LINC (Learn, Innovate, Network, and Collaborate) is a new collaboration formed by leaders across the University to bolster UMN’s interdisciplinary capabilities with the aim of increasing system-wide connections and information sharing to address today’s complex challenges and better position the UMN for new and larger funding opportunities. LINC’s mission is to foster a collaborative ecosystem among the hundreds of centers, institutes, and offices at the University of Minnesota, enabling strategic coordination, interdisciplinary collaboration, and resource mobilization that drives high-impact initiatives and increases our competitiveness for a variety of funding opportunities to help solve society’s most pressing challenges.