The Research Resilience Fund, launched in June 2026, expands the previous Pivot and Bridge Program to earmark $60 million annually over the next two years to meet the needs of faculty, students, and research teams facing federal grant terminations or delays or experiencing the broader effects of the changed research ecosystem. Read President Daniels’ message about the program.
The program will provide time-limited, flexible funding of up to $250,000 to faculty researchers who historically relied on external funding but who are now facing a funding gap, changing sponsor conditions, or a need to pivot research direction. This program will span all of the research domains in which the university has in the past benefited from competitively awarded federal funding.
Grants provided through the Research Resilience Fund can be used to maintain core research capacity during funding gaps, enable strategic pivots in research direction or funding strategy, and support time-sensitive opportunities that strengthen pathways to future external funding. Awards may be applied toward salary coverage as warranted and will continue to support PhD students and postdocs in completing their studies.