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What Is Your Big iDea?

Project Examples

Every major city faces complex problems that require insight from many disciplines. Big iDeas project proposals should be aimed at addressing topics relating to such problems, with a team of at least two students from different disciplines.

You can view previous Big iDea student research proposals that received grants, as well as their updates and related documents, in the Big iDeas Student Research digital collection.

Global Warming Dallas.
What will be the effects of global warming on Dallas? What does Dallas need to do to prepare and to contribute to the solution?

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We're giving big bucks for big solutions that improve the quality of life in Big D.

For the third consecutive year, we are giving 10 undergraduate interdisciplinary teams up to $5,000 each to research and address challenges our area faces.

  • Friday, November 13, 2009
    9:30 a.m., Hughes-Trigg Forum
    Fall Big iDeas Symposium: A Progress Report
  • Friday, January 29, 2010
    2010 proposals are due

Have a few Big iDeas of your own? Here’s how to join.

 


Paul W. Ludden, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
bigiDeas@smu.edu