BSOS Faculty Members, Projects Awarded Grand Challenges Grants

Faculty members in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and their projects were included in the first wave of UMD Grand Challenges grants, awarded in February of 2023. A total of $30 million in funding was invested in ideas across the university that are designed to address the world’s most complex problems, including climate change, global health, educational disparities, racial and social injustice, threats to democracy, pandemic preparedness, sustainability and more.

“Since day one of my presidency, I have charged our campus to tackle the grand challenges of our time by taking advantage of the brilliant work being done by our faculty and researchers across disciplines,” said UMD President Darryll J. Pines. “This historic investment gives Terrapins great hope and inspiration that while the challenges we face are grand, they are not impossible.”

BSOS congratulates our faculty members and projects who were recognized, as well as all winners across campus:

Institutional Grants

  • Addressing Climate Challenges for a Sustainable Earth, PI: Ellen Williams (CMNS), Co-PI: T. Loboda (BSOS), et al.
  • Maryland Initiative for Literacy & Equity (MILE), PI: D. Bolger (EDUC), Co-PIs: Rochelle Newman, José Ortiz, Nan Ratner (BSOS), et al.

Impact Awards

  • Institute For Democracy Research, Education & Civic Action, PI: Lena Scott (EDUC), Co-PI: Michael Hanmer (BSOS), et al.
  • Values-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Hal Daumé III (CMNS), Co-PI: Eric Hoover (BSOS), et al.

Team Project Awards

  • Fostering Inclusivity Through Technology (FIT), PI: Yi Ting Huang (BSOS), Co-PIs: Kathryn Dow-Burger, Elizabeth Redcay, Quentin Leifer (BSOS), Shevaun Lewis (ARHU/BSOS)
  • Anti-Black Racism Initiative, PI: Jeanette Snider (BSOS); Co-PIs: Rashawn Ray, Ashley Newby, John Drabinski (BSOS), et al.
  • Africa Through Language and Area Studies; PI: Miranda Abadir (ARHU), Co-PI: Matthew Thomann (BSOS) 
  • UMD and MD Methane and Waste/Heat Water Remediation, PI: Daniel Lathrop (CMNS), Co-PI: Yiqun Xie (BSOS), et al.

Single Investigator Awards

  • Establishing a Role for Psilocybin in Frontal Lobe Function, PI: Adam Brockett (BSOS)
  • Climate Change & Political Conflict: 
Impact of Rising Sea Temperature on the Security of 109 Coastal Nations, PI: G. LaFree (BSOS)
  • Relating Attitudes on Democracy to Attitudes on Race and Ethnicity, PI: Shibley Telhami (BSOS)
  • Market Design, Energy Storage and Interconnection to the U.S. Power Grid, PI: Chenyu Yang (BSOS)
  • Role of Mitochondria Dynamics in Opioid Addiction, PI: Anna Li (BSOS)
  • Climate Mitigation and Land-Use: Detection and Monitoring of Second-Generation Biofuel Crops in the USA, PI: Louise Chini (BSOS)
Read More about All Awardees and Projects

 

Published on Thu, Feb 16, 2023 - 1:31PM