Upcoming

2025 Sloan Research Fellowships

Apply to Internal Competition // Limit: 3 nominations per department.

*Due to the competitive nature of this funding program, the internal competition is run based on the anticipated September 15, 2025 nomination deadline.

The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.

Successful candidates for a Fellowship generally have a strong record of significant independent research accomplishments that demonstrate creativity and the potential to become future leaders in the scientific community. Nominated candidates are normally several years past the completion of their Ph.D. in order to accumulate a competitive record of independent, significant research. The Fellowship amount is $75,000 for a two-year term.

Eligibility:

  • Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field.
  • Candidates must be tenure-track, though untenured, as of September 15 of the nomination year.
  • Candidate’s faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation.

 

Funding Type
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
9/15/2025
Solicitation Type

APS Foundation: 2025 STEM Education Grants - Fall Cycle

Apply to Internal Competition // Limit: 2 // Tickets Available: 2

The submission of this funding program is coordinated by RSD with the assistance of the University of Arizona Foundation. For more information, please contact Cyndi Laughren.
 

The APS Foundation supports programs that enhance academic achievement in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Since 1981, the Foundation has invested more than $44 million in projects throughout Arizona that help prepare students to compete in a 21st century economy.

A workforce proficient in STEM skills is critical to attracting and retaining high-quality businesses and industries to the state. The APS Foundation targets projects that help educators increase content knowledge in STEM subjects as well as the ability to transfer this knowledge effectively to students.

Program Information: 

  • Organizations must be registered as a 501(c)(3) public charity in good financial and public standing.
  • Programs should demonstrate their ability to improve educational outcomes, increase access and/or offer an innovative approach to learning.
  • Programs that support teacher professional development is APS Foundation’s primary focus.
  • Programs that impact students, supporting them in achievements in STEM, are the next priority.
  • Pilot projects may be funded, and those awards are generally in the $10,000 = $30,000.
  • Programs requesting substantial funding (≥$75,000) should demonstrate proof of concept, detailed budget, and have a detailed execution plan.
  • Strong measurements for proof of success are essential, especially for higher dollar asks. (At minimum, a pre, during, and post survey or variation of measurement will be required)
  • Criteria used for evaluation include sustainability, ability to leverage other funding (not required).
  • Programs that serve underserved/under resourced students are well-received.
  • All grantees will have specific reporting requirements and must submit a final evaluation before they can be considered for additional funding.

 

Proposal Tips: 

  • Proposals should be written in lay language.
  • Multi-year funding is not available.
  • New interest in board for AI components in proposals (not required)
  • Higher asks will be scrutinized at a higher level. Please ensure you have a solid description, strong success measurements, and have an established program/project for best chance of being successful.
  • Proposals that involve medical themes are discouraged from applying as the funder has a separate initiative dedicated to medical themes/programming.
  • Seed funding applicants should consider the following questions: What will be measured for the ethicality of the program? What is guiding the assumption for need/success of your proposed project/proposal?  
     
Research Category
Funding Type
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
8/31/2025
Sponsor
Solicitation Type

V Foundation V Scholar Cancer Research Award 2025

Apply to Internal Competition // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

For the V Foundation V Scholar Grant 2025 funding opportunity, the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) can nominate one applicant.

For more information please contact: UACC-PreAward.

Purpose of Award:

The UACC is seeking nominations for the V Scholar Grant call which supports adult cancer research. This award supports tenure-track faculty early in their cancer research career by funding projects that are either laboratory-based fundamental research or translational research. Emphasis for this grant mechanism is on supporting exceptional early career investigators at the Assistant Professor stage to be better positioned to leverage large R01 or similar sustaining grants.

Research on ANY adult cancer type will be funded in this call. 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:

  • Nominated by their Cancer Center Director or similar high ranking research official.
  • Employed at a non-profit research institution (e.g., 501c3, Section 170).
  • Either a US Citizen or a permanent legal resident in the US.
  • Possess at least 2 years post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellowship training. For MDs, a minimum of one year is acceptable if only one year is required for their specialty.
  • Clinical scientists are eligible if the research institution demonstrates that it will fully support the research applicant (e.g., dedicated lab space, committed research time, start-up funds).
  • Must be in a full-time tenure track or tenured faculty position (for e.g., must be eligible to
    apply for PI status on an R01 at your institution). Non-promotable adjunct, affiliated, temporary, part-time, or acting faculty positions are not eligible for Principal Investigator nomination.
  • V Scholar applicants must have been appointed to their first full-time tenure track Assistant Professor position no more than 5 years prior to the nomination due date, and not yet promoted to Associate Professor.
    • Extensions to the 5-year limit may be given on a case-by-case basis to nominees who took parental leave (or other types of leave) during this window. Please contact grants@v.org with the following to obtain approval BEFORE submitting the nomination form:
      • Appointment start date
      • Length of leave
      • Institutional tenure clock stoppages/extensions, if applicable
Funding Type
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
6/2/2025
Sponsor
Solicitation Type

V Foundation Breast Cancer Research Game-Changer Grant

Apply to Internal Competition // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

For the V Foundation Breast Cancer Research Game-Changer Grant 2025 funding opportunity, the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) can nominate one applicant.

For more information please contact: UACC-PreAward.

Purpose of Award:

This request for applications will support breast cancer research specifically at the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Hooters of America, LLC raised these funds through their local franchisees, for the 2024 “Give A Hoot” in the fight against breast cancer campaign and donated them to the V Foundation to support programs at regional cancer centers for breast cancer research. For these raised funds, the University of Arizona Cancer Center was selected as the designated recipient of regional funds in the amount of $186,000. This request for applications is specifically for Breast Cancer Research.

Applicant Eligibility:

  • Nominee must meet all of the following criteria by the nomination due date:
    • Employed at the nominating institution and nominated by their Cancer Center Director or similar high ranking research official.
    • Must be either 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.
       
Funding Type
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
6/9/2025

NSF 24-578: 2025 Hispanic Serving Institutions: Equitable Transformation in STEM Education (ETSE)

Four tracks, see limits below: 

  • Departmental/Division Transformation Track (DDTT) – No institutional limits on proposals
  • Institutional Transformation Track (ITT) - Limit: 1 // Institutionally Coordinated
  • Emerging Faculty Research Track (EFRT) – U of A is NOT ELIGIBLE
  • HSI Program Resource Hubs (Hubs) – U of A is NOT (currently) ELIGIBLE  

HSI Initiatives must coordinate the submission for the Institutional Transformation Track or future Resource Hubs proposals. If you are interested in this funding opportunity, please contact Riley McIsaac.