Some programs limit the number of proposals an institution may submit to a specific program. These institutionally limited programs are identified and announced to the NC State research community via listserv, RSS feed, and webpage. If the number of prospective PIs who provide the mandatory notification of intent to apply exceeds the institutional limit, an internal review is conducted. In this case, each PI will submit an internal preproposal for evaluation by a panel of faculty peers who have the appropriate expertise to evaluate each preproposal relative to the solicitation. The diagram and text below describe the limited submission process in detail.
Limited Submission Announcement
Institutionally limited funding opportunities are identified and announced to the NC State research community via listserv, RSS feed, and webpage.
Mandatory notification of intent to apply
To notify your intent to apply to an institutionally limited program, contact the Research Funding Opportunities Manager.
Coordinate within your college: Notify your associate dean for research, department head, and college research administrator of your intent to participate, or, for award programs, of your interest in being considered for nomination. Check for additional college deadlines. Some colleges set additional deadlines for review of internal pre-proposals prior to submission for university-wide internal review.
Submit internal preproposals for review
Internal preproposal preparation and requirements: Check the specifications for a specific limited submission program by clicking on the title of the program in the
Current Limited Submission Program Summary. Preproposals do not need to be processed through PINS.
The standard review process: The internal review panel evaluates, comments on, and ranks the preproposals according to the sponsor’s review criteria. The panel usually provides their reviews within a week, but programs with many internal preproposals may require additional time. Some reviews are based solely on written preproposals, while others require a presentation to the review panel in addition to the written preproposal. This affords each presenter the opportunity to answer reviewers’ questions prior to the selection. It also allows reviewers to clarify information directly from the PIs.
Internal review results
Following approval from the Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development, all PIs are notified whether their proposal was selected by the review panel to advance from NC State.
Additional Feedback: While maintaining the anonymity of the review panel, reviewers’ evaluations and remarks are collected into one feedback document and provided to all the PIs who participated in the internal review. This constructive feedback is provided in a timely manner to allow selected PIs to address reviewers comments for this and future opportunities.
