Limited Submissions
Some agencies place limits on the number of proposals that a university may submit in response to a particular Request For Proposals or funding announcement. For those programs in which more faculty express interest than are allowed by the program to submit, UNC Charlotte must internally screen all eligible and interested proposals to select those to be submitted.
Please note: The Center for Research Excellence (CRE) makes every attempt to identify limited submission funding opportunities and provide information on them in a timely manner in order to coordinate the internal review and selection process. When researchers identify a limited submission program that has not been announced or does not appear on this web page, they should forward the program information immediately to their College-Based Research Officer.
UNC Charlotte Procedures for Limited Submission Programs
The Center for Research Excellence (CRE) follows these three steps when choosing internal candidates for grant programs with limited submissions:
- Program Announcement: Limited submissions announcements are sent to the appropriate departments by email. Included in the email is a deadline for notifying CRE of intent to apply.
- White Papers: If an internal competition is necessary, CRE solicits white papers from the proposal teams by sending an email with instructions for the format of the white paper and an explanation of how the selection will be made.
- Applicant Selection: The Vice Chancellor and Associate Vice Chancellor of Research decides whether the Faculty Competitive Grants Committee (FCGC) or the Deans and Provost will select the proposals that go forward. The FCGC selects proposals except when the funding opportunity targets an area of strategic importance to the University.
When the selection is made, CRE notifies the proposal teams and works with the winning team(s) to produce a competitive proposal.
Limited Submission Programs
Programs with active and past deadlines for the current year are listed below in internal intent deadline date order. We anticipate these programs to have similar deadlines in upcoming years, and will send email notifications and update this page when new information is available.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) also provides a listing of their programs that accept a limited number of submissions from a single institution.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) curated list of limited submissions.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) curated list of limited submissions.
Active Deadlines
Past Deadlines
| Program | Internal Intent Deadline | Funding Agency Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| NIH Strengthening Research Opportunities for NIH Grants (STRONG): Structured Institutional Needs Assessment and Action Plan Development for Resource Limited Institutions | 9/18/2024 | |
| NSF Broadening Participation in Engineering | 9/18/2024 | |
| NSF Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Fast-Track Pilot Programs | 9/18/2024 | |
| NEH Climate Smart Humanities Organizations | 9/18/2024 | |
| NSF Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Equitable Transformation in STEM Education (ETSE) | 9/11/2024 | |
| NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program | 9/06/2024 | |
| DOE Electronics Scrap Recycling Advancement Prize | 9/04/2024 | |
| NSF Gen-4 Engineering Research Centers | 9/03/2024 | |
| NSF Ideas Lab: Use Inspired Acceleration of Protein Design | 8/30/2024 | |
| NSF National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program | 8/20/2024 | |
| NSF Regional Innovation Engines | 8/06/2024 | |
| NEH Graduate Education in the Humanities: A National Convening | 8/06/2024 | |
| NSF ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions | 8/02/2024 | |
| NIH Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | 8/02/2024 | |
| NSF Scientific Ocean Drilling Coordination Office for the Division of Ocean Sciences | 7/30/2024 | |
| NSF CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service | 7/15/2024 | |
| NSF EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems Research Infrastructure Improvement Program | 7/9/2024 | |
| NIH Assessment of Climate at Institutions (ACt) Award | 7/1/2024 | |
| NSF Competition for the Management of Operation and Maintenance of the National Geophysical Facility | 6/13/2024 | |
| NIH Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program | 6/1/2024 | |
| NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams | 5/26/2024 | |
| NIH Nursing Research Education Program in Firearm Injury Prevention Research: Short Courses | 5/25/2024 | |
| NSF Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity | 5/16/2024 | |
| NSF EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education | 5/15/2024 | |
| NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative | 5/14/2024 | |
| NSF Partnerships for Innovation | 5/7/2024 | |
| NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Expansion Program | 5/2/2024 | |
| NEH State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils General Operating Support Grants | 5/1/2024 | |
| NSF Innovation Corps Hubs Program | 4/25/2024 | |
| NSF ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions | 4/25/2024 | |
| NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) | 4/22/2024 | |
| NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows | 4/22/2024 | |
| NEH Fellowships | 4/10/2024 | |
| NEH Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) | 4/10/2024 | |
| NEH Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities | 4/10/2024 | |
| NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory | 4/09/2024 | |
| NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-4: EPSCoR Research Fellows | 4/09/2024 | |
| NSF Scholarships in STEM Network | 3/27/2024 | |
| NSF Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program | 3/26/2024 | |
| NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program | 3/25/2024 | |
| NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program | 3/13/2024 | |
