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The President鈥檚 and Chancellor鈥檚 Challenge is a seed grant program, developed in partnership with Johnson Controls, that provides funding for innovative, interdisciplinary, collaborative work that addresses critical issues and opportunities facing the City of Milwaukee. This round of the challenge will focus on the urgent issue of poverty, its root causes, and its subsequent effects on members of the various communities across Milwaukee.
The program will support 2-3 funded projects with budgets of $50-75K for an 18-month timeframe. Proposals are encouraged to address one or more aspects within the following focus areas, adapted from the indicators and monitoring framework for the .
Deprivation in:
Access to:
Additional areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Partnerships with community organizations are highly recommended from the ideation phase through the development of the proposal. Proposals will require participation of faculty from both 向日葵视频and UW-Milwaukee as well as community partners.
Criteria for project funding will include:
For more information on this year鈥檚 challenge, as well as past 向日葵视频President鈥檚 Challenge competitions, see /innovation/the-presidents-challenge.php.
Challenge Timeline
June 1, 2022 Application materials available (application and check-in form)
June 16, 2022 Faculty and community networking session (4:30-6pm, 707 HUB,
1102 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI - Register .)
July 28, 2022
Aug. 15, 2022 Check-in forms due from teams intending to apply (check-in form)
Aug.-Sept. Consultation/coaching sessions to assist with project development
Sept. 22, 2022 Budget development workshop (10am, email here for calendar invite) (budget template)
Oct. 7, 2022 Proposals due (application)
Jan. 2023 Expected start date for funded projects
Please email questions to innovation@marquette.edu.