Addressing our planet’s most complex issues requires new perspectives and visionary action. Grand Challenges goes beyond team science to holistically tackle wicked problems from every angle. We draw upon UC Davis’s enduring strengths, capacity for innovation and culture of collaboration — bringing together world-class researchers from all areas of study to address the Earth’s most daunting challenges.
Built from a foundation of grassroots work and prioritized by leaders across UC Davis, Grand Challenges cultivates and champions work to understand and positively impact the devastating effects of these challenges. The work done by our campus community will serve as a model for the global community and enable our world to move forward with equity and resilience.
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:
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.
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If the United States is going to remain competitive in the global economy, the country needs more innovations from more people, faster — and UC Davis can be a guide in many areas, speakers said March 27 during the first day of a “launch summit” hosted on campus by the national Council on Competitiveness. “Here […]
We are excited to announce Alfred Chuang and Howard-Yana Shapiro have accepted roles as co-chairs of the UC Davis Grand Challenges External Advisory Board. Chuang is the Founder and General Partner at Race Capital and sits on Chancellor May’s Board of Advisors. Recognized by Andreessen Horowitz as the “Silicon Valley CEO’s CEO,” Chuang has shown […]
UC Davis Grand Challenges is pleased to announce Professor Christine Kreuder Johnson as the new Director of the Institute for Pandemic Intelligence (IPI). Dr. Johnson has been serving as a Champion for the Grand Challenge on Emerging Health Threats since inception in 2022. The Institute for Pandemic Intelligence was also founded as part of the […]
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