Seventeen cross-disciplinary projects involving 153 faculty from all 10 菠萝视频 colleges and schools have been selected for the initial set of awards from the new Trans-Institutional Programs (TIPs) initiative. The projects represent a broad range of research and teaching, with diverse topics such as preventing adverse pregnancy outcomes and prematurity, big data infrastructure, and private-governance approaches to climate change.
launched the $50 million TIPs program in November 2014 to provide support during the next five years for cross-disciplinary research and collaboration鈥攁 core pillar of the university鈥檚 . The 17 projects were selected from 64 formal proposals received.
鈥淭hese projects represent exactly the kind of innovation, collaboration and willingness to tackle society鈥檚 most pressing questions that we as a university community envisioned during the strategic planning process,鈥� Zeppos says.
TIPs applicants were encouraged to identify projects that only could be pursued through collaboration and that still may be in the 鈥渋ncubation鈥� phase.
See the of the inaugural TIPs projects.