Bold Challenges Pollination Workshops bring together diverse researchers from all three U-M campuses to spark innovative solutions to complex societal problems. These events provide opportunities to ideate and collaborate around the 2024 Bold Challenges themes:

Advancing Human Health at Scale
Adapting to Changing Environments
Creating Sustainable Energy Innovations
Improving Lives through Next Generation Infrastructure
Building Trust and Strengthening Social Connections
During the two-hour, in-person workshops, attendees will mix and match to meet potential collaborators and partners, brainstorm research problems and solutions, have opportunities to get advice from U-M experts on how to increase the probability of successful team development and grantseeking, and then take the next steps on a wide range of ideas.

One of these steps is to apply for Bold Challenges’ Boost program, which offers research development consulting, project management support and up to $75,000 to advance research ideas. Boost applications for the 2024-2025 cohort are due on May 13.
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