GRAND CHALLENGES

Addressing our planet's most complex issues requires new perspectives and visionary action. Grand Challenges is catalyzing our campus community to go beyond team science to holistically tackle wicked problems. We draw upon UC Davis' 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... We are also planning to build a Grand Challenges Solutions Hub to serve as a physical space on campus where collaboration and innovation can thrive... We bring together experts from across disciplines - connecting the community around solution-oriented work, ensuring the participation of underrepresented disciplines, organizing product-centered strategic covenings, and facilitating campus-wide teams to strengthen our community and seek significant, large-scale, transdisciplinary funding opportunities.