2026 GRC Virtual Funding Summit
Colleagues from campuses across the country will receive the latest news on agencies and programs of interest to research administrators, faculty, and staff by exploring a range of funding opportunities and policy updates that can benefit your campus.
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Empower your campus with exclusive grant insights.
The summit’s agenda is packed with the latest grant information to support your campus’ mission, offering faculty and administration an opportunity to hear directly from a wide range of government funding agencies and private foundations. Sessions will highlight funding opportunities that can enhance campus programs, support faculty researchers, and improve student success. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions directly to speakers from federal agencies and foundations. Member-led sessions will be available so participants can learn from their colleagues across the country.
Who should participate?
- Sponsored research/programs officers
- Faculty
- Principal investigators
- Project directors
- Vice presidents of research
- Provosts/chief academic officers
- Deans and department chairs
How will you benefit?
- Expand knowledge of various funding programs
- Hear real-time funding information from speakers
- Gain best practices in the sponsored program space from fellow colleagues
Preliminary Schedule at a Glance
| 10:45–11:50 a.m. | Welcome Address and Federal Update
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| 12-12:50 p.m. | General Session: Update from NSF’s Office of Award Management, Financial Assistance Requirements Branch (formerly Policy Office) This session will cover new developments at NSF—programs, policies, and NSF reorganization efforts.
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| 1–1:50 p.m. | Concurrent Session: National Endowment for the Arts This session will cover funding for a range of arts projects that support education, community development, and public engagement. It will also feature a close look at grant programs that support research into the impact of the arts on American society.
Concurrent Session:
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| 2–3 p.m. | Break |
| 3–3:50 p.m. | Member-led Session: ‘I’d Prefer Not To’: Engaging the Bartlebys in Grants Development at Your Institution In this active-learning session we will crowdsource ways of persuading faculty and staff at state colleges and universities to consider pursuing grant funding when there aren’t a lot of incentives to do so. Through the use of polls and brief discussions, we’ll discover our common barriers and ways to overcome them.
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| 4–4:50 p.m. | General Session: Liberal Arts and Humanities Opportunities with the Teagle Foundation The Teagle Foundation focuses on broadening participation in the liberal arts and humanities, particularly through collaborations. This session will focus on two of Teagle’s higher education initiatives–Cornerstone: Learning for Living and Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts.
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| 11-11:50 a.m. | General Session: NIH Extramural Research Update This session will address emerging issues associated with extramural research at NIH.
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| 12-12:50 p.m. | Concurrent Session: Fellowships Abroad Attendees will learn about BSF opportunities for scientific research and collaboration with scientists in Israel across a wide range of scientific disciplines. The session will also feature an overview of the Chateaubriand Fellowship Program, offered by the Villa Albertine French Institute for Culture and Education, which provides doctoral students at U.S. institutions the opportunity to conduct science or humanities research in France.
Concurrent Session:
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| 1–1:50 p.m. | Concurrent Session: Science Research with the Dreyfus Foundation and Beckman Foundation Attendees will learn about the latest funding opportunities from two leading foundations focused on supporting scientific research.
Concurrent Session:
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| 2–3 p.m. | Break |
| 3–3:50 p.m. | General Session: USDA NIFA Food Safety, Nutrition, and Food Loss and Waste Attendees will learn about funding opportunities and program priorities.
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| 4–4:50 p.m. | Keynote Address
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Confirmed Speakers
Sabrina
Berg
Associate Program Officer
ECMC Foundation
Suzie
Boxman
Senior Director of Programs
Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF)
Ali
Chunovic
Senior Program Manager
Dreyfus Foundation
Jennifer
Deering
Proposal Development Specialist
University of Central Arkansas
Bryan
Fahrback
Associate Program Officer
ECMC Foundation
Sheila
Fleischhacker
National Science Liaison – Nutrition and Food Safety and Acting USDA Food Loss and Waste Liaison
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Heni
Haring
Assistant Director
U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation
Jack
Hawkins Jr.
Chancellor
Troy University (AL)
Anne
Hultgren
Executive Director and CEO
Beckman Foundation
Xanthia
James
Program Officer
National Science Foundation
Jon
Lorsch
Deputy Director for Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health
Melissa
Menzer
Program Analyst
National Endowment for the Arts
Loni Bordoloi
Pazich
Senior Program Director
The Teagle Foundation
Mehrab
Sarwar
Recruitment Director, Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
John Patrick
Walsh
Assistant Vice President for Federal Relations
AASCU
Charles L.
Welch
President and CEO
AASCU
George L.
Wimberly
Director of Professional Development
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
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