U.S-Mexico Borderlands Collaborative Grants Program was created to increase the involvement of higher education institutions from both sides of the border in collaborative binational projects that focus on academic and border community development in the areas of health, education, environment, economic development and community issues.

The Border PACT Grants Program has been made possible through the generosity of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the institutional support from the American Council on Education (ACE), Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior (ANUIES), and the University of Arizona.