| NSF Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) | 3/12/2024 | |
| NSF Partnerships for Research and Education in Physics | 3/12/2024 | |
| NSF Expanding AI Innovation through Capacity Building and Partnerships | 3/12/2024 | |
| NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics | 3/11/2024 | |
| NSF Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering | 3/08/2024 | |
| NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Resource Center | 3/06/2024 | |
| NSF Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Postdoctoral Research Program (PRP) | 2/23/2024 | |
| NSF Pathways into the Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences | 2/23/2024 | |
| NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics | 2/20/2024 | |
| NSF National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes | 2/16/2024 | |
| NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority-Serving Institutions Research Expansion Program | 2/09/2024 | |
| NSF Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models | 2/01/2024 | |
| NIGMS Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams | 1/2024 | |
| NSF Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCIPE) | 1/18/2024 | |
| NSF EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence Research Infrastructure Improvement Program | 1/16/2024 | |
| NSF National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes | 1/12/2024 | |
| ORAU Jr Faculty Enhancement Award | 1/08/2024 | |
| NSF Expanding AI Innovation through Capacity Building and Partnerships | 1/08/2024 | |
| NSF Partnerships for Innovation | 1/02/2024 | |
| NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Impvement Program: Track-2 Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (RII Track-2 FEC) | 12/19/2023 | |
| NSF Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure-2 | 12/18/2023 | |
| NSF Innovations in Graduate Education | 12/15/2023 | 3/25/2024 |
| DEVCOM HBCU/MI Early Career Program 2024 | 12/11/2023 | 1/12/2024 |
| NSF ESPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems Research Infrastructure Improvement Program | 12/06/2023 | |
| NSF Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Individual Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | 12/05/2023 | |
| NSF Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology HBCO Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering | 12/01/2023 | |
| NSF Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology | 12/01/2023 | |
| NSF EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education | 11/20/2023 | |
| NSF Centers for Innovation and Community Engagement in Solid Earth Geohazards | 11/16/2023 | |
| NSF Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation | 11/02/2023 | |
| NSF SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | 11/01/2023 | |
| NSF Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research | 10/31/2023 | |
| NSF National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes | 10/31/2023 | |
| NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships | 10/25/2023 | |
| NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) | 10/24/2023 | |
| NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | 10/18/2023 | |
| UNC ROI | 10/16/2023 | |
| NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | 10/18/2023 | |
| DoD Research and Education Program for HBCU/MI | 10/12/2023 | 10/30/2023 |
| NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program | 10/02/2023 | 10/16/2023 |
| NSF Centers of Research Excellence and Technology (CREST) Postdoctoral Research Program (PRP) | 10/06/2023 | |
| NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory | 10/06/2023 | |
| NSF ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in Stem Academic Professions | 10/05/2023 | |
| NSF BioFoundries to Enable Access to Infrastructure and Resources for Advancing Modern Biology and Biotechnology | 10/02/2023 | |
| FEMA Fire Prevention & Safety | 01/20/2022 | 02/18/2022 |
| NSF STEM Postdoc Fellowships Institutional Cohort | 01/20/2022 | 03/01/2022 |
| DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers | 01/20/2022 | 02/15/2022 |
| NIH Biomedical Research Facilities | 01/19/2022 | 03/15/2022 |
| NSF S-STEM-Net Resource & Evaluation Center & Research Hubs | 01/11/2022 | 02/02/2022 |
| NSF Materials Rsearch Science & Engineering Centers (MRSEC) | 01/10/2022 | 06/20/2022 |
| NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) | 12/15/2021 | 02/22/2022 |
| DOE Quantum-Enabled Bioimaging | 12/10/2021 | 01/14/2022 |
| DOE Computational Chemical Sciences | 12/9/2021 | 01/07/2022 |
| NSF Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships | 11/23/2021 | 02/01/2022 |
| ORAU Jr Faculty Enhancement Award | 11/19/2021 | 01/07/2022 |
| NIGMS Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams | 11/12/2021 | 01/27/2022 |
| NIGMS Graduate Research Training Initiative (G-RISE) | 11/03/2021 | 01/28/2022 |
| NSF National Artificial Intelligence Institutes | 11/01/2021 | 01/14/2022 |
| NIH Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Facilities (R24) | 10/27/2021 | 12/01/2021 |
| NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) | 10/26/2021 | 1/12/2022 |
| NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) | 10/21/2021 | 3/25/2022 |
| NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) | 10/18/2021 | 1/19/2022 |
| Dept. of Energy’s FY21 Advanced Manufacturing Office Multi-Topic Funding Opportunity | 8/16/2021 | 9/10/2021 |
| NEH Summer Stipends Program | 8/16/2021 | 9/22/2021 |
| US Dept. of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Susan Harwood Training Grants in three programs: 1) Training and Educational Materials Development, 2) Capacity Building Developmental and Capacity Building Pilot, and 3) Targeted Topic Training | 7/14/2021 | 8/23/2021 |
| US Dept. of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Susan Harwood Training Grant Program for The Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, including COVID-19 | 7/6/2021 | 7/26/2021 |
| DoD Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions: Equipment/Instrumentation Program (For the purposes of this solicitation, UNC Charlotte is classified as a Minority-Serving Institution). | 6/10/2021 | 8/16/2021 |
| NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) Program | 5/18/2021 | 10/4/2021 |
| NIH Director’s Early Independence Award | 5/13/2021 | 8/3/2021 |
| National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Bridges to the Doctorate (T32) | 5/12/2021 | 9/28/2021 |
| NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) | 5/11/2021 | 7/13/2021 |
| NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program (21-536) | 4/26/2021 | 9/6/2021 |
| U.S. Department of Energy Flow Battery Systems Manufacturing program | 3/30/2021 | 4/29/2021 |
| NIH Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program | 3/30/2021 | 6/1/2021 |
| NSF Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net) S-STEM Resource and Evaluation Center and S-STEM Research Hubs | 3/18/2021 | 6/16/2021 |
| NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Research Partnerships (PFI-RP) track | 2/25/2021 | 7/14/2021 |
| NIH Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education Experiences (R25) | 2/17/2021 | 6/24/2021 |
| FEMA FY 2020 Staffing For Adequate Fire And Emergency Response (SAFER) | 2/5/2021 | 3/12/2021 |
| NSF Enabling Quantum Leap: Quantum Interconnect Challenges for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems program | 2/4/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Paraprofessionals | 2/3/2021 | 4/12/2021 |
| NIH Biomedical Research Facilities program | 2/2/2021 | 2/17/2021 |
| Department of Justice Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program | 1/29/2021 | 3/2/2021 |
| FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) | 1/27/2021 | 2/26/2021 |
| NIH New Chemistries for Un-drugged Targets through A Specialized Platform for Innovative Research Exploration (ASPIRE) Collaborative Research Program (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) | 1/21/2021 | 6/8/2021 |
| NIGMS Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) program | 12/23/2020 | 2/26/2021 |
| National Library of Medicine Data Science Research: Personal Health Libraries for Consumers and Patients (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | 11/24/2020 | 1/19/2021 |
| HRSA Maternal and Child Health Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (LEAP) Training Program | 11/13/2020 | 1/7/2021 |
| U.S. Department of Energy’s Notice of Opportunity for Technical Assistance (NOTA): Improving Hydropower’s Value through Informed Decision Making | 11/4/2020 | 12/18/2020 |
| HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals | 11/3/2020 | 1/13/2021 |
| NSF Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research (20-606) program | 9/17/2020 | 12/3/2020 |
| HRSA Rural Health Network Development Planning Program | 9/14/2020 | 11/16/2020 |
| NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution: Coordination Hub (HDR Central) program | 9/2/2020 | 11/12/2020 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends Program | 8/24/2020 | 9/23/2020 |
| NIH Emergency Awards: Exosome-based Non-traditional Technologies Towards Multi-Parametric and Integrated Approaches for SARS-CoV-2 program | 8/19/2020 | 9/18/2020 |
| NIH Emergency Awards RADx-RAD: Screening for COVID-19 by Electronic-Nose Technology (SCENT) | 8/18/2020 | 9/18/2020 |
| NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25) | 7/27/2020 | 1/25/2021 |
| NIH Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education Experiences (R25) | 6/30/2020 | 7/24/2020 |
| NIH Director’s Early Independence Award | 6/17/2020 | 8/4/2020 |
| U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Susan Harwood Training Grants in three programs: 1) Training and Educational Materials Development, 2) Capacity Building Developmental and Capacity Building Pilot, and 3) Targeted Topic Training Topics. | 6/10/2020 | 7/20/2020 |
| U.S. Department of Energy’s FY20 Advanced Manufacturing Office Multi-Topic Funding Opportunity Announcement | 6/08/2020 | 6/25/2020 |
| NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) Program. | 6/3/2020 | 1/26/2021 |
| NIH Addressing Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) program | 4/22/2020 | 5/29/2020 |
| NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Supplements and Sites | 4/14/2020 | 9/16/2020 |
| The Pew Charitable Trusts Pew Biomedical Scholars Program | 03/16/2020 | 09/10/2020 |
| U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), in three tracks: 1) Scholarship, 2) Fellowship, and 3) Faculty Development. | 02/27/2020 | 04/10/2020 |
| NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary – Clinical Trial Optional Teams (RM1). | 02/18/2020 | 04/27/2020 |
| National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) (T34) | 02/10/2020 | 05/21/2020 |
| NIGMS Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) (T32) | 02/10/2020 | 05/21/2020 |
| U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences Energy Frontier Research Centers | 12/09/2019 | 01/16/2020 |
| UNC System Research Opportunities Initiative (ROI) | 11/18/2019 | 03/01/2020 |
| CDC: Modeling Infectious Diseases in Healthcare Research Projects to Improve Prevention Research and Healthcare Delivery | 11/12/2019 | 12/18/2019 |
| NIH/NLM Data Science Research: Personal Health Libraries for Consumers and Patients (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | 10/17/2019 | 01/17/2020 |
| NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program (NSF 17-573) | 08/21/2019 | 11/06/2019 |
| UNC System Inter-institutional Planning Grant (IPG) Program for FY20 | 07/29/2019 | 09/01/2019 |
| NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (RFA-RM-19-008) | 04/30/2019 | 09/13/2019 |
| NSF Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships | 04/17/2019 | 06/25/2019 |
| NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Computing in Undergraduate Education (IUSE: CUE) | 04/04/2019 | 05/09/2019 |
| NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) | 02/19/2019 | 05/25/2019 |
| NSF Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research (19-534) | 02/12/2019 | 03/04/2019 |