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<u>The Grand Challenges SScholars Program</u>&nbsp;(GCSP) is a selective, three-year program that will attract, retain, and graduate future leaders who are equipped to solve engineering grand challenges facing our society today and in the future. The Grand Challenge Scholar (GCS) will achieve in-depth understanding of their technical areas in the context of research related to a Grand Challenge problem while also gaining interdisciplinary, entrepreneurial, global, and service learning expertise and experiences. Grand Challenge Scholars will be prepared to be global leaders, in all sectors: academe, government, and industry. The program assists proactive and dedicated students to hone their academic aptitude into producing solutions to modern engineering problems.

The <u>The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization</u> identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.&nbsp; Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]