Limited Submission Opportunities
Extramural funding agencies often limit the number of proposals an institution can submit to a specific program. The Research Development Office (RDO) is charged with announcing such programs, managing pre-proposal competitions and selecting proposals to move forward in accord with agency requirements.
Limited Submission Announcements
The RDO strives to identify all limited submission opportunities of interest to the NC State research community, announce these opportunities via RDO’s funding newsletter and select NC State’s most competitive proposals for submission. All such opportunities are also listed in the Limited Submission Current Opportunities table. If you are aware of a limited-submission opportunity that is not posted in the table below, please email limited-submission@ncsu.edu so it can be announced. For strategic purposes, the proposal selection process RDO utilizes for large-scale (~$8 million or more) limited submission opportunities may differ from that outlined below.
Posted
Faculty are required to notify the RDO in a timely manner that they are interested in a particular limited submission opportunity before beginning work on a proposal.
Notification of Interest deadlines for each opportunity identified by the RDO are listed in the table below, underneath “Current Opportunities.”
If interest in a particular opportunity exceeds the institutional limit subsequent to the Notification of Interest deadline, an internal peer review will be scheduled to determine which proposal(s) may move forward to agency submission. If an internal competition is necessary, only those faculty who complete the Notification of Interest form — linked in the table — before the deadline will be eligible to participate.
Non-Posted
If faculty identify a limited submission opportunity that is not listed below, they must email limited-submission@ncsu.edu immediately and contact their College Research Office (CRO). If the RDO is alerted more than 45 days prior to the agency deadline, the opportunity will be posted online and announced via the RDO funding newsletter with a Notification of Interest deadline as described above. If the RDO is made aware of an opportunity less than 45 days prior to the agency deadline, the RDO will initiate an expedited process in which the opportunity will be announced via a special funding newsletter and interested faculty will have a very limited amount of time to indicate their interest. If numbers of interested faculty exceed the institutional limit, an internal competition with an expedited review process will take place that will require quick turnaround times from principal investigators and pre-proposal reviewers. Should you identify an opportunity that is not listed by RDO, please contact us as soon as possible in order to avoid an expedited selection process.
Limited Submission Process
If the number of 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 the RDO and is comprised of domain experts and/or individuals knowledgeable about the specific program opportunity. Each prospective principal investigator (PI) is required to submit a pre-proposal for evaluation by this panel that is aligned with the requirements of the limited-submission opportunity. The RDO will communicate these requirements 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 Notification of Interest deadline, prospective PIs will be informed no later than the next business day if an internal review is necessary.
The diagram and text below describe the limited submission process in detail.
Current Opportunities
Principal investigators who indicate interest will be notified of their status via email no later than the day after the internal notification deadline. All deadlines are by 5 p.m. unless stated otherwise.
| Status | Opportunity |
|---|---|
| Open for internal planning. Full info about NC State's internal process can be found on RDO's T32 webpage. | Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32) 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) |
| Open for Internal Planning Click here to submit an NOI: Internal NOI | NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program Limit:
Internal NOI due: April 5, 2023 Deadline for Applications: Sept. 6, 2023 |
| Open for Internal Planning Click here to submit an NOI: Internal NOI | NIH Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) Limit:1 per institution Internal NOI due: May 4, 2023 Deadline for Applications:Oct. 3, 2023 |
| Open for Internal Planning Click here to submit an NOI: Internal NOI | NSF ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions Limit:
Internal NOI Due: April 6, 2023 Deadline for Pre-Preproposals (Only required for IT track): April 27, 2023 Deadline for Proposals:
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| Open for internal planning. Internal deadline passed, slot still open. Please contact Limited-submission@ncsu.edu | DOE EXPRESS: 2023 Exploratory Research for Extreme-Scale Science Limit: Four pre-applications or applications as the lead institution in a single- or multi-institutional team Deadline for Pre-Applications: March 8, 2023 Deadline for Applications: April 19, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. EST |
| Open for internal planning. Click here to submit an NOI: Internal NOI | NEH Summer Stipends Limit: NC State can nominate two individuals to submit applications Internal NOI due: Wednesday, July 26th at 5:00pm Full Application Deadline: Sept. 20, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. EST Letters of Reference Due:Oct. 13, 2023 |
| Open for internal planning. (February cycle is closed) Click here to submit an NOI for the July Submission cycle: Internal NOI | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Limit - 1 per institution February 2023 Submission: Applications Deadline: Feb. 14,-Feb. 21, 2023 July 2023 Submission: Internal NOI due - May 11, 2023 Sponsor due dates - Pre-Applications Deadline: July 6, 2023 Applications Deadline: July 11-July 18, 2023 |
