Announcements & Deadlines
The Research & Innovation Office and New Frontiers Grant partners—the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the School of Education—announced  winners in the New Frontiers Grant Program, a novel initiative designed to foster new, interdisciplinary research directions for CU Boulder.
The 2025 Workforce Development Seed Grants reflect the university's deep commitment to preparing CU Boulder students—and learners across the region—for meaningful, future-ready careers.
Physics Professor Cindy Regal is one of eight investigators recognized for curiosity-driven research in chemistry or physics. Also a part of NIST and JILA, Regal will receive up to $2 million over five years.
Shelby Ross, a doctoral student in geography, is a 2025–26 Elouise Cobell Dissertation Writing-Year Fellow.
Village Center Dining is the recipient of the 2025 Greenest University Restaurant Award from the Green Restaurant Association, a national nonprofit organization. The award recognizes how the dining center has gone above and beyond to adopt sustainable practices.
The CU Research Computing group, along with key colleagues across CU, are preparing a proposal for the NSF Advanced Computing Systems & Services program to build a high-performance computing system designed to support research in quantum science and engineering. Please express your interest by May 20.
Venture Partners at CU Boulder bridged a historic investment gap to move a deep tech spinoff a step closer to the marketplace by awarding $100,000 in pre-seed funding to PrecisionTerra, founded by CEO Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan. Gopalakrishnan went on to win $144,000 in additional funding for the company in the 2025 New Venture Challenge.
Two new groups are taking on improving the salaries of tenured and tenure-track faculty and ensuring unit-level approaches to salaries for faculty are in line with state law and previous university recommendations.
CU Boulder is promoting how the university's research and creative work directly impacts and improves the daily lives of people and communities in Colorado and beyond.ÌýÌýÂ
Experimental physicist Tuan Anh Nguyen is one of 19 recipients of this year's Hertz Fellowship, one of the most competitive and coveted doctoral fellowship programs in the nation.