Completed

Institutionally Coordinated 

National Need Areas:

1. Advancing the Understanding and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Postsecondary Education (Absolute Priorities 1 and 2)
2. Promoting Civil Discourse on College and University Campuses (Absolute Priority 3) 
   C. Simmons (Office of the Provost)
3. Promoting Accreditation Reform (Absolute Priorities 4 and 5)
4. Supporting Capacity-Building for High-Quality Short-Term Programs (Absolute Priorities 6 and 7)
   E. Burke (Student Engagement and Career Development)

Limiting Language 
An eligible entity may submit only one (1) grant application under an area of national need as the lead applicant. An entity can be included as a partner in multiple applications. The eligible entity may apply to all four (4) areas of national need as the lead applicant but must submit a separate grant application for each area of national need.

Program Overview
In order to support these four crucial needs, this competition includes seven absolute priorities under which applicants can apply: two priorities dedicated to advancing the understanding and use of AI in postsecondary education (Absolute Priorities 1 and 2), one priority dedicated to promoting civil discourse on college and university campuses (Absolute Priority 3), two priorities within promoting accreditation reform (Absolute Priorities 4 and 5), and two priorities for capacity-building for high-quality short-term programs (Absolute Priorities 6 and 7). The Department intends to award $50 million to advance AI in Education, $60 million to promote civil discourse on college and university campuses, $7 million to support accreditation reform, and $50 million for high-quality short-term programs. The Department may adjust these estimates based on interest and quality of applications.

Limit: 2 // Tickets Available: 1

Translational Research Grant - C. Curiel (Dermatology)

The University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) is coordinating this limited submission. For more information please contact: UACC-PreAward. If you have any question concerning eligibility and details regarding the opportunity, please contact the Grants Team at Grants@v.org.

Limiting Language
The University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) can nominate up to two proposals: one Translational nominee and one All-Star Translational nominee (if eligible) for the V Foundation Adult Translational Cancer Research Award 2026.

Purpose of Award:

The UACC is seeking nominations for the Translational Adult Cancer Research Grant which advances basic laboratory discoveries towards clinical use, ultimately improving human health.

This grant is restricted to adult cancer research in the preclinical or translational space, with a focus on bench-to-bedside strategies. Research on ANY adult cancer type is eligible. Applicants may propose cancer research projects that:

• Move a novel strategy from the laboratory into a human clinical trial, or
• Use specimens from a clinical trial to test hypotheses, develop biomarkers, or establish mechanisms.

The research must apply in a direct way to human beings within 3 years of the grant’s completion. If biomarker research is undertaken, a validation set or independent clinical trial is essential. Proposals must include a plan for biomarker validation, if applicable. The endpoint of the project should be the planning or initiation of a new clinical trial or conducting an investigator-initiated trial with laboratory correlates that test hypotheses. Research areas not included in this scope are epidemiology, behavioral science, and health services research.

Applicant Eligibility

Nominee must meet all of the following criteria by the nomination due date:

• Be nominated by their Cancer Center Director or similar high ranking research official.
• Be employed at a non-profit research institution (e.g., 501c3, Section 170).
• Be a US Citizen or have a legal permit (temporary or permanent) to work in the US.
• Hold a full-time faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor or Assistant Professor-equivalent level or above. Non-promotable, adjunct, affiliated, temporary, part-time or acting faculty positions are not eligible for Principal Investigator nomination.
• Additional criteria for All Star eligibility:
  • Must have previously been awarded a V Foundation research grant as the lead PI and must meet at least ONE of the following criteria by the nomination deadline:
    1. Have a completed V Foundation research grant or
    2. Be in the final year of an active V Foundation grant (received final payment and on track to finish by grant end date).
    • Must have been the lead PI on the V Foundation research grant from start to finish.
    • Must have all financial and progress reports up to date.
    • Must not have a current V Foundation All-Star grant.
    • Must not have only received V Foundation non-research/Mission grant(s).

Funding Information:

A four-year, $800,000 grant, paid in $200,000 annual installments. Indirect costs up to 10% of direct costs allowed. For All Star: the total grant award is $1,000,000 over a five-year period, with annual payments of $200,000.

The V Foundation follows NIH salary cap guidelines. Institutions may supplement a grant recipient’s salary with institutional funds, if desired.

Limit: 25* // Tickets Available: 10

* 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 tenure track faculty member may request one limited submissions ticket for one topic area. 

