The Nexus Awards Program is a $15 million program designed to support research, teaching, and event programming at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. The center, which opened in the fall of 2023, aims to bring together those in policy, business, academics, and nonprofits to address global challenges. Now in its third round, Nexus Award Program funding begins on July 1.
Projects from Lauren Gardner, the Alton and Sandra Cleveland Professor in the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering (CaSE), Yury Dvorkin, associate professor of civil and systems engineering and electrical and computer engineering, and Magdalena Klemun, assistant professor of civil and systems engineering, are among those awarded funding.
Funded projects span every academic division of the university and include nearly 150 scholars exploring a broad range of topics, including bird flu preparedness, improving primary care, and global humanitarian food assistance.
The awards are available in three categories:
- Convening: for the development and execution of an academic or policy-focused conference or conference series on any topic.
- Research: for a new area of collaborative work or an expansion of an ongoing area of collaborative work in fundamental, clinical, or applied research, or projects within the arts and humanities.
- Teaching: for undergraduate or graduate courses or co-curricular opportunities. Courses that span multiple departments, schools, or divisions are encouraged.
Recipients from CaSE:
- Convening Award for Sustaining the Gains of Childhood Vaccination in an Uncertain Climate: Andrea Carcelen, William Moss, Shaun Truelove, Lauren Gardner
- Research Award for Project INTERSECT: Building a Coalition for Energy Affordable and Community-Responsive Data Center Expansion: Benjamin Link, Abe Silverman, Magdalena Klemun, Yury Dvorkin, Benjamin Zaitchik
See the full list of Nexus Program Award recipients from Johns Hopkins on The Hub.