Grand Challenges Support Fund

Where others see obstacles, we see opportunities.

Grand Challenges is catalyzing our campus community to go beyond team science to holistically tackle complex problems. Drawing upon UC Davis’ enduring strengths, capacity for innovation and culture of collaboration — Grand Challenges brings together world-class researchers from all areas of study to address the Earth’s most daunting challenges.

Making a gift to the Grand Challenges Support Fund helps create campus-wide teams, organize product-centered strategic covenings, and ensure the participation of underrepresented disciplines. Your support will fund solution-oriented, collaborative research and help UC Davis Grand Challenges harness the power of the university to help create a healthy, prosperous and just society.