Autonomy // Limit: 5 // Tickets Available: 0
H. Rastgoftar (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
M. Chertkov (Applied Mathematics)
J. Thanga (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
E. Azimi (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
N. Risso  (Mining Engineering and Mineral Resources)

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing // Limit: 5 // Tickets Available: 1
P. Deymier (Materials Science and Engineering) 
E. Madenci (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
V. Yurkiv (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
B. Chalifoux (Optical Sciences)

Microelectronics // Limit: 5 // Tickets Available: 5

Digital Lifecycle // Limit: 5 // Tickets Available: 3
A. Salado (Systems and Industrial Engineering)
H. Budinoff (Systems and Industrial Engineering)

Integrated Battlespace // Limit: 5 // Tickets Available: 4
B. Bash (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Program and Submission Details:
For more information on each of these topics of interest, login to box and click here. Please note technical data is strictly prohibited. 

The full submissions consists of: 

• Acknowledgement of Terms of Use and agreement that no Technical Data is included.
• 700 Word Description including: relevance of your proposed project to the specific technology needs; how the work will advance the field of research; how the deliverables and outcomes would lead to a continued and deeper research partnership with RTX businesses; opportunities for future collaborations with institutions, organizations, or experts; follow-on funding opportunities and specific funding agencies who would have interest in the technology, and the outcomes necessary to stimulate that interest.
• Scope of Work (SOW) that breaks down the proposed project into tasks explaining in brief terms how you would secure and allocate resources; how you address any risks, including delays; defined tasks and their associated milestones, schedule, and deliverables.
• Budget Form 

Topics of Interest: 

1. Autonomy
2. Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
3. Microelectronics
4. Digital Lifecycle
5. Integrated Battlespace

Upcoming Informational Webinars
Please note that webinars will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend and have questions, please contact Christine Gemelli, Director for University Relations and Technical Learning at RTX, at christine.gemelli2@rtx.com. 

New Date:  Microelectronics
Monday November 10, 10 to 11:00 am (Arizona time)
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16124740608?pwd=Vkk3ZWFSM25COUJMeTRNdU83cktNUT09&omn=1600648772&from=addon
Meeting ID: 161 2474 0608 | Passcode: 615506


Integrated Battlespace
Friday November 7, 1:30 to 2:30 pm (Arizona time)
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16124740608?pwd=Vkk3ZWFSM25COUJMeTRNdU83cktNUT09&omn=1618313830&from=addon 
Meeting ID: 161 2474 0608 | Passcode: 615506

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
Monday November 17 1pm to 2 pm (Arizona time)
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16124740608?pwd=Vkk3ZWFSM25COUJMeTRNdU83cktNUT09&omn=1613346598&from=addon 
Meeting ID: 161 2474 0608 | Passcode: 615506

Digital Lifecycle
Friday, November 7, 8 am to 9 am (Arizona time)
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16124740608?pwd=Vkk3ZWFSM25COUJMeTRNdU83cktNUT09&omn=1608750769&from=addon
Meeting ID: 161 2474 0608
Passcode: 615506

Autonomy
Friday, November 7, 9 am to 10 am (Arizona time)
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16124740608?pwd=Vkk3ZWFSM25COUJMeTRNdU83cktNUT09&omn=1609280784&from=addon
Meeting ID: 161 2474 0608
Passcode: 615506
 

Limit: 1 per research group

A. Acharya (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) 

Limiting Langauge 
Only one predoctoral applicant per research group may apply for this award. If multiple applicants apply, they will automatically be ineligible. Potential applicants and their thesis advisors should decide who will apply.

Overview 
The PhRMA Foundation’s Predoctoral Fellowship in Value Assessment-Health Outcomes Research (VA-HOR) is designed to support promising students (U.S. and non-U.S. citizens) during advanced stages of training and thesis research in value assessment and health outcomes research.

Limit: 3 // Tickets Available: 0

J. Duran (Confluence Center for Creative Inquiry)
E. White (Public and Applied Humanities)
J.P. Jones (School of Geography, Development and Environment) 

Limiting Language:
Each institution may submit no more than three applications to Mellon for consideration. 

Eligibility
The Principal Investigator (PI), or applicant, must be a faculty member and/or dean in a program or department in the humanities or humanistic social sciences at the applicant institution. The PI may also be the institution’s provost/chief academic officer. Applications that do not include a CV for the PI will be disqualified from consideration. 

Overview
Full sponsor guidelines are linked here.

In the interest of maintaining a grantmaking portfolio that supports inquiry into issues of vital social, cultural, and historical import, the Higher Learning program at the Mellon Foundation invites eligible institutions of higher education to submit ideas for research and/or curricular projects focused on either of the two areas listed below. Projects should engage teams of scholars and/or students, and have visible, enduring impact at the institution. The two topical areas for the call are:

• Unruly Intelligences
• Normalization and Its Discontents

The Mellon Higher Learning team will review all eligible submissions and invite a small number of the most promising concepts to be developed into full proposals for potential grant funding. In consideration of the anticipated volume of concept submissions, we are unable to provide feedback on preliminary concepts.

