The Flinn Scholarship, a prestigious merit-based scholarship that provides a full ride to an Arizona public university, has been awarded to 20 excelling high-school seniors following a competitive selection process. The 41st class of Flinn Scholars from 19 Arizona high…

Seven Arizona-based research teams have been awarded $100,000 grants from the Flinn Foundation as members of the 2026 Translational Seed Grants Program cohort. The new awardees represent six institutions — two from Arizona State University and one each from HonorHealth…

The Arizona Sustainable Economic Development Learning Lab, a first-in-the-nation initiative to help communities integrate sustainability practices and natural resource considerations into economic development, has been recognized with an Arizona Environmental Excellence Award. The effort, organized by the Flinn Foundation, supported…

The Flinn Foundation has elected Phoenix investment expert Cameron Black, chief financial officer and treasurer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, to its Board of Directors. Black has been a member of the Foundation’s Investment Committee since 2022. Black…

Dr. Robert Autry Brooks, a pathologist who served on the Flinn Foundation Board of Directors during a time of momentous change for the organization, died on Feb. 26, 2026. He was 96.  Brooks served on the Flinn board from 1980 through 2005, an era when the Foundation hired its first employee, launched…

A new exhibit at the Flinn Foundation reimagines Arizona’s iconic Five C’s — copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate — in pieces created by artists from around the state.  The Foundation launched the show Feb. 3, in partnership with the Arizona America250 Commission and Art State Arizona, with about…

An internationally recognized University of Arizona researcher and executive and a Phoenix Bioscience Core developer with Wexford Science and Technology have been named chair and vice chair of the Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee. Jennifer Barton, Ph.D., and Kyle Jardine…