Our Mission
Bold Challenges Team Members
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.
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
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.