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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Grand Challenges Feeding our World Protecting our Environment
Improving our Health Enriching our Youth Growing our Economy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Cross-Cutting Themes Water Health Human Capital Food
Ecosystem/land use Feed World X Environment Youth Economy
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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
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