Events

Pollination Events

(An In-Person Opportunity to Network, Meet Collaborators, and Build Teams)

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.

Improving Lives through Next Generation Infrastructure

Creating Sustainable Energy Innovations

Adapting to Changing Environments

Advancing Human Health at Scale

Pursuing Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities at U-M

AI for the Public Good: Building AI at U-M Visioning

Smart Health Care Systems for Equitable Access

Sustainable and Equitable Solutions for the Housing Crisis

Universal Access to Healthy Water

Resilient, Equitable, and Carbon-Neutral Physical Infrastructure

Better Health Outcomes through Better Built Environments