Limited Submission Opportunities
Funding agencies often limit how many proposals an institution can submit to a specific program. The Office of Research and Innovation announces these programs, manages pre-proposal competitions and selects proposals to move forward following agency requirements.
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.
Limited Submission Announcements
We try to identify all limited submission opportunities relevant to NC State’s research community, and announce these opportunities via our funding newsletter. We then select the university’s most competitive proposals for submission. Opportunities are also listed in the table below. The proposal selection process used for large-scale (~$8 million or more) limited submission opportunities may use a different process.
Posted
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.
Non-Posted
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.
Limited Submission Process
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.
Current Opportunities
Principal investigators who indicate interest will be notified of their status via email no later than the next business day after the NOI deadline. All deadlines are 5 p.m. unless otherwise stated.
| Opportunity | Internal NOI Due Date | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIGMS T32 Training Grants Limit - Institutions are limited to 1 submission per training area, per deadline; institutions are also limited to 1 active award per training area. Internal deadlines - 3 months prior to NIH deadline (1/25, 5/25, and 9/25 annually) Sponsor due dates: Standard dates apply (1/25, 5/25, and 9/25 annually) | N/A | Open for internal planning Full info about NC State's internal process can be found on RDO's T32 webpage. | NIH T32s *Keep up top* Next deadline: 9/25 |
| CHIPS R&D Office Broad Agency Announcement Limit: Applicant organizations may submit more than one White Paper, provided that each White Paper represents a technically distinct project. Any team interested in responding to this opportunity will need to notify RDO of their interest. Key Sponsor Dates:
| Rolling | Open for internal planning Click here to: Submit NOI | CHIPS R&D Office Broad Agency Announcement |
| 2026 CLIR Recordings at Risk Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 1/8/26 | Open for internal planning Click here to: Submit NOI | 2026 CLIR Recordings at Risk |
| Educating Character Initiative 2026: Collaboration and Community Across U.S. Higher Education Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 12/16/25 | Open for internal planning Click here to: Submit NOI | Educating Character Initiative 2026: Collaboration and Community Across U.S. Higher Education |
| PowerAmerica RFP 2025-2026 Limit: 1 per focus area Key Sponsor Dates:
| 12/5/25 BY NOON | Open for internal planning Click here to: Submit NOI | PowerAmerica RFP |
| NFF MAP 2026: Connecting People to Forests (Round 1) Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 12/4/25 | Open for internal planning Click here to: Submit NOI | NFF MAP 2026 |
| Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) Limit: 1 per program area Key Sponsor Dates:
| 11/19/25 | Closed | Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) |
| DoEd Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Special Projects (FIPSE-SP) Limit: 1 per area of national need Key Sponsor Dates:
| 11/13/2025 | Closed | DoEd Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Special Projects (FIPSE-SP) |
| Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Programs Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 11/13/25 | Closed | Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Programs |
| NEH Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 11/13/25 | Closed | NEH Rediscovering our Revolutionary Tradition |
| 2025 National Estuary Program Watersheds Grant Program Limit: 3 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 11/13/25 | Closed | 2025 National Estuary Program Watersheds Grant Program |
| ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards Limit: 2 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 11/6/25 | Closed | ORAU Powe |
| Dr Scholl Foundation Grants Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 11/5/25 | Closed | Dr Scholl |
| Mellon Foundation 2026 Higher Learning Program Open Call for Concepts Limit: 3 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 11/4/25 | Closed | Mellon Foundation 2026 Higher Learning Program Open Call for Concepts |
| NHC Summer Residency Program Limit: 2 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 10/31/25 | Closed | NHC Summer Residency Program |
| NSF Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) Limit: 2 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 10/30/25 | Closed | NSF SAFE-OSE |
| NEH National Digital Newspaper Program Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 10/30/25 | Open for internal planning Internal deadline passed, slot still open. Please contact Limited-submission@ncsu.edu | NEH National Digital Newspaper Program |
| GitLab Foundation AI for Economic Opportunity Limit: 3 per Dept. Key Sponsor Dates:
| 10/21/25 | Closed | GitLab Foundation AI for Economic Opportunity |
| The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation Grant Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 10/21/25 | Closed | The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation Grant |
| Blavatnik National Awards Limit: 1 per category Key Sponsor Dates:
| 10/15/25 | Closed | Blavatnik National Awards |
| DOJ BJA FY25 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 10/8/25 | Closed | DOJ BJA FY25 Student,Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP)School Violence Program |
| NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Limit: 2 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 10/2/25 | Closed | S-STEM |
| NIH Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 9/30/25 | Closed | NIH Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory |
| Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Awards Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 9/23/25 | Closed | Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Awards |
| NSF Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS) Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 9/16/25 | Closed | NSF IDSS |
| Triangle Community Foundation Education & Youth Grant Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 9/12/25 | Closed | TDF Educate and Youth |
| Triangle Community Foundation Send a Kid to Camp Grant Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 9/11/25 | Closed | TCF Send a Kid to Camp |
| Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Limit: 1 untenured, 1 tenured scholar Key Sponsor Dates:
| 9/5/25 | Closed | Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program |
| NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 8/25/25 | Closed Program canceled for FY26 | NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence |
| ACS Graduate Student Success Grant Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 9/3/25 | Closed | ACS Graduate Student Support |
| NSF Test Bed: Toward a Network of Programmable Cloud Laboratories Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 8/28/25 | Closed | NSF PCL Test Beds |
| University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH) TEES/JHTO-2025-001 Limit: 3 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 8/14/25 | Closed | UCAH TEES/JHTO-2025-001 |
| Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 7/24/25 | Closed | Greenwall Foundation |
| Schmidt Science Polymath Program Limit: 2 Nomination Deadline: Aug. 10, 2025 Invited Proposals Deadline: Oct. 2025 | 7/22/25 | Closed | Schmidt Futures: Schmidt Science Polymaths |
| Searle Scholars Program Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 7/17/25 | Closed | Searle Scholars Program |
| Velux Stiftung Challenges in Forest Management Limit: 2 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 7/17/25 | Closed | Velux Stiftung Challenges in Forest Management |
| Sloan Research Fellowships Limit: 3 per dept Key Sponsor Dates:
| 7/11/25 | Closed | Sloan Research Fellowships |
| Mathers Foundation Basic & Translational Research Grant (Fall 2025) Limit: 3 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 7/10/25 | Closed | Mathers Foundation |
| 2025 NSTC Workforce Awards Program Limit:1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 7/09/25 | Closed | NSTC Workforce Awards Program |
| CDC Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grants Limit: 2 Academic Training Project Grant Applications OR 1 Non-Academic program application Key Sponsor Dates:
| 6/30/25 | Closed | CDC Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grants |
| NIH Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Program Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 6/26/25 | Open for internal planning Internal deadline passed, slot still open. Please contact Limited-submission@ncsu.edu | NIH Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Program |
| The International Foundation Grant Program Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 6/6/25 | Closed | The International Foundation |
| Mallinckrodt Foundation Grants Limit: 1 Key Sponsor Dates:
| 6/5/25 | Closed | Mallinckrodt |
| Engineering Information Foundation Limit: 1 per program area Key Sponsor Dates:
| 5/29/25 | Closed | EIF grants |
Ask Us a Question
Do you have a question about the limited submission process or a specific opportunity that’s not on the list? If so, please include a link to the opportunity and submit this form.