As the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) Sandpit 2020 continues, eight faculty teams have formed and are crafting their innovative, interdisciplinary research projects to tackle Los Angeles County’s toughest sustainability challenges.
Read more →This fall, more than 60 UCLA faculty are participating in a novel approach to developing research projects that address sustainability challenges in Los Angeles, the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Sandpit 2020. The cross-campus exercise will culminate in a pitch event on December 7, where research teams will compete for a funding award of up to $1 million.
Read more →The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge is pleased to invite all UCLA faculty to participate in the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) Sandpit 2020. The cross-campus exercise will culminate in a funding award up to $1 million for promising research.
Read more →The mission of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) is to harness UCLA’s research, expertise and education to help Los Angeles transform into the world’s most sustainable megacity by 2050. The COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement have made it clear that we cannot achieve this mission without a stronger commitment to social and environmental justice. Without equity and justice for all, there can be no sustainability.
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