First Tower of Statewide Weather Warning System

October 31, 2023

First of More Than 70 New Maryland Weather Stations Installed in Howard County (Baltimore Sun)

October 31, 2023

Scientists Have Found A ‘Sleeping Giant’ of Environmental Problems: Earth Is Getting Saltier (Washington Post)

October 31, 2023

Grand Challenges: MIDA Informs Public Policy on Technology Accessibility for People With Disabilities

October 24, 2023

Stephanie Valencia-Valencia Explores How Large Language Models Can Accommodate People with Disabilities

October 23, 2023

Maryland Democracy Initiative Contributes to State and National Leadership on Civic and Service Learning

October 22, 2023

UMD Researchers Creating Video-Calling Platform For Inclusive Workplace Communication

October 20, 2024

UMD Professors Launch Collective to Assist Communities, Activists with Urban Equity Issues (The Diamondback)

October 13, 2023

UMD Tech Tool Aims to Make Workplaces More Inclusive for Autistic People

October 12, 2023

A University-Community Partnership to Help Latinx Immigrant Youth Thrive

October 12, 2023

The Big Lessons That Can Be Learned from A Tiny Maryland Food Forest: The Global FEWture Alliance (WTOP)

October 10, 2023

Maryland Schools Taught Reading the Wrong Way for Decades. That’s Starting to Change. (Baltimore Banner)

October 10, 2023

Jing Liu and Wei Ai Part of $1.5M NSF Grant to Improve Middle-Grade Math Education with AI

October 6, 2023

Grand Challenges: Newly-Launched Urban Equity Collaborative Hosts Open House

October 5, 2023

September 2023

UMD Researchers Advance 'Game Changer' Project Predicting Acute Malnutrition

September 23, 2023

UMD Researchers Help Hyattsville’s Food Forests Look to the ‘FEWture’

September 22, 2023

UMD Celebrates Launch of the Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity

September 21, 2023

“Inclusive Excellence” Takes Center Stage in Vibrant Democracy and Education Dialogue

September 19, 2023

Recent Study Finds People with Dementia Use Changing Information Behaviors when Seeking Health Information

September 19, 2023

An Ally for Access: Palm-sized Robot Navigates Touchscreens for Visually Impaired Users

September 15, 2023

Grand Challenges Team Meets With County Stakeholders

September 13, 2023
 

July 2023

Colleges Must Embrace Accessibility Post-Pandemic, Say Experts (Ed Scoop)

July 25, 2023

Preventing A Poultry Pandemic

July 2023

Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Launches

July 21, 2023

Tackling Childhood Literacy: A Grand Challenge

July 14, 2023

June 2023

Improving Fairness in Classrooms Through Machine Learning

June 7, 2023
 

Mobile Math: Connecting Students to STEM Through Sports

June 14, 2023

May 2023

Using Machine Learning for Equitable Weather Forecasting in a Changing Climate

May 8, 2023

April 2023

Climate Change Raises the Black Flag 

April 27, 2023

Rising to a Grand Challenge: Climate-Related Disasters, Farming Crises

April 26, 2023

Rising to a Grand Challenge: Food, Energy, and Water in a Changing Climate

April 12, 2023

March 2023

Rising to a Grand Challenge: Childhood Literacy

March 28, 2023

February 2023

University of Maryland Awards $30 Million to Projects Addressing Humanity’s Grand Challenges

February 16, 2023

‘Meaningful, Tangible, Real-world Impact’  Provost Provides Update on Grand Challenges Grants, Announces New Award Category

December 6, 2022

Grand Challenges Update: 111 Project Grant Proposals Submitted, in Addition to 24 Institutional Grant LOIs, for Total of 135 Submissions

October 28, 2022

Grand Challenges Grants Update: Nine Institutional Grant Proposals Move Forward

September 27, 2022

Grand Challenges Institutional Grants Update: 24 LOIs Submitted Representing All 12 Colleges

July 18, 2022

New Grants Program Aims for UMD Impact on Society’s Grand Challenges

Apr 21, 2022

New Strategic Plan Maps Out How to Move UMD ‘Fearlessly Forward,’ Emphasizing Commitment to Solving Grand Challenges

Feb 10, 2022