Grand Challenges Grants News
November 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
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