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
Schedule
April 14 sessions
Welcome Address and Federal Update
General Session:
Update from NSF’s Office of Award Management, Financial Assistance Requirements Branch (formerly Policy Office)
Concurrent Session:
National Endowment for the Arts
Concurrent Session:
Fellowship Opportunities with AAAS
Member-led Session:
‘I’d Prefer Not To’: Engaging the Bartlebys in Grants Development at Your Institution
General Session: Liberal Arts and Humanities Opportunities with the Teagle Foundation
April 15 sessions
General Session:
NIH Extramural Research Update
Concurrent Session:
Fellowships Abroad
Concurrent Session:
Support for Education Research and Postsecondary Success
Concurrent Session:
Science Research with the Dreyfus Foundation and Beckman Foundation
Concurrent Session:
Funding in Environmental Education and Conservation Research
General Session:
USDA NIFA Food Safety, Nutrition, and Food Loss and Waste
Keynote Address: Jack Hawkins, Jr., chancellor, Troy University (AL)
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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