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. | NIH NIGMS Training Grants (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. Please submit a Notification of Interest (NOI). | FFAR New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award Limit - 1 per institution Internal due date- Notification of Interest: 1/19/2022, by 5:00 p.m. Sponsor due date - 2/23/2022 |
| This opportunity is limited by college and not at the university level. Contact your college research office if interested. | NIH Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award Limit - 1 per college within a University Internal due dates - Contact your college research office for information Sponsor due dates - 2/24/2022 |
| Spot open. Contact limited-submission@ncsu.edu if interested | Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) Limit - 1 per institution Internal due date - Sponsor due dates - Application deadline: 1/27/2022 |
| Spot open. Contact limited-submission@ncsu.edu if interested | NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) Limit - 1 per institution, per review cycle Internal due date - Sponsor due date - 1/27/2022 |
| Spots open. Contact limited-submission@ncsu.edu if interested | NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program Limit - 2 per institution, whether as lead or as partner Internal deadline - Sponsor due dates - Full application: 3/25/2022 |
| Closed for internal planning. | W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program Limit - One Phase I application per area Internal deadline - Sponsor due dates - Pre-application counseling period: 1/1/2022 - 2/15/2022; Phase I application: 5/1/2022 |
| Closed. PI Selected. | NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) Limit - 1 as lead Internal due dates - Sponsor due dates - |
| Closed. PI Selected. | UNC System Technical Assistance RFP Limit - 1 per institution Internal due dates - Sponsor due date - 1/31/2022 |
| Closed. PI Selected. | FY21 Global Biosecurity Engagement Activities Limit - 1 per institution Internal due dates - Sponsor due date - 1/31/2022 |
| Closed. PIs Selected. | NSF Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships Limit - 3 preliminary proposals per organization, as lead Internal due dates - Sponsor due dates - Preliminary proposal: 2/1/2022; Full proposal (by invitation only): 8/29/2022 |
| Closed. PI Selected. | Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program Limit - 1 per institution Internal due date - Sponsor due dates - Full proposal: 2/2/2022 |
| Closed. PI Selected. | NSF Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net) Limit - 1 per institution per category (S-STEM-REC and S-STEM-Hub) as lead or not Internal due dates - Sponsor due dates - LOI: 2/2/2022 (S-STEM-REC proposals only); Full Application: 3/22/2022 |
| Closed. PI Selected. | NEA Grants for Arts Projects Limit - 1 per organization Internal deadline - Sponsor due dates - Project submission deadline (via grants.gov): 2/10/2022 |
| Closed. PIs Selected. | DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) Limit - 3 per institution as lead institution Internal due dates - Sponsor due dates - Pre-application: 2/15/2022; Full application (by invitation only): 5/3/2022 |
| Closed. | NSF Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) - formerly Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM) Limit - 1 per institution Internal due dates - Sponsor due dates - 2/22/2022 |
| Closed. PIs Selected. | NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Limit - 2 proposals per deadline Internal due dates - Sponsor due dates - 2/22/2022 |
| Closed. PI Selected. | Agilent Early Career Professor Award Limit - 1 per institution Internal due dates - Sponsor due date - 2/25/2022 |
| Closed. PI Selected. | NSF Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEM Ed PRF) Limit - 1 Institutional Cohort Postdoctoral Fellowship (Track II) proposal per institution Internal due dates - Sponsor due dates - 3/1/2022 |
| Closed. | NSF Centers for Innovation and Community Engagement in Solid Earth Geohazards Limit - 2 per lead institution across both tracks Internal due dates - Sponsor due dates - |
| Closed. | DOE Computational Chemical Sciences Limit - 2 per organization Internal deadline - Sponsor due dates - |
| Closed. | National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes: Accelerating Research, Transforming Society, and Growing the American Workforce Limit - 2 per organization as lead Internal due date - Sponsor due date - |
| Closed. | NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) Limit - 1 per organization Internal deadline- Sponsor due dates - Preliminary proposal: 6/20/2022; Full proposal (by invitation only): 11/22/2022 |
| 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 |
| Closed. NC State has an active award and is ineligible to reapply until 2022. | NIH Science Education Partnership Award (NIH SEPA) Limit - 1 application per institution, 1 award per institution Internal due dates - N/A Sponsor due dates - 7/9/19 |
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.
