Limited Submission Opportunities

From time to time, a funding opportunity may arise that limits the number of proposals that a single institution may submit. The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) attempts to identify all limited submission opportunities of interest to the University community and coordinates the submission process with the colleges. A number of opportunities are announced in the table below and through OSP’s funding listserv, although this list should not be considered exhaustive. Interested applicants are advised not to begin work on proposals until notified that the review process has been completed.

Read OSP’s Guidance Document on Limited Submission Opportunities

Funding Opportunity	Number of Submissions Allowed	Sponsor Deadline	Letter of Intent to OSP Deadline
NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)	PFI-RP (Research Project) limited to 1 per institution	July 10, 2019	April 10, 2019
NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program)	1 per institution	September 18, 2019	June 18, 2019
NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program	2 per institution	September 27, 2019	June 27, 2019
NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning  (AISL)	3 per institution	November 6, 2019	August 6, 2019
National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (NRT)	2 per institution	December 6, 2019 (Letter of Intent), February 6, 2020 (full submission)	September 6, 2019
NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI): Instrument Acquisition or Development	3 per institution (Two Track 1, One Track 2)	January 21, 2020	October 21, 2019
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)	1 from each college	March 25, 2020	December 23, 2019