Research

RTX University Research Program - Five (5) RFPs

Request Ticket // Limit: 25* // Tickets Available: 9

* RTX has invited the University of Arizona to participate in submission to five (5) topic areas (listed below) for funding of up to $100,000/project. Each institution is limited to five (5) submissions per topic area and each faculty member may request one limited submissions ticket for one topic area

Autonomy // Limit: 5 // Tickets Available: 1
H. Rastgoftar (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)

External Deadline
12/2/2025
Internal Deadline
Nov. 17

SebastianStrong Foundation's Discovery Science Award

Request Ticket // Limit: 2 // Tickets Available: 2

Limiting Language
Submissions will be evaluated to ensure they align with our mission and funding criteria. A limit of two proposals may be submitted from the same institution, researcher, or foundation. 

Program Overview
SebastianStrong funds one or more proposals each year that advance meaningful change in pediatric cancer treatment. We are especially interested in research that:

External Deadline
11/30/2025 (LOI)
Internal Deadline
Nov. 21

Strategically Focused Research Network (SFRN) on Earlier Detection and Delaying Progression of Valvular Heart Disease

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

Limiting Language
An institution may submit only one Center (and related Projects) application in response to this RFP.

Purpose

External Deadline
10/29/2026 (Required pre-proposal)
Internal Deadline
Oct. 20

Retirement Research Foundation: Responsive Grants (Nov 2025 Deadline)

Limit: 1 LOI per College

Z. Chen (College of Public Health) - Research Grant
Y. Shirai (COM-T) - Professional Education and Training Grant

Limiting Language
Organizations may submit only one Letter of Inquiry per deadline. Common exceptions include LOIs submitted by separate departments of large universities.

External Deadline
11/1/2025 (LOI)
Internal Deadline
Oct. 24

Brain Research Foundation: 2026 Seed Grant Program

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0

D. Ferguson (COM-P)

Limiting Language
BRF will only accept one LOI per institution

Overview
Brain Research Foundation’s Annual Seed Grant Program was initiated in 1981. The purpose of our program is to provide start-up monies for new research projects in the field of neuroscience that will likely lead to extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other outside funding sources. 

External Deadline
10/23/2025 (LOI)
Internal Deadline
Aug. 27

NSF 25-541: Test Bed: Toward a Network of Programmable Cloud Laboratories

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0
M. Beidaghi (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)

Limiting Language
An institution may submit only a single proposal in response to this solicitation, as the lead institution.

If more than one proposal is submitted from an institution, the first proposal submitted from that institution will be considered, and remaining proposals will be returned without review.

External Deadline
11/20/2025
Internal Deadline
Aug. 27

NCI Research Specialist (Clinician Scientist) Award (R50 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 2025

Limit: 4 // Tickets Available: 3

A.J. Scott (COM-T)

The University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) is coordinating this limited submission. For more information please contact: UACC-PreAward.

Limiting Language

External Deadline
11/4/2025
Internal Deadline
Sept. 15

University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics Project Call - TEES/JHTO-RPP-2025-001

Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 0

O. Zhupanska (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
M. Krunz (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
B. Revil-Baudard (Materials and Science Engineering)

Limiting Language:

Each PPP is limited to a maximum of four PIs. No university shall exceed leading three PPPs. Candidate must be a University Consortium Member prior to submitting a Notice of Intent (NOI)

Topics: 

External Deadline
10/1/2025 (Notice of Intent), 10/31/2025 (Prototype Project Proposals)
Internal Deadline
Aug. 15