Issue: ORN-2026-35

New Jersey Health Foundation Grants Program

We are pleased to announce a new award cycle for our New Jersey Health Foundation Grants Program.   New Jersey Health Foundation has awarded over $80 million through this program since its inception.

Faculty and personnel from your organization will be eligible to apply for a grant beginning September 14, 2026.   For this cycle, applications will be accepted from September 14, 2026 through November 16, 2026.  The anticipated grant start date is March 1, 2027. More detailed information, including the Policies & Procedures and FAQ’s for each program can also be found on our website.

Here is a snapshot of the procedure:

1. After adhering to all your applicable school protocols for submitting a grant request, an applicant submits his/her proposal through the application portal.  The link to the portal will be available on the  New Jersey Health Foundation website.
2. Following the submission deadline, applications are reviewed by the New Jersey Health Foundation review committee, composed of members of the New Jersey Health Foundation Board of Directors plus members of the medical, pharmaceutical, and business communities. 
3. After the review process, all applicants will be notified by e-mail as to the status of their applications and next steps. New Jersey Health Foundation does not release final scores or comments.
4. Final narrative and financial reports for awarded grants will be due by April 28, 2028.

Please don’t hesitate to e-mail researchgrant@njhf.org with any questions.

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ARPA-H is funding the future of health—new awards & opportunities

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) funds high-impact, innovative health research focused on solving complex challenges that can significantly improve health outcomes. Using diverse funding mechanisms, ARPA-H can address the critical challenges that traditional research and private industry cannot. Below are the areas in which ARPA-H is currently soliciting research applications. You can also learn more about our research focus areas and access submission resources.  ARPA-H is committed to fair consideration of all proposals. We recognize the investment of time and resources in applications.

FASTPASS

• Asking... What if we could verify the quality and safety of every dose of every medicine, every time?
• Next up: A hybrid Proposers’ Day will be held on Sept 10. Sign up by noon ET today to attend. Solution summaries are due September 21.
• Learn more!

 STREAM

• Asking... What if we could reduce American herbicide exposure from farm to table without raising the grocery bill
• Next up: Solution summaries are due September 14.
• Learn more!

 ASCENT-IBO

• Goal... To reimagine opioid use disorder treatment through safe, rigorous clinical research on ibogaine.
• Next up: A hybrid Proposers’ Day will be held on Sept 15. Sign up by 5pm ET on September 7 to attend. Solution summaries are requested by October 15.
• Learn more!

 Small Business Opportunities

• Next up: Encouraged proposal packages are due at noon ET on September 11 for Topics 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Packages for Topic 5 are due October 1.
• Learn more!

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NSF launches three new Science and Technology Centers with $90M investment in transformative research

The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $90 million over five years to support three new NSF Science and Technology Centers (NSF STC). These centers will advance American leadership in science and technology, strengthen the nation's STEM workforce, and accelerate innovation in fields ranging from artificial intelligence and biotechnology to fusion energy and robotics.

The three centers will bring together researchers from universities, national laboratories, industry, and other partners to pursue ambitious, collaborative research. Each center will receive approximately $6 million annually for an initial five-year period, with the opportunity to compete for up to five additional years of support.

• The Center for Transformative Explorations in Multi-Physics and Engineering of Scientific Turbulence (TEMPEST), led by Michigan State University, aims to tackle one of the most challenging problems in physics and engineering: understanding and controlling turbulence. Turbulence is the chaotic, multiscale motion of fluids and plasmas and plays a critical role in fusion energy and national security applications, yet scientists still cannot reliably predict how complex turbulent systems behave across vastly different scales.
• The Center for Genome Intelligence Engineering (GENIE), led by Northwestern University, will develop new ways to understand cell function with the goal of learning to prevent and potentially reverse declines in cell function. Researchers will study how DNA is organized in 3D, which helps determine each cell’s identity and function. 
• The Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation, led by The University of Texas at Austin, will study how people and robots can securely and effectively adapt to one another as service and assistive robots become more common in homes, hospitals, workplaces, and public spaces.