No Applicants // 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:

• Focuses on pediatric cancers with low survival rates or high relapse rates
• Has transitional potential within 36 months
• Pursues underfunded or unconventional approaches that could change the status quo

Limit: 5 // Tickets Available: 1

A. Mukherjee (College of Public Health) 
S. Park (College of Nursing)
T. Kistner (Nutritional Sciences)
G. Leite (Pediatric Hematology Oncology, COM-T)

Limiting Language 
A maximum of five applications will be accepted from one institution in any one grant cycle; it is the responsibility of the Principal Investigators and the host institution to coordinate the number of applications submitted. Institutions are encouraged to contact us to discuss  the prioritization of their applications, if needed.

Program Overview
The WCRF/AICR Network was among the first to recognise and support research on how lifestyle factors could reduce cancer risk and improve survivorship. Three Expert Reports, four decades of funding research projects, annual conferences highlighting the latest research and the Global Cancer Update Programme (formerly Continuous Update Programme), have all cemented  the WCRF/AICR Network as the most trusted source of the latest evidence. 

The concepts pioneered by the WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations are now the mainstay of public health cancer (and other noncommunicable diseases) prevention initiatives and clinical practice. Despite this huge success, cancer incidence rates and the burden of disease remain unacceptably high so the urgent demand for progress remains. 

The WCRF/AICR Network has always been at the forefront of innovative research, new ideas and fostering progress in the field of diet, nutrition  and cancer. As part of our continued commitment to accelerating progress, WCRF International  is running the INSPIRE Research Challenge,  in parallel with our Regular Grant Programme. 

The INSPIRE Research Challenge is aimed at  Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and will prioritise innovative, bold, and creative proposals with the potential to catalyse rapid and impactful advances in cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship.

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0
G. Stickney (Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers)

Limiting Language
The University of Arizona may submit one application.

Opportunity Overview
Angel Charity for Children, Inc. is a nonprofit organization of 250 devoted volunteer members. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for children in Pima County. This is accomplished through an established program of fundraising for the beneficiaries selected annually by the General Membership. We are fortunate that for 43 years, we have positively impacted the lives of over 1.2 million children in our community through the donation of almost $35 million dollars to 152 projects. 

WHAT WE FUND 
Angel Charity for Children, Inc. is accepting Opportunity Grant requests in 2026 for $10,000 to $75,000. 
Applicants must serve children aged 18 and under in Pima County. 

The agency must be a tax-exempt organization as determined by the IRS, having held this status for a minimum of three years. 

We fund Opportunity Grants that directly benefit children in Pima County for: 
● Purchase Equipment/Personal Property/Asset 
● Program Expenses 
● Combination of Both 

An agency may not apply this year if it was chosen as a beneficiary last year. Private “operating” foundations are eligible to apply, but private foundations are not. 

Grant requests must benefit a majority (51% or more) of children within Pima County to be considered. A variety of children’s needs are considered for funding regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual preference or national origin. 

For a list of past beneficiaries, including types of requests and amounts funded, please refer to the Angel Charity website www.AngelCharity.org, click “What We Do”, then “History of Giving

Due to application requirements, the University of Arizona is not able to participate in this opportunity.

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

Limiting Language 
Only one proposal submission per state, higher education system, or institutional cluster will be accepted. Lumina encourages collaboration among agencies, organizations, and colleges and universities when developing responses. If multiple responses are received, Lumina will alert the parties and invite them to make a joint submission.

Eligibility
The following entities are eligible to apply to the Great Admissions Redesign:

• State agencies
• State systems of higher education that include public, nonprofit colleges and/or universities
• A group of three or more public or private, nonprofit colleges and/or universities (this may include a community college district serving three or more institutions)

Program Overview
For years, students and families have shouldered most of the responsibility when it comes to navigating college admissions. But over the past decade, states, systems, and institutions have started asking a different question: What if the process worked better for students from the start?

That shift has opened the door to bold new ideas. Redesigning admissions means moving away from “the way we’ve always done it” and toward a student-centered approach. Think: automated, proactive, and streamlined systems that make it easier for more students to step into higher education.

We’re excited to support that transformation. Nearly $3.3 million in grants are now available through our 2026–2027 cycle. If you’re ready to build the admissions process of the future, we invite you to apply for one of three new funding opportunities.

Three types of opportunities:

1. Exploration grants will be awarded to states, systems, and institutions seeking to better understand the potential of redesigned admissions systems through information gathering and/or coalition building. Recipients will receive $50,000 to $100,000 each.
2. Planning grants will be awarded to states, systems, and institutions in the early stages of strategic planning to create a new admissions redesign program or add a new dimension to an existing admissions redesign effort. Recipients will receive $50,000 to $100,000 each.
3. Implementation grants will provide resources for leading states, systems, and institutions to augment and scale redesigned admissions processes. Recipients will receive up to $500,000 each.