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= Overview =

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span">The National Academy of Engineers</span><span class="Apple-style-span">&nbsp;(</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span">[http://www.nae.edu/ <span style="color:#000000;">NAE</span>]</span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span">)</span><span class="Apple-style-span">&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span">Grand Challenges Scholars&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt; white-space: pre-wrap; text-indent: 36pt;">Program (GCSP) supports challenges to conquer the greatest engineering challenges of the 21st century. Using input from across the country, the NAE identified 14 areas in need of engineering sol</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt; white-space: pre-wrap; text-indent: 36pt;">utions in the 21st century. Within these 14 areas, the GCSP developed a combined, co-, and extra-curricular program that is intended to prepare the next generation of students to address the challenges within society. The GCSP is an outcomes-based program that is designed to inspire a movement within the participant's local ecosystem. The goal is to pilot innovative educational approaches for engineering students and encourage students to engage with a diverse group of their peers from across the globe to solve the challenges that are crucial for the survival of generations to come.</span></span></span>