1. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

2. Grand Challenges Feeding our World Protecting our Environment
Improving our Health
Enriching our Youth
Growing our Economy

3. Grand Challenge Process
Blue Bell Faculty Planning Committees, Fall 2013
Blue Bell Lectures, Fall 2012/Spring 2013
Agrilife Conference, January 2013
Faculty Working Groups, Spring 2013
Grand Challenge Town Hall, May 2013
White Papers, Spring/Summer 2013
New Strategic Plan, Summer/Fall 2013

4. Feeding Our World 5 Emphasis Areas
Breeding/Genetics of Plants and Animals
Technology/Food Safety
Resource Management – Water/Land
Development of Nutritious Foods/Feeds & Education
International Development

5. Protecting our Environment
3 Emphasis Areas:
Water
quantity, quality, use, sustainability
Urbanization & Land Use Change
quantity, interface, restoration
Invasive Species/Biodiversity
Resistance, resilience, ecosystem services

6. Improving our Health 5 Emphasis Areas:
One Health: A Systems Biology Approach
Foods for Health and Prevention of Disease
Ingestive Behavior and Metabolism
Wellness through Parks and the Natural Environment
Population Growth and Reproductive Rights

7. Enriching our Youth 5 Emphasis Areas: Health and Wellness of Youth
Academic Achievement and College Readiness
Career Development (college and non-college)
Partnerships to Support Youth (Youth Dev. Initiative)
Education/Training for Youth Program Staff

8. Growing our Economy 3 emphasis areas: How/Where We Do What We Do
global dynamics, sustainability
Who Does What We Do
human capital
What We Do (outputs)
food, resources, health

9. Common Themes Major grants and projects
Larger, more competitive, more diversified grants
NSF-IGERT, center/facility grants
Private funding (individuals, foundations, corporate)
Shared/core facilities and resources
Connecting people & building teams
Interdisciplinary or issue-based networks
Innovation labs, team sabbaticals, seed grants
Research development support
Cultivating opportunities and assembling teams
Proposal preparation

10. Cross-Cutting Themes Water Health Human Capital Food
Ecosystem/land use
Feed World X
Environment
Youth
Economy

11. Moving Forward Find commonalities with AgriLife agencies
Find commonalities with TAMU and its colleges
Explore opportunities/synergies with TAMUS colleges
Engage development (& government)
Continue faculty-engagement to implement