Limited Submission Opportunities

Faculty must promptly notify us about their interest in any limited submission opportunity before they begin work on a proposal.

Notification of Interest (NOI) deadlines for each identified opportunity are listed in the table below.

If interest in an opportunity exceeds the institutional limit after the NOI deadline, an internal peer review will be scheduled to determine which proposal(s) may be submitted. If this review is necessary, only faculty who have completed the NOI form for that opportunity linked in the table before the deadline will be allowed to participate.

If you find a limited-submission opportunity that we have not posted here, please use the email form at the bottom of the page to let us know immediately and contact their College Research Office (CRO).

If we are alerted more than 45 days before the agency deadline, the opportunity will be posted online and announced via the funding newsletter with a NOI deadline as described above. If we are made aware of an opportunity less than 45 days before the agency deadline, we will initiate an expedited process. The opportunity will be announced via a special funding newsletter. Interested faculty will have a very limited amount of time to indicate interest. If interested faculty exceed the institutional limit, an internal competition with an expedited timeline will be held. 

If faculty interested in a particular limited submission opportunity exceeds the institutional limit, pre-proposal packages are solicited and evaluated by an internal review panel. This review panel is assembled by our office and includes domain experts and/or individuals knowledgeable about the opportunity. Prospective principal investigators (PIs) are required to submit a pre-proposal for evaluation by this panel that is aligned with the requirements of the opportunity. These requirements are communicated to all prospective PIs. For example, a pre-proposal may require a brief research plan that addresses matters specific to a given funding opportunity, a CV and a list of references willing to write a letter of support. Following the mandatory NOI deadline, prospective PIs will be informed no later than the next business day if an internal review is necessary.