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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Grand Challenges. Feeding our World Protecting our Environment Improving our Health Enriching our Youth Growing our Economy. Grand Challenge Process. Blue Bell Faculty Planning Committees, Fall 2013 Blue Bell Lectures, Fall 2012/Spring 2013

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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  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. CommonThemes • 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

  11. Moving Forward • Find commonalities with AgriLifeagencies • 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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