St. Baldrick's Foundation 2026 Summer Fellowship Awards

Request Ticket // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

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Institutions may submit only one (1) new Summer Fellow application per year. 

Program Overview
St. Baldrick's offers Summer Fellowship Awards, funding stipends for undergraduate, graduate, or medical school students to work in a pediatric oncology setting for a summer. The total award, paid to the mentor's institution, is $5,000.

External Deadline
2/20/2026
Internal Deadline
Feb. 9, 2026

2026 Mary Kay Ash Foundation (MKAF) Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant

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

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External Deadline
2/1/2026
Internal Deadline
Jan. 12, 2026

2026 V Foundation Adult Translational and All-Star Translational Cancer Research Award

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.

External Deadline
12/5/2025 (Nomination); 1/9/2026 (Application)
Internal Deadline
Nov. 24

FFAR 2026 New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0

A. Favela (Plant Science)

Deadline note: This selection process is running with an anticipated deadline. We will inform all applicants of relevant updates in the guidelines, submission deadlines, and eligibility as soon as more information becomes available.

Limiting Language
Institutions may submit one nominee to the New Innovator Award program.

Eligibility 

External Deadline
2/19/2026 (Anticipated)
Internal Deadline
Nov. 19

RTX University Research Program - Five (5) RFPs

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)

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

Value Assessment and Health Outcomes Research Predoctoral Fellowship

Limit: 1 per research group

A. Acharya (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) 

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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.

External Deadline
10/30/2025
Internal Deadline
Oct. 23

Mellon Foundation - Higher Learning 2026 Open Call for Concepts

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) 

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

External Deadline
12/1/2025 (registration forms due); 2/17/2026 (full application)
Internal Deadline
Nov. 12