Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2025-44

Discover the Power of Innovation with the NSF Funded Accelerating Research Translation (ART) National Network

The NSF ART National Network brings together a nationwide community of institutions funded through the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program and its Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). As the first initiative of its kind, the ART Network connects pioneering universities, research institutes, and colleges across the United States—each dedicated to turning cutting-edge research into real-world solutions. Together, we’re building bridges between academia, industry, and communities to drive meaningful innovation and societal impact. Our newsletters showcase the people, projects, and partnerships transforming discovery into progress. From breakthrough technologies to collaborative success stories, the ART Network highlights how translational research is shaping a better, more sustainable future.

Stay informed. Stay inspired: Join the ART Network community and explore how research translation is changing lives—one innovation at a time. Please see additional information on the ART Network Portal website. Membership with access to national databases of NSF ART funded technologies in translation at universities across the nation, technology innovators and collaborators, industry parterres, ARTISAN (Accelerating Research Translation Student Ambassador Network) students, please visit the ART Network Portal Membership website.

The membership is free, but the benefits are outreaching. Join today!

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New Jersey Health Foundation Funding Opportunities

New Jersey Health Foundation is now accepting applications for the recently announced cycle of its Annual Grant Program. Applications will be accepted electronically only through the New Jersey Health Foundation grant portal (https://webportalapp.com/sp/2026_njhealth) through November 19, 2025.  The link to the portal, along with Policies & Procedures and FAQs, can also be found on our website (www.njhealthfoundation.org) under the Grants program section.  Applications will not be accepted after the deadline. 

This year’s grant cycle is once again comprised of our two different programs.  Our Research Grants program supports early innovative research projects that demonstrate exciting potential and help researchers qualify for larger grants.  Our Community Health, Behavioral and Social Science, Social Service & Education Grants Program funds health-related community, education and social service projects as well as behavioral and social science projects that address issues impacting society.  Full-time faculty members, staff and other personnel are eligible to apply for grants of up to $50,000 each under the Research Grant program and up to $35,000 each under the Community Health, Behavioral and Social Science, Social Service & Education Grant program.

Prior to submission to New Jersey Health Foundation, all applicants must follow their organization’s standard approval protocols and procedures. Grant applications will be reviewed by the New Jersey Health Foundation Review Committee. 

If you have any questions, please contact your college Director of Research, or send an e-mail to researchgrant@njhf.org.

Due to federal government shutdown, there are no new FOA posted. The most recent postings are listed below. 

NSF: NSF National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-Corps (TM) Teams) program; Accelerating Research Translation (ART)

NIH: Forecast: Bioengineering Research, Innovation and Technology Education (BRITE) Program (R25); BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: Biological Technologies; Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026

Department of Energy: Magnetic Acceleration Generating New Innovations and Tactical Outcomes (MAGNITO)

NASA: ROSES 2025: B.4 Space Weather Science Application Research-to-Operations-to-Research

Upcoming White House cyber strategy to seek more involvement with private sector:  President Donald Trump’s national cybersecurity strategy is expected to draw in more partnerships with the private sector while setting principles that seek to avoid an overly-prescriptive or regulation-heavy approach to cyber directives, the White House’s national cyber director said Thursday at the Palo Alto Networks public sector summit in Virginia. The sweeping strategy document is currently being crafted and its authors have sought input from groups across the government, said Sean Cairncross, who was confirmed to his post leading federal cyber strategy over the summer. “Everyone is looking to speed resiliency … looking to modernize, and we are all moving in the same direction,” he said, noting that he would “look forward” to working with the cybersecurity community. “The second thing I would say, in terms of the private sector, is we will be socializing things moving forward.” Though Cairncross’s sentiment is fairly common for the development of sweeping cyber policy, his remarks help illustrate moves the second Trump administration is taking to seek more buy-in from cybersecurity companies that provide hefty contracting support to many U.S. government agencies, including offices in the Defense Department and intelligence community. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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NVIDIA announces new quantum-integrated computing architecture: NVIDIA will undertake a new partnership to bring advanced artificial intelligence and quantum computing capabilities to the Department of Energy’s national laboratory apparatus, the company’s CEO, Jensen Huang, announced at the NVIDIA GTC event Tuesday. NVIDIA’s NVQLink — a new computing architecture that combines classical computing and early-stage quantum computing systems — aims to offer scientists advanced computing capabilities through access to stabilized qubits. Private sector partners tapped by NVIDIA to help provide some of the hardware systems include companies Alice & Bob, Atom Computing, Quantinuum, Quantum Circuits Inc., QuEra, Rigetti, Silicon Quantum Computing, IonQ and more. In unveiling NVQLink, Huang also said that NVIDIA, Oracle, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright are set to deploy two AI-ready supercomputers at Argonne National Laboratory. The computers, named Solstice and Equinox, will contain 100,000 and 10,000 of NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPUs, respectively, and are expected to be operational in the first half of 2026. Between launching NVQLink and announcing the debut of Solstice and Equinox, Huang made the case that NVIDIA’s technology stack will be central to the future of computing, which, in turn, is also central to advancements in critical sciences. More information is posted on the NextGov website.