Grand Challenges Team Project Grants

Grand Challenges Team Project Grants support projects advanced by research teams that are targeted toward a specific component of a grand challenge topic or theme.

Team Project awards provide up to $500K per year for 3 years of funding, which includes a 1:1 match of resources from participating colleges and/or departments.

A total of 16 Team Project Grants were awarded:

Climate Change and The Environment:

Programmable Design of Sustainable, All-Natural Plastic Substitutes

Remediation of Methane, Water, and Heat Waste

Effective and Equitable Weather Forecasting in a Changing Climate with Machine Learning

Observing Wildfires Through UAVs and Fire Imaging Technologies

Water Emergency Team (WET)

Global Health:

Modeling the Evolution of Avian Influenza Viruses

Helping Our Bodies Clear Respiratory Infections

The Maryland Safe Drinking WATER Study

Encuentros: Mental Health Partnership for Latino Immigrant Youth

Social Justice:

Using Machine Learning to Measure and Improve Equity in K-12 Mathematics Classrooms

Anti-Black Racism Initiative (ABRI)

Racial and Social Justice Research-Practice Partnership Collaborative

Fostering Inclusivity through Technology (FIT)

Seizing Opportunities: Social Capital, Businesses, and Communities

Africa Through Language and Area Studies (ATLAS)

Music Education for All Through Personalized AI and Digital Humanities