In December 2025, a second call for grant proposals using these guidelines was sent out to UMD faculty and staff in a message by Chancellor Charles Nies.
In April 2026, the following grants were funded:
- Experimental Research Participant Pool, LSBE Faculty
- Online Hub for Bagley Nature Area, Jessica Savage & Bagley Committee
- Food for Thought Pilot Program, Dining Services & ODI
- Northwoods Transfer Coalition, Strategic Enrollment Management
- UMD Makerspace Development (Phase 2), MIE, Art/Design, ITSS, Library
- Human-Led, AI-Collaborative Musical, Matthew Olin & Matthew Wagner
- RIPPLE - Rural Interprofessional Partnerships, Catherine McCarty & Team
- Bulldog to Future Bulldog, SEM MarCom & Admissions
- The Northland AI Educator Initiative, Arshia Khan & Team
- Winter Research Institute (WRI@UMD), Ted Ozersky & Team
In April 2025, the following grants were funded:
- Community Engaged Learning Professional Learning Community, Cheryl Skafte
- Creating “A different kind of classroom” at UMD, Jennifer Brady
- Information Literacy Community of Practice, Bekky Vrabel
- Interdisciplinary Human-Centered Design Curricular Experiences for Workforce Readiness and Community Solutions, Aparna Katre
- Makerspace Development, Robert Feyen
- Orientation, Advisement, & Registration Excursions, Jacob Germann
- The Physiologic and Neurophysiologic Impact of Exercise with Virtual Reality Compared to Exercise Alone: A Randomized Control Trial, Sharyl Samargia-Grivette
- UMD Giving Day: Unifying and Expanding the University's Annual Giving Efforts, Lacy Kroll
- UMD PRISM: a team for Place-based Recruitment, Instruction, Storytelling, and Messaging, Lucas Busta