Innovator of the Year Nominations 2026 is a UC Santa Cruz award opportunity organized by the Innovation & Business Engagement Hub; the page does not specify recipients or funded work.
The 2026 Innovator Award from the Hydrocephalus Association funds innovative research into non-invasive or permanent therapies and ways to improve or replace current shunt treatments for hydrocephalus.
Skoll Awards for Social Innovation support established social innovators scaling proven solutions to societal problems, helping them address root causes and accelerate lasting, system-level change.
Scientific Innovations Award supports established investigators pursuing innovative basic and clinical neuroscience research to produce high-impact discoveries about brain function in health and disease.
Innovative Developmental and Exploratory Award (IDEA) supports established and new investigators pursuing high-risk breast cancer research to advance program priorities and patient or community applications.
Innovator Awards support researchers worldwide with basic, translational and clinical research funding to advance understanding, prediction, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.