Grand Challenge Scholars Program

UMBC Grand Challenge

Scholars Program

The Grand Challenge Scholars Program at UMBC provides student of all majors opportunities to get involved in Research, Global Perspectives, Interdisciplinary, Service, and Entrepreneurship experiences to help scholars expand their outlooks and develop skills necessary to accomplish the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Grand Challenges, 14 goals for solving issues faced in the 21st century.

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The Grand Challenges:

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1. Advance Personalized Learning

2. Make Solar Energy More Economical

3. Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure

4. Provide Access to Clean Water

5. Provide Energy From Fusion

6. Manage the Nitrogen Cycle

7. Develop Carbon Sequestration Methods

8. Engineer Tools of Scientific Discovery

9. Enhance Virtual Reality

10. Secure Cyberspace

11. Prevent Nuclear Terror

12. Engineer Better Medicines

13. Reverse-Engineer the Brain

14. Advance Health Informatics