As additional challenges are considered for future launch, nominations and suggestions are welcome.  As you think about your ideas, please keep the following criteria in mind.

Criteria for Challenge selection:

• Must focus on a challenge that the campus community would recognize as a wicked problem
• Capitalizes on innate strengths of our campus, UCD expertise and helps move the needle toward better solutions
• Includes opportunities for transdisciplinary collaborations: Grand Challenges require inclusivity. All schools and colleges may have a role.

Some of the challenges currently under consideration are:

Broken Food Systems
Brain Health/Healthy Aging
Wellness
Sustainable Living in Extreme Environments

We continue to hear from our campus community to identify pressing challenge areas. If you believe there is a challenge area that meets the above criteria, we would like to hear from you! Also, if you have feedback or want to get involved in the Grand Challenges mission, please email us at grandchallenges@ucdavis.edu.