What are "limited submissions?"
View list of limited submission competitions
Please be aware that we make every effort to identify and post limited competitions available to the University of Iowa. However, if you become aware of a funding opportunity with a limited submission requirement that is not listed, please email vpr-limsubs@uiowa.edu with the program title, due date and the URL or call 319-384-3332. Please also contact us if you are interested in an opportunity and the internal deadline has expired but the sponsor's deadline is current.
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How does the institutional nomination process work?
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) initiates an internal competition if a competitive grant program restricts the number of proposals that may be submitted from one institution, and the competition is open to faculty and staff members of more than one college. The OVPR sets an internal deadline by which interested individuals must apply to be the institutional applicant. The application materials are reviewed by the applicants' collegiate Associate Deans for Research, senior staff members from the OVPR, and selected faculty. The selected applicant(s) submit a full proposal to the sponsor by the program deadline.
If a competition with a limited number of applicants is open to faculty and staff members of only one college, it will be advertised in the Division of Sponsored Program's Grant Bulletin and the college will organize its own review process to select the University applicant.
Internal nomination competitions, whether they are conducted by individual colleges or through the OVPR, are advertised in the Grant Bulletin as well as through Funding Focus, a weekly email digest of limited submission opportunities available to the University of Iowa community. The collegiate Associate Deans for Research also distribute news of each competition within their colleges. Click here to subscribe to the Funding Focus digest.
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Unlimited by number of applications per university, college or department
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Route your proposal through the Division of Sponsored Programs at least five days in advance of the deadline
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Limited by number of applications per institution
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Apply through UI Limited Submission Opportunities; applications are reviewed by appropriate associate deans for research, faculty and OVPR senior staff
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Limited by number of applications per college or school
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Each college or school to organize its own review process. Check the UI Grant Bulletin for information on how to apply or contact your collegiate associate dean for research for more information.
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Limited by number of applications per department
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Contact the department chair before applying
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Limited but not listed in UI Limited Submissions
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Contact vpr-limsubs@uiowa.edu or call OVPR staff at 319-384-3332 with the program title, due date and the sponsor's URL
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Interested in applying for a limited submission grant but the internal deadline has passed