School of Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Grand Challenges

The UW–Madison School of Education’s Grand Challenges is a grant program to support research and practice in education, health, and creative expression.

We will spark interdisciplinary teams to engage in projects to make a profound difference in the world.

 

Engage Grant Award Recipients

Of 14 applications to the inaugural Grand Challenges Engage Initiative, the eight finalists below received approximately $25,000 each to carry out innovative solutions for critical social and scholarly problems in education, health, and creative expression in Wisconsin and around the world.

Drawings collaged atop an image of a woman with a binary number Mandela behind her.
Titled "glassblowing" as a graphic of a person is reflected on both sides; one glass blowing, the other cutting vegetables.
Drawing outline of the state of Wisconsin with people farming inside.
Titled "what the moon saw" and a graphic of the moon with a face and other small moons.
A drawing of a teacher shaking the hand of parent as small figures surround them.
A graphic of a heart and lines sprouting from it and triangles with words.
Titled "growth measurement" and drawings of tulips and a singular sunflower.
Typographic poster with people climbing ladders on the side of a jar.

Transform Grant Award Recipients

Of 18 applications to the inaugural Grand Challenges Transform Initiative, four finalists will receive approximately $250,000 each to carry out innovative solutions for critical social and scholarly problems in education, health, and creative expression in Wisconsin and around the world.

A person standing with circles around their body with a texture layered atop.
Black, pink and white poster for mobilizing youth voices for racial justice.
Pattern of overlapping red, blue and yellow circles and lines.
Graphic of yellow red gradient fist surrounded by people of color.

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