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Nine Grand Challenges projects awarded
Bold, audacious research ideas that will improve the lives of current and future generations of Nebraskans have been funded through the Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition.
MoreFrom Nebraska to Kenya, project aims to fulfill a Grand Challenge
A group of University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers and students is in Nairobi, Kenya, to learn about forced migration-affected persons, families and communities as part of the Pamoja Project.
With funding from a Grand Challenges Planning Grant, the UNL team partnered with Amref International University and Moi University researchers as well as with Umoja Refugee Creative, a Nairobi-based refugee-led organization.
MoreReal-life experiences shape new Husker climate resilience strategy
More than 100 people gathered Feb. 27 at the Nebraska East Union to share how climate has affected their lives and livelihoods in recent years — and to offer ideas how to make communities more resilient to future climate events.
MoreGrand Challenges project aims to strengthen early childhood workforce
Nebraska researcher is leading a program to leverage the university’s strengths in early childhood education to create an integrated educational approach to support professional workforce development and mental wellness among early childhood educators.
MorePanelists offer tips, advice on Grand Challenges projects
Recipients of Grand Challenges planning and catalyst grants offered advice to colleagues from their experiences during a panel discussion last month.
MoreHuskers aim to launch first center for space agriculture
Husker scientists are researching ways to sustainably grow food on space stations, the moon, Mars and other celestial bodies that might eventually sustain humans.
MoreRegister for Nov. 15 Grand Challenges event
Nebraska researchers are invited to a Nov. 15 Grand Challenges panel discussion aimed at helping faculty sharpen their project planning skills for the Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition and beyond.
MoreHughes aims to improve health disparities in underserved populations
Over the last two and a half decades, Michelle Hughes has dedicated her primary line of research to improving outcomes for people with cochlear implants. Now, with a new Grand Challenges planning grant, she’s expanding her research efforts to try to determine the biggest barriers and potential solutions to improving overall health in underserved populations.
MoreOld missile silo reimagined through storytelling, emerging tech
Thanks to a Grand Challenges grant, an interdisciplinary team of student and faculty researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is re-imagining a decommissioned Atlas-F missile silo near Seward, Nebraska, into the Ice Coring and Education Silo Center. Upon its completion, the facility would be the first facility of its kind in the world.
MoreGrand Challenges RFP now available; town hall is Oct. 10
The Grand Challenges 2024 request for proposals is now available. An Oct. 10 town hall provides an opportunity to ask questions.
More11 projects funded through Grand Challenges competition
The high-impact research projects funded through the second Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition were announced Aug. 28.
MoreReviewers sought for 2023 Grand Challenges planning grants
ORED is seeking volunteers to serve as reviewers of Grand Challenges planning grant proposals. Reviewers are needed from every discipline at the university.
MoreGrand Challenges Town Hall is Feb. 15; NOIs due Feb. 28
A virtual Town Hall meeting at 11 a.m.-noon on Feb. 15 offers a forum to ask questions about the request for proposals and will provide details about the Notice of Intent to Submit due Feb. 28.
MoreGrand Challenges research effort leverages STEM to inspire climate action
After decades of work, many researchers believe climate change poses the greatest global threat to human health — and that youth are the most vulnerable to the impacts and most-dire consequences, both today and in the future.
MoreProject eyes Cold War relic as research, outreach facility
University of Nebraska–Lincoln students and researchers are working to bring new life to a Cold War relic in Nebraska.
MoreGrand Challenges awardees share their tips for success
Researchers looking for secrets to success in the Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition received helpful advice during a Nov. 14 discussion panel featuring four Husker faculty from three winning teams in the contest’s first cycle.
MoreEquity-focused research hub aims to bridge gap between university, communities
Sarah Zuckerman and her team are using a Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition planning grant to lead a project that leverages collaboration among researchers, practitioners and community members to reduce educational and health inequities in Nebraska.
MoreCatalyst award will assist prevention of sexual violence among Indigenous youth
With funding from a $3.21 million UNL Grand Challenges Catalyst Award, a Nebraska researcher is co-leading a four-year project to establish an Indigenous-led sexual violence prevention center on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
MoreUiterwaal using Catalyst award to marry augmented reality, quantum physics
Nebraska research team is developing augmented reality experiences to explain quantum mechanics.
MoreWith Catalyst award, Helikar sets five-year goal for draft of digital immune system
Digital twins are simulatable replicas of real-world systems and have been employed by many industries that work with complex data, such as manufacturing, but never for any of the intricate systems of the human body.
Thomas Helikar, associate professor of biochemistry, aims to change that, and has earned a Grand Challenges Catalyst award for his ongoing work to build out a digital twin of the human immune system.
MoreGrand Challenges fall events begin Sept. 13
ORED is hosting September events to kick off the second year of the Grand Challenges initiative and help the university community begin planning for the next cycle of the Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition.
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