Our Mission

Bold Challenges Team Members

Arthur Lupia

Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation

Email: lupia@umich.edu

Jill Jividen

Senior Director of Research Development

Email: jjgoff@umich.edu

Kelsey Ebbs

Assistant Director

Email: klucinda@umich.edu

Neil Carver

Research Development Officer

Email: carvern@umich.edu

Sean O’Connor

Program Manager

Email: spoconno@umich.edu

Adrianna Trusiak

Research Development Officer

Email: atrusiak@umich.edu

Bold Challenges events and programs are designed to support core the objectives:

Increases cross-school collaboration, public impact, and U-M’s competitiveness for large grants on essential challenges.
Forecasts funding opportunities and identifies comparative advantages.
Offers broad and inclusive pathways to large-scale external research funding.

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Events

Bold Challenges events empower U-M researchers to:

Meet collaborators

Learn from funders

Engage stakeholders

Improve communication

Enhance leadership skills

Build diverse, dynamic teams

Create stronger proposals

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Programs

The programs offer different levels of expert support for proposal development and funding opportunities for activities that are necessary for strong proposals.

BOOST is Bold Challenges’ Team Development Program. It empowers diverse and dynamic cross-school research groups to generate competitive large-scale proposals.

ACCELERATE is Bold Challenges’ Advanced Consulting Program. It offers a rigorous approach for cross-school teams ready to submit large proposals within the next 18 months.