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Propose a year-long Bass Connections project for 2027-2028!
Bass Connections is now accepting faculty proposals for year-long projects that engage faculty, staff, undergraduates and graduate/professional students in the interdisciplinary exploration of complex societal challenges. Funding typically ranges from $10,000 to $30,000. Maximum funding is $40,000.
The deadline to propose a project is Monday, November 2, at 5 p.m. EST.
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Students Explore AI’s Possibilities Through Interdisciplinary Research
This year, nine project teams are participating in research that directly engages with AI, discovering how AI can bring Duke and DKU closer, make academic publishing fairer, help us understand the past, offer insights into medical research and more.
Interdisciplinary Themes
Brain & Society
Using brain science to help solve society's most pressing problems
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Health Policy & Innovation
Creating solutions to improve health and well-being in the U.S.
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Bass Connections Open
Exploring areas of research that fall outside the scope of the themes listed above
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Energy & Environment
Addressing critical energy and environmental
challenges
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Information, Society & Culture
Exploring the evolution of society and culture through the lens of data
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Pop-Up Themes
Addressing urgent and emergent interdisciplinary challenges
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Global Health
Working creatively and collectively to address health disparities worldwide
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Race & Society
Investigating how race shapes society and lived experience
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Browse All Themes
Each thematic area is hosted by one of Duke's interdisciplinary institutes or initiatives