Grand Challenges: Project Grants Internal ARHU Deadline
Our office is eager to provide you with guidance and support through the entire application process. All ARHU Grand Challenges applicants should complete the Intent to Submit Form as soon as possible. Because these are significant, multi-year grants, we will require your full proposal to be submitted to the Dean's office for review one month in advance of the deadline (June 1 for Institutional Grants, August 30 for Project Grants). As noted in the grant announcement, a cost share is required for this opportunity which will comprise commitments from the dean's office and a meaningful cost share from your department.
We have created this Tip Sheet to help you through this process. Please reach out to Trevor Parry-Giles (tpg@umd.edu) with additional questions and Meghann Babo-Shroyer (mbabo@umd.edu) for proposal development support. Please note: Meghann will be out of the office Aug 22-26 and unable to review proposals during this time.
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The University of Maryland invites Grand Challenges Grant proposals from the faculty to forge new and creative institutional initiatives to help address some of the most pressing and vexing societal challenges of our time.
Grand Challenges Project Grants: Team & Single Investigator Grants: Efforts under this category will support or enable projects that are targeted toward a specific component of a grand challenge. Team projects or initiatives require multiple disciplines and collaborators from campus; single investigator awards do not.
Eligibility: Tenured faculty, tenure-track faculty, and professional track faculty are eligible to apply as principal investigators (PI).
Team Project Awards will provide up to $250K per year for 3 years of funding. A 1:1 match is required from participating colleges and/or departments that includes cash and in-kind resources. Up to 10 Team Projects are envisioned for funding.
Single Investigator Awards will provide up to $25,000 per year for 3 years from campus, 1:1 match required from participating colleges and/or departments that includes in-kind resources; up to 50 single investigator awards are envisioned for funding.
Funding Priorities: Proposals must highlight the importance of how the proposed effort can and will significantly impact a key component of an enduring or emerging challenge of societal impact. Proposals should not focus on incremental or piecemeal advances, but must rather put forward a compelling, transformative and forward-leaning approach that will make meaningful advances to address a major societal challenge. Representative examples for a grand challenge focus area can include (but are not limited to):
- Climate Change (includes clean energy, sustainability, food and water insecurity)
- Social and Racial Injustice (includes poverty, education disparities, structural inequity
- Global Health (includes health equity, pandemic preparedness, mental health, and wellness)
- Threats to Democracy
- Ethical, Fair & Trustworthy Technology (includes bias-free artificial intelligence, privacy, transparent uses of data, etc).
- Other Grand Challenges welcome
ARHU Internal Deadline for Proposals: August 30, 2022
Final Proposal Deadline: September 30, 2022
Click here for the full RFP and more information.
Additional Resources:
Video Recording and Slides from the April 26 Information Session
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