| Open for internal planning. Internal deadline passed, slots still open. Please contact Limited-submission@ncsu.edu | NSF Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE) Limit:
Letter of Intent: March 10, 2023 by 5 p.m. Deadline for Applications: April 24, 2023 by 5 p.m. EST |
| Open for internal planning. Internal deadline passed, slot still open. Please contact Limited-submission@ncsu.edu | Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health (U54) Limit: Only one application per institution is allowed. Letters of Intent Due: Sept. 24. 2023. Full proposal Target Date:: October 24, 2023 |
| Closed | Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) FY23 Multi-Topic FOA Limit:NC State may only submit one Concept Paper and one Full Application for each topic area Deadline for Concept Papers: April 17, 2023 Deadline for Full Applications: June 23, 2023 |
| Closed | NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Limit: NC State is eligible to submit one PFI-RP proposal Deadline for Applications: May 2, 2023 |
| Closed | W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program Limit - One Phase I application per area Sponsor due date: Phase 1 application: 5/1/2023 |
| Closed | 2023 Equity in Conservation Outreach Cooperative Agreements Limit: 1 per institution Deadline for Applications: Apr. 27, 2023 |
| Closed | Triangle Community Foundation: Sustainable Communities Environmental Resilience Grant Program Limit: NC State can submit one application Deadline for Applications:March 22, 2023 |
| Open for internal planning. Internal deadline passed, slots still open. Please contact Limited-submission@ncsu.edu | Centers for Innovation and Community Engagement in Solid Earth Geohazards Limit: No more than two proposals across both tracks may be submitted NC State Letters of Intent Due: Nov. 16, 2023. Full proposal Target Date:: March 15, 2024 |
| Open for internal planning. Internal deadline passed, slots still open. Please contact Limited-submission@ncsu.edu | IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED) Limit: NC State may submit a maximum of two proposals. Internal NOI due: Full proposal Deadline: May 10, 2023 |
| Open for internal planning. Internal deadline passed, slot still open. Please contact Limited-submission@ncsu.edu | USDA Veterinary Services Grant Program Limit:
Full Application Deadline: March 29, 2023 |
| Closed | NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) NSF Revision Note: This solicitation revises an earlier program limitation to graduate students in research-based STEM master’s and doctoral degree programs requiring theses or dissertations. The program now also expands that focus to include also graduate students in STEM master’s and doctoral degree programs more broadly. This solicitation also includes a one-time award for an IGE Innovation Acceleration Hub. Limit: Two applications per institution is allowed Internal NOI due: Deadline for Applications: March 25, 2023 at 5 p.m. |
| Closed | USDA-NIFA-WAMS Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fields Grant Program Limit: Two applications per institution is allowed Deadline for Applications: April 19, 2023 at 5 p.m. EST |
| Closed | NSF Accelerating Research Translation For more information: Introductory Webinar on Feb 21 Limit: Only one application per institution is allowed. Internal NOI due: Deadline for Applications: May 9th, 2023 by 5:00 pm EST |
| Closed | DOE Scientific Machine Learning for Complex Systems Limit:
Deadline for Pre-Applications: March 1st, 2023 Deadline for Applications: April 12th, 2023 |
| Closed | DOE AMMTO-BTO and OE Limit: 2 per institution Submission Deadline for Concept Papers: February 3rd, 2023 by 5:00pm Submission Deadline for Applications: April 7th, 2023 by 5:00pm EST |
| Closed | Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) Limit: 1 per institution Sponsor due dates: Proposal Deadline: 2/22/2023 |
| Closed | DOE Distributed Resilient Systems Limit: 2 per institution Submission Deadline for Pre-Applications: February 9th, 2023 by 5:00pm Pre-Application Response Date: February 24th, 2023 by 11:59pm Submission Deadline for Applications: March 30th, 2023 by 11:59pm EST |
| Closed | Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts: Grants to Organizations Limit - one per Department Stage One/Inquiry Form deadline: Feb. 25, 2023, 5 p.m. CST Stage Two/Invitation to submit Proposal: March—May 2023 Grant decision notification: by July 31, 2023 Earliest project start date: Sept. 15, 2023 |
| Closed | Innovative Fusion Technology and Collaborative Fusion Energy Research in the DIII-D National Program Limit - one per institution Sponsor due dates - Proposal Deadline: Feb. 15, 2023 |
| Closed Please submit a pre-proposal via InfoReady. | UNC System Research Opportunities Initiative (ROI) Limit - 1 Sponsor due dates - Proposal Deadline: 3/8/2023 |
| Closed. | NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Limit - 2 per institution Sponsor due dates - 2/20/2023 |
| NC State is not currently eligible to apply for this program. Contact the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations for details. | NC GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Traditional Grants Limit - 1 per organization, per funding cycle Internal due dates - N/A Sponsor due dates - 1/1, 4/1, 7/1, 10/1 annually |
Limited Submission Annual Calendar
Annual limited submission opportunities of broader interest to the NC State research community are included in RDO’s limited submission calendar. The calendar is continuously updated to reflect new opportunities of interest to the NC State community. This calendar is intended to serve as a tool that enables investigators to plan around agency deadlines. RDO will announce all applicable Notification of Interest deadlines for these opportunities and list them in the table above.
Access a printable copy of the calendar here.
