Aug 18, 2026 | Funding
New Department of War Research Funding Opportunities
The U.S. Department of War (DoW) has announced new research and development funding opportunities supporting basic research, early-career investigators and institutional research capacity. Researchers are encouraged...
Aug 18, 2026 | Funding
New Funding Opportunity: NSF Expeditions in Computing
The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering is encouraging the research community to apply to the NSF Expeditions in Computing...
Aug 17, 2026 | Funding
New NSF Funding Opportunities: $1.5B for Foundational Research
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a new suite of 12 Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) representing more than $1.5 billion in funding for...
Aug 11, 2026 | Funding
MTEC Seeks Proposals for FY26 Military Medical Research and Technology Projects
The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) has released its Fiscal Year 2026 Multi-Topic Request for Project Proposals, offering researchers an opportunity to advance medical technologies and...
Aug 10, 2026 | @theU
Finding new osteoarthritis medicines via AI and genetics
U research team discovers new compound that prevents OA-associated changes and promotes cell health.
Aug 7, 2026 | @theU
Americans united by a belief in dignity, divided by their perceptions
Survey of 1,500 U.S. adults examines gap between Americans’ widely shared value of dignity and their perceptions of how people treat one another.
Aug 7, 2026 | @theU
Mindfulness offers cost-effective alternative for treating opioid misuse
Evaluation by U of U health economist finds the MORE program can reduce treatment costs by up to $324,000 per patient.
Aug 6, 2026 | @theU
Scientists identify mushroom behind ‘tiny people’ hallucinations
DNA sequencing links independent reports of ‘Lilliputian’ hallucinations to a single mushroom species—one with no previously identified psychoactive compounds, suggesting the presence of a new hallucinogenic...
Aug 5, 2026 | @theU
Optimizing software: Computing professor’s ‘egg’ downsizes programs to make them more nimble
Research by U’s Pavel Panchekha highlights innovative ways to simplify making compilers, synthesizers and other software tools.
Aug 5, 2026 | Funding
Advance High-Impact Research Through Utah’s New $45 Million Program
Last Update: August 17th, 2026 at 9:00 AM Learn about the Utah AI Moonshot Program and Higher Education Research Funding Pilot Program, and join town halls...
Aug 5, 2026 | @theU
Utah’s historic fire season of 2026
Halfway through fire season, Utah has already broken the record for wooded and forested acres burned in a single year, according to U analysis.
Aug 4, 2026 | Funding
Health Research Funding for Faculty
The Philanthropic Partners Group, organized by the University of Utah Health Research Office, strategically deploys philanthropic funds to accelerate health sciences research that might not yet qualify...
Aug 3, 2026 | Funding
Utah AI Moonshot Program: LOI and Town Hall
University of Utah researchers are invited to learn more about the Utah AI Moonshot Program, a new funding opportunity established through HB 373. A town...
Jul 29, 2026 | Technology Startups
U spinout Epitel raises $26M to expand wireless EEG monitoring
The big picture: University of Utah spinout Epitel has closed a $26 million Series B financing round to expand access to its wireless, AI-assisted electroencephalography technology....
Jul 28, 2026 | @theU
U of U startup builds next-gen CAR-T platform for multiple cancers
Spinout NanoKar Therapeutics is developing a way to fine-tune existing CAR-T treatments so the cells can last longer and work more effectively.
Jul 28, 2026 | @theU
Gene-regulation map reveals treatment targets for heart failure
In collaboration with UC San Diego, U researchers produce first single-cell map of gene regulatory networks driving heart failure.
Jul 27, 2026 | Technology Success Stories
Sam Briggs’ (Theatre) critical pedagogy pilot study published in “Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice”
The research of Department of Theatre’s Assistant Professor & Theatre Teaching Area Head Sam Briggs is featured in "Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice," a journal...
Jul 27, 2026 | Technology Success Stories
Elena Shtromberg (Art & Art History) awarded a Paul Mellon Visiting Senior Fellowship at the National Gallery in Washington D.C.
Department of Art & Art History’s Professor Elena Shtromberg has been awarded a Paul Mellon Visiting Senior Fellowship at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. for...