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The Great Admissions Redesign

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

Limiting Language 
Only one proposal submission per state, higher education system, or institutional cluster will be accepted. Lumina encourages collaboration among agencies, organizations, and colleges and universities when developing responses. If multiple responses are received, Lumina will alert the parties and invite them to make a joint submission.

Eligibility
The following entities are eligible to apply to the Great Admissions Redesign:

External Deadline
11/3/2025
Internal Deadline
Oct. 27, 2025

From Campus to Career: Advancing Career-Connected High-Impact Practices (HIPs)

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The office of Hispanic Serving Institutions is coordinating the submission to this funding opportunity.

Opportunity Overview 
Lumina Foundation is seeking letters of interest for a grant opportunity for up to 15 institutions to scale career-connected HIPs on their campuses. Applicants must seek to pursue ambitious and innovative HIPs strategies, but the benefits extend far beyond the direct funding to support this work, including:

External Deadline
10/24/2025

Conservation, Food & Health Foundation Grants - 2026 Grant Round 1

The University of Arizona is ineligible for this cycle due to updated limiting language: "The Foundation will consider only one proposal from an organization in any calendar year". The next cycle the University of Arizona is eligible for will occur with a June 15, 2026 concept application deadline. 

External Deadline
12/22/2025
Internal Deadline
Oct. 1, 2025

Nordstrom Community Grants

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0 
E. Sparks (Cooperative Extension)

Limiting Language
Only one application per organization can be considered.  

Program Desciption
Nordstrom is dedicated to supporting causes that support youth and families. We award over $1 million in Community Grants each year across the U.S. as part of this commitment.
The Community Grants program is designed to support hyper-local grassroots organizations addressing critical community needs within our focus areas of:

External Deadline
10/31/2025
Internal Deadline
Oct. 6, 2025

Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1 - Clinical Trial Optional) - January 2026 Deadline

No Applicants // Limit: 2 // Tickets Available: 2

Limiting Language
Two applications per institution (with a Unique Entity Identifier ) and a unique NIH eRA Institutional Profile File (IPF) number) are allowed per review round. The same or a similar topic may be submitted for subsequent review rounds involving the same or a similar team, but must be presented as a New application, not a Resubmission.

Program Description 

External Deadline
1/27/2026
Internal Deadline
Oct. 22, 2025