Working together in new ways, research can change the world. Now is the time to be BOLD.
Bold Challenges, an Office of Vice President for Research initiative, leads events and programs to empower researchers to create dynamic teams, produce transformative discoveries, and improve the quality of life for our communities, state, nation, and world.
Events
Bold Challenge events and workshops focus providing opportunities for researchers to connect with faculty from across the university so that U-M can strengthen the deep bench of diverse faculty ready to apply when big opportunities arise.
The Bold Challenges programs are designed to build faculty skills, knowledge and capacity so that U-M researchers are ready when big opportunities arise:
Boost
is an annual cohort-based program to support multi-school teams working on significant transdisciplinary projects with substantial potential for large-scale funding, providing up to $75K in funding.
Accelerate
is an advanced consulting service that offers precision support from Research Development professionals. This program offers expert consulting and financial support for activities that are directly related to increasing the probability of a successful proposal for a specific funding opportunity. Teams on track to submit a large-scale proposal within two years are eligible for financial support of up to $250K.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please email Bold-Challenges@umich.edu for more information.