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THE SMITHSONIAN GRAND CHALLENGES CONSORTIA

The Smithsonian Consortia advance knowledge across disciplines to solve critical global issues of our time.

Our mission is to create new opportunities for interdisciplinary scholarship, research and education within the Smithsonian and beyond. Learn More

  • What It Means to Be American

    The Smithsonian will travel the country in a quest to document, interpret, and present an inclusive story of the American experience.

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  • A Provocative Look at Our Life-Giving Star

    Loop sprays

    A dramatically appealing scientific tool developed by Smithsonian astrophysicists for studying the Sun is now dazzling the public.

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  • Living in the Anthropocene

    People walking

    Tim Johnson and Rick Potts discuss the "Age of Humans" and what it means to live with our environmental effects over the long term.

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  • Reclaiming Identity

    Native healer spinning cotton

    Are the TaÍno, the first Native people to make contact with Christopher Columbus in 1492, really extinct?

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  • Sea to Stars: The Smithsonian in Hawaiʻi

    Deploying Squidpops

    Smithsonian research efforts in Hawaiʻi span cultural and scientific disciplines to investigate questions that range from the sea to the stars.

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Grand Challenges

  • Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet
  • Understanding the American Experience
  • Valuing World Cultures
  • Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe

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