• The Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019 launched the second series of summits jointly hosted by the UK, US and Chinese academies of engineering, inspired by the 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering . (raeng.org.uk)
  • On its first year as International Competition, the 2019 IFBB English Grand Prix is open to all the IFBB-Affiliated National Federations , and this represents a really attractive challenge for the athletes, considering that is a Pro Qualifier event that will provide Elite Pro Cards for the overall winners in Bodybuilding, Classic Physique, Men's Physique, Muscular Men's Physique, Bodyfitness, Wellness, and Bikini . (ifbb.com)
  • Posted April 5th, 2019 by Grand Challenges Canada & filed under Press Release . (grandchallenges.ca)
  • The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for American autonomous vehicles, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the most prominent research organization of the United States Department of Defense. (wikipedia.org)
  • The initial DARPA Grand Challenge in 2004 was created to spur the development of technologies needed to create the first fully autonomous ground vehicles capable of completing a substantial off-road course within a limited time. (wikipedia.org)
  • The first competition of the DARPA Grand Challenge was held on March 13, 2004 in the Mojave Desert region of the United States, along a 150-mile (240 km) route that follows along the path of Interstate 15 from just before Barstow, California to just past the California-Nevada border in Primm. (wikipedia.org)
  • Therefore, a second DARPA Grand Challenge event was scheduled for 2005. (wikipedia.org)
  • The second competition of the DARPA Grand Challenge began at 6:40 am on October 8, 2005. (wikipedia.org)
  • When last we visited with the men and women, the boys and girls, the Red Teams and Blue Teams and Road Warriors of the DARPA Grand Challenge off-road robotics race, back in March, we signed off on a note of authentic ambivalence. (popsci.com)
  • Malaysia Grand Challenge (MGC) yang disokong oleh dana pembiayaan MOSTI, bagi mengajak masyarakat bersama-sama cuba mengatasi permasalahan serta menambah baik kehidupan masyarakat, sistem ekonomi dan persekitaran sama ada di peringkat nasional mahupun global telah dilancarkan oleh YB Khairy Jamaluddin, Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi pada 8 Januari 2021. (mosti.gov.my)
  • Buckle up, as we take you on a journey that will unleash the thrill and excitement that comes with the Grand Prix Challenge. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • The Gislaved Grand Prix Challenge is an adrenaline-fueled motorsport event that promises an unforgettable experience for speed enthusiasts. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Q: Who can participate in this Grand Prix Challenge? (brusselstribunal.org)
  • A: The Grand Prix Challenge is open to individuals aged 18 and above, who are passionate about motorsports and seek an unforgettable adventure. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Q: Where does the Grand Prix Challenge take place? (brusselstribunal.org)
  • A: The Grand Prix Challenge is held at a well-known professional race track, where participants can fully immerse themselves in the world of grand prix racing. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Q: What can participants expect from this Grand Prix Challenge? (brusselstribunal.org)
  • A: Yes, participants in the Grand Prix Challenge will have the opportunity to drive actual race cars used in professional racing, making the experience even more authentic and captivating. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Q: How long does the Grand Prix Challenge last? (brusselstribunal.org)
  • A: The duration of the Grand Prix Challenge varies, depending on the package chosen by the participant. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Q: Is there a limited number of participants allowed in the Grand Prix Challenge? (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Q: Can spectators and supporters attend the Grand Prix Challenge? (brusselstribunal.org)
  • A: Spectators and supporters are welcome to attend the Grand Prix Challenge. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Q: Where can interested individuals find more information and register for the Grand Prix Challenge? (brusselstribunal.org)
  • In conclusion, the Gislaved Grand Prix Challenge offers an unrivaled opportunity for thrill-seekers and racing enthusiasts to experience the adrenaline-pumping world of Formula One racing. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Get notified about the latest updates from Public Health Grand Rounds right in your inbox by setting up an alert today! (cdc.gov)
  • Public Health Grand Rounds is a monthly webcast created to foster discussion about major public health issues. (cdc.gov)
  • For the last year, an 18-member blue ribbon panel has been determining key grand challenges that will face society in the 21st century, challenges for which engineering will provide the solutions. (nsf.gov)
  • The Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) is based on the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) grand challenges and is a multi-year, research-based program that is designed to prepare students to be 21st-century problem solvers. (ncsu.edu)
  • With input from people around the world, an international group of leading technological thinkers were asked to identify the Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st century. (ncsu.edu)
  • This breadth allows comparative physiology to (a) understand basic physiological processes and (b) identify novel mechanisms used by animals to solve specific physiological challenges. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The event convenes inspirational world leaders with the next generation of engineers and changemakers to build creative collaborations and solve the grand challenges facing our future world of 10 billion people. (raeng.org.uk)
  • Grand Challenges is a collection of grant programmes that fosters innovation to solve key global health and development problems. (universityworldnews.com)
  • Our goal is to enable Indigenous innovators and communities to identify and solve their own challenges, transform lives and drive inclusive growth and health outcomes. (grandchallenges.ca)
  • We believe Indigenous innovators will use their knowledge and determination to solve the challenges in areas such as mental health, housing, economic development, climate action, and youth employment in their communities. (grandchallenges.ca)
  • Check out the Grand Rounds On Demand archive for our past presentations. (cdc.gov)
  • Visit Grand Rounds On-Demand to browse upcoming and previous presentations. (cdc.gov)
  • Who will walk away as the Grand Winner of The Liveability Challenge 2022? (eco-business.com)
  • National Academy of Engineering" and "NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering" are registered trademarks of the National Academy of Sciences for the National Academy of Engineering. (engineeringchallenges.org)
  • Since then, the foundation has awarded 1,752 grants in 81 countries under its grand-challenges banner. (nature.com)
  • Hear from some of our UWA Grand Challenges Champions, UWA's plan to be Carbon Neutral by 2025, and our Students Making a Difference grants. (edu.au)
  • The award comes from the university's Grand Challenges Grants Program , a $30 million initiative to support research that offers promising solutions to emerging societal issues like climate change, social injustice, global health and education disparities. (umd.edu)
  • Grand Challenges in Global Health is a family of grants programs focused on one unifying purpose: To overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the deve. (bvsalud.org)
  • A modern developed scientific society must, therefore, nurture a strong scientific sector, both in education and research, in order to address its technological and societal challenges. (idw-online.de)
  • While the current COVID-19 crisis is separating us physically, it also compels us to work together to address its accompanying societal and economic challenges, ranging from arresting the contagion to relieving the health care stress to production of vaccines to reimagining life in today's remote working and learning environment. (engineeringchallenges.org)
  • The term has become sexy," says Abdallah Daar, a public-health specialist at the University of Toronto in Canada who helped to craft the Gates Foundation challenges. (nature.com)
  • More than 100 international donors, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada and the United States Agency for International Development, were also there. (universityworldnews.com)
  • At the request of Indigenous leaders, the Indigenous Innovation Initiative is hosted at Grand Challenges Canada. (grandchallenges.ca)
  • When Ms. Perryman and her staff were preparing their budget figures in the fall of 2016, little did they realize that what started as an idea to promote hiking on the numerous Mono trails, for a Canada 150 project, would result in a major contest, with considerable community support and a $7,600.00 Grand Prize for the winner. (citizen.on.ca)
  • One coauthor has received additional support from Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (medscape.com)
  • Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto, Canada. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our new Doctoral Training Initiative is a set of interlinked PhD projects from different disciplines based around a single grand challenge in health technologies. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Humanity is facing unprecedented challenges from a population growing to 10 billion by 2050, and accelerating degradation of the planet and its resources. (raeng.org.uk)
  • Other challenges are more specific: one, to eradicate cancers linked to the common Epstein-Barr virus, casts a spotlight on a cause of cancer that is particularly important in developing nations. (nature.com)
  • The Global Grand Challenges Summit series is a trilateral partnership between the UK, US and Chinese national academies of engineering. (raeng.org.uk)
  • The Global Grand Challenges Summit series is a trilateral partnership between the UK, US and Chinese national academies of engineering that brings together inspirational global engineering leaders with the next generation of engineers and changemakers, to explore how to address grand challenges. (raeng.org.uk)
  • The Summit was broadcast worldwide via livestream, with satellite events on every continent, creating a truly global effort in addressing these Global Grand Challenges. (raeng.org.uk)
  • Join us at the Summit and gain a better understanding of the UWA Grand Challenges and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). (edu.au)
  • other prominent efforts have issued 'grand challenges' that tasked researchers with, among other things, devising ways to track the rise of antibiotic resistance and keeping tabs on all asteroids that pose a threat to human populations. (nature.com)
  • Another grand challenge asks researchers to find a way to deliver large molecules - such as certain proteins or RNAs - to any cell in the body. (nature.com)
  • And the charity's team of advisers has challenged researchers to design a drug that will block a cancer-associated protein called MYC. (nature.com)
  • The HiLIFE Grand Challenge Program provides an opportunity for the researchers at the University of Helsinki and participating partner organizations to collaborate in a mission-oriented way to provide solutions to topical challenges. (helsinki.fi)
  • Finalists stand a chance to secure the grand prize of up to S$1 million in grant funding for project development by Temasek Foundation and a minimum of S$100,000 investment by Amasia, PlanetRise, Purpose Venture Capital, Quest Ventures and Silverstrand Capital! (eco-business.com)
  • Grand Challenges Africa - launched last September by the African Academy of Sciences or AAS , the New Partnership for Africa's Development and international partners - will help to tackle the problem of low investment in research and development and to drive innovation that will contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. (universityworldnews.com)
  • The goal of this meeting was to begin a conversation that might enable us to build shared capacity for knowledge sharing, distributing expertise, identifying shared challenges and solutions, identifying cross-agency needs, and finally, setting grand challenges and finding ways to tackle them. (archives.gov)
  • The U.S. Congress authorized DARPA to offer prize money ($1 million) for the first Grand Challenge to facilitate robotic development, with the ultimate goal of making one-third of ground military forces autonomous by 2015. (wikipedia.org)
  • To have a shot at the deadline and the big prize on what was ultimately a 142-mile course (prudently downsized to make a 10-hour, one-day race a feasible goal) from Barstow to Primm, Nevada, the Grand Challenge bots would have had to average nearly 15 mph, and in the flat stretches reach speeds of up to 50 mph. (popsci.com)
  • When Marcel Grimard received a phone call informing him that he had won the Grand Prize in the Mono hiking challenge, he could hardly believe his good fortune. (citizen.on.ca)
  • That was always the plan should one of them win the grand prize. (citizen.on.ca)
  • Marcel, as did several other entrants, completed all 20 of the Mono hikes, but he was nevertheless still very surprised to hear from Mono's recreation director, Kim Perryman, that he was the Grand Prize winner. (citizen.on.ca)
  • However, before it even got off the planning board, Fred suggested to Kim that what it really needed was to be bigger and to make it truly unique, to include a spectacular grand prize. (citizen.on.ca)
  • With the Grand Prize established, Kim, Fred, and the Mono Recreation staff planned out the rest and many local businesses agreed to offer interim prizes, such as dinners out, to be awarded, throughout the duration of the Challenge, at Mono Council meetings. (citizen.on.ca)
  • 9. Completed physiological evaluation of cooling devices submitted to President Obama's Grand Challenge. (cdc.gov)
  • The DARPA Subterranean Challenge was tasked with building robotic teams to autonomously map, navigate, and search subterranean environments. (wikipedia.org)
  • The session gave a rare glimpse into the front lines of those battling and treating Lyme disease while addressing the data gaps, unmet needs, and overall challenges and opportunities for its prevention and control. (cdc.gov)
  • Grand Challenges are issues where gaps in scientific understanding constrain the ability to make informed decisions on issues of pressing concern for the well-being of people and the environment, in a world affected by continued global change. (lu.se)
  • This means you'll be working on challenging research which has the potential for real-life impact. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Unlike traditional applications in computational science and engineering, solving these social problems at scale often raises new challenges because of the sparsity and lack of locality in the data, the need for research on scalable algorithms and architectures, and development of frameworks for solving these real-world problems on high performance computers, and for improved models that capture the noise and bias inherent in the torrential data streams. (ted.com)
  • African higher education must increase its interaction with the informal sector if it is to drive the continent's innovation agenda and respond to development challenges, said Professor Berhanu Abegaz, executive director of the African Academy of Sciences, at a gathering of 420 African innovators held to set the research agenda for Grand Challenges Africa. (universityworldnews.com)
  • The Nairobi meeting was convened by the AAS' Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa or AESA, which runs Grand Challenges Africa and is a platform for developing science strategies and capacity and funding health research. (universityworldnews.com)
  • The Grand Challenges will deepen and strengthen the University of Helsinki research profile and form attractive nuclei for partnering. (helsinki.fi)
  • The Grand Challenges are aimed to be inclusive and interdisciplinary to form an environment where new ideas are born at the edges of research fields. (helsinki.fi)
  • Applications had to demonstrate how the students would work together on a Grand Challenges topic, in any of a wide range of activities, from research workshops and symposia, through to films and publications, and public engagement in all its forms. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Under the umbrella of our Grand Challenges, BECC is organized in Research Themes. (lu.se)
  • The Grand Rounds sessions highlight how CDC and its partners are already addressing these challenges and discuss recommendations for future research and practice. (cdc.gov)
  • The November session of Grand Rounds, " Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and Protecting Your Health " addressed current research needs and the many unknowns about per- and PFAS. (cdc.gov)
  • Local Grand Prairie charities and organizations will go head-to-head to see who has the best homemade ice cream recipe Saturday, July 15, at Grand Prairie Farmers Market, 120 W. Main Street. (gptx.org)
  • Members of the panel will announce the challenges--findings that considered input from countless members of the engineering community and general public and were reviewed by more than 50 experts--on Feb. 15, 2008, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston. (nsf.gov)
  • Dr. Farouk El-Baz is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. (engineeringchallenges.org)
  • Lord Alec Broers is a member of the Committee on Grand Challenges for Engineering. (engineeringchallenges.org)
  • Students at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, WA and Thomas A. Edison High School in Fairfax, VA are inspired by the National Academy of Engineering's 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering. (engineeringchallenges.org)
  • In this talk, Bader will discuss the opportunities and challenges in massive data science for applications in social sciences, physical sciences, and engineering. (ted.com)
  • Now a well established global event, Beijing Design Week 2016 is focusing on the role of design in cities as it relates to major challenges and opportunities such as innovation, sustainability and the environment. (edu.au)
  • One challenge, for example, aims to develop ways to map the cellular make-up of a tumour. (nature.com)
  • The Lions know full well that runs of successful seasons don't just happen: you have to take advantage of them when they come, and turn them into grand finals and premiership wins. (abc.net.au)
  • If you are a charity, corporate or private group and would like to organise your own private group, please email [email protected] and we'll get back to you to discuss the challenge in more detail. (charitychallenge.com)
  • This ATOL protection only covers challenges that include flights booked by Charity Challenge and that originate in the UK. (charitychallenge.com)
  • Ice Cream Challenge for Charity 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (gptx.org)
  • Although each of the challenges could eventually contribute to clinical innovations, most of them focus on laying the groundwork for therapeutic advances. (nature.com)
  • On May 19, 2011, Dr. Allen Steere joined an esteemed panel of Grand Rounds speakers to explore the clinical manifestations and treatment of Lyme disease, innovations in laboratory testing, prevention strategies, and national trends of disease emergence. (cdc.gov)
  • Held annually, this thrilling race puts participants' skills and courage to the test as they navigate through a challenging track, pushing themselves and their vehicles to the limit. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • A: "" is an exciting event organized by Gislaved, offering participants an extraordinary opportunity to experience the adrenaline rush of a real Grand Prix race. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • A: Participants can expect a true taste of the exhilarating world of Grand Prix racing. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Al, whose Cafe and Gallery on Hockley Road is a popular starting point for local Bruce Trail hikers, was immediately onboard, seeing this as an opportunity to promote tourism and hiking in the area and to use local businesses as points of interest for the hiking challenge participants. (citizen.on.ca)
  • Marcel, an aircraft mechanic who lives in Orangeville with his wife Diane, had no idea he would end up the winner of a $7,600 adventure trip for two, to Norman Wells NWT, when he first entered the Challenge. (citizen.on.ca)
  • At the heart of the Gislaved Grand Prix is a commitment to pushing boundaries and unleashing the thrill of speed. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • A growing number of universities, companies, and philanthropic organizations have risen to the challenge, establishing programs not only in game studies but also in game design and development. (archives.gov)
  • Newswise - Professor Rob Hale of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science is lead author of a new "Grand Challenges" paper commissioned to mark the 100th anniversary of the American Geophysical Union, the world's largest association of Earth and space scientists with more than 60,000 members in 137 countries. (newswise.com)
  • Then, in 2003, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, resurrected the idea with its vaunted Grand Challenges in Global Health programme , dedicating US$450 million to achieve 14 broad goals that included creating new vaccines and improving nutrition. (nature.com)
  • We're looking for PhD students to join our DTI addressing grand challenges in health technologies. (bath.ac.uk)
  • LILY's proposal on "An end-to-end adaptive AI-Assisted 3H Care (A3C) system" got the award at AI in Health Grand Challenge by AI Singapore. (ntu.edu.sg)
  • Robust communities such as Games for Change , Games for Health , and Games+Learning+Society have also mobilized around the idea that games could indeed be leveraged against grand challenges that range from improving health care and wellness to teaching physics to making new discoveries in the structure of proteins . (archives.gov)
  • From the paper: 'The life and health science communities are facing a critical challenge with managing a discovery process that is becoming ever more quantitative and data driven. (cdc.gov)
  • Funding can be applied to support the Grand Challenge platform and its development (e.g. international and local networking, salaries and running costs, services, and local infrastructures). (helsinki.fi)
  • Committed funding for the Grand Challenge program is 0,6 M€ with additional support to be included in a Life Science PROFI 5 proposal. (helsinki.fi)
  • Based on evaluation by the HiLIFE Scientific Council five to eight Grand Challenges will be funded initially for a period of three years. (helsinki.fi)
  • Overall, the Challenge was so well received that Council and staff may be deluged with questions about what is next for the community. (citizen.on.ca)
  • Many of the flight-inclusive challenges on this website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. (charitychallenge.com)
  • UCL Grand Challenges and the UCL Doctoral School recently offered awards of £2,000 to pairs of doctoral students from different faculties. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Engineers are crucial to the international effort to address these rapidly evolving, unpredictable challenges. (raeng.org.uk)
  • AGU Executive Director/CEO Chris McEntee says the Grand Challenges "represent a special collection of open-access review papers with the shared goal of transforming Earth and space science to meet the challenges of today and the opportunities of tomorrow. (newswise.com)
  • These combined opportunities ensure that scholars achieve a rich portfolio centered upon a Grand Challenge that builds five Core Competencies . (ncsu.edu)
  • We need to reorient our higher education systems to enable them to build a culture of innovation," he told University World News at a Grand Challenges Africa forum held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi from 23-26 February. (universityworldnews.com)
  • You will get a chance to marvel at one of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon and finish in dazzling Las Vegas. (charitychallenge.com)
  • The Grand Canyon, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, boasts one of the oldest and most majestic landscapes on earth. (charitychallenge.com)
  • In "The Crisis of Sparta's Grand Strategy," Rahe reviews the rise of the Persian empire with its expansion into the Greek world. (strategypage.com)
  • Welcome to the exhilarating world of Grand Prix racing. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Get ready to embrace the professional and informative tone that will navigate you through the extraordinary world of Grand Prix racing. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • With its rich history and reputation for attracting top racers from around the world, the Gislaved Grand Prix has become synonymous with excitement and high-speed action. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • Whether you are a seasoned racing enthusiast or simply curious about the world of motorsports, the Gislaved Grand Prix is an event that should not be missed. (brusselstribunal.org)
  • The challenge is to scale up the process to commercial proportions, in an efficient, economical, and environmentally benign way. (engineeringchallenges.org)
  • Grand Challenges, Covid-19 and the Future of Organizational Scholarship. (bvsalud.org)
  • BECC revolves around three Grand Challenges that must be tackled to find solutions to the combined consequences of anthropogenic emissions, land-use and climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services. (lu.se)
  • International collaboration and interdisciplinary science will play a crucial role to address these grand challenges. (idw-online.de)
  • Although important progress has been made and is expected in specific areas of knowledge, the interlinking of different developments in separate areas of science is crucial to address some of the grand scientific and social challenges that lay ahead us, such as the climate change or understanding life. (idw-online.de)
  • These kinds of grand challenges are very complex and require a team science approach to problem solving. (bio5.org)
  • Key to meeting this challenge is bioinformatics - which can be defined as the science of collecting, managing, analyzing, modeling and generating predictions from large amounts of biological data and information. (cdc.gov)
  • HiLIFE is initiating a new Grand Challenge Program. (helsinki.fi)
  • They even kicked more goals, yet still lost (for only the second time ever in a grand final, along with Essendon in 1968). (abc.net.au)
  • The challenges include mapping cancer cells such as this one from a breast tumour. (nature.com)
  • Our PhD projects are grouped under three grand challenges in healthcare technologies. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Grand Challenges partners have invested US$120 million in 380 projects in 29 African countries. (universityworldnews.com)
  • This challenge is a unique twist on regular Grand Canyon itineraries as we explore Arizona. (charitychallenge.com)
  • Mad.Lab programs take place in the context of ever-changing, always-challenging urban conditions in China. (edu.au)
  • We are currently not offering this as an 'Open Challenge' but can offer it to 'Exclusive Groups' - please enquire for further information. (charitychallenge.com)