INDIANA UNIVERSITY (IU)

President McRobbie: Yeah. That- that- that was- that was, of course, one of- one of our goals. Uh, but, o- one of the things that's interesting about the Grand Challenges, uh, program is- is that, um, when we started it, we- we didn't have any predetermined view about the types of topics that we were going to, uh, cover. Um, uh, we wanted to seek the best science, the best research that we could. But always, science and research was going to be focused on- on impact, um, locally, globally, and- and- and so on. We really were leaving it open as- as to what were the best ideas, the best projects that our scientists and researchers, uh, could come up with. But- but that was at the back of our mind all the time, was- was impact... From fighting Alzheimer's to confronting the addictions crisis, we measure our impact on how Grand Challenges research helps individual Hoosiers and improves communities, our economy and the quality of life in Indiana... At Indiana University, we believe in the..

Also known as: grand challenges, Grand Challenges Fund

Primary location: Bloomington United States