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Grand Challenges Individual Project Grants

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Grand Challenges Individual Project Grants support projects by individual investigators that are targeted toward a specific component of a grand challenge.

Individual Project Grant awards provide up to $50,000 per year for 3 years, which includes a 1:1 match of resources from the PI's college and/or department.

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A total of 25 Individual Project Grants were awarded:

Climate Change and the Environment

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Visualizing Urban Flooding Due To Climate Change: An Urgent Problem In Low Income Areas

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Bridging the Gaps in Satellite Observations of Earth Systems to Support Climate and Environmental Products

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An Innovative Approach to Remove Emerging Organic Contaminants from the Environment

Energy and Sustainability

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Market Design, Energy Storage, and Interconnection to the U.S. Power Grid

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On-board Energy Harvesting for Long-endurance Earth Observation UAVs

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Understanding the Impact of Wind on Fire Dynamics in Mass-Timber Compartment

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Increasing Sustainability, Accessibility, and Equity in Urban Mobility with A Self-driving E-Scooter

Global Health

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Genetic and Lifestyle Risk Factors of Accelerated Brain Aging in Severe Mental Illness

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Fetal Mammary Stem Cell Programming and Hormone Dysfunction

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Establishing a Role for Psilocybin in Frontal Lobe Function

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Promoting Youth Mental Wellbeing in Rural Honduras by Engaging Teachers as Catalysts

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Role of Mitochondria Dynamics in Opioid Addiction

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Forecasting Acute Malnutrition for Anticipatory Action

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Towards an Early Warning System for Increased Probability of Community Infection by SARS-Cov-2 Variants

Social Justice

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An Innovative Intervention to Help Asian American Families Cope with Racism and Mental Health Difficulties

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AFTER: A Hospital Violence Intervention Program For Youth Victims of Gunshot Injury

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Advancing Environmental Justice By Evaluating Climate-Ready Urban Street Trees In Historically Redlined Neighborhoods

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How Does Socioeconomic Status Interact with Statistical Learning to Shape Reading Development?

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Increasing Participation of Minorities and Women In STEM Through Sports Performance Analytics Research

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Accurate, Equitable, and Transparent Genetic Ancestry Inference

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Digital Equity Mapping Research and Training Program

Threats to Democracy

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Human Rights Politics and Policies: Lessons from Latin America

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Relating Attitudes on Democracy to Attitudes on Race and Ethnicity

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Climate Change and Political Conflict: The Impact of Rising Sea Temperature on the Security of 109 Coastal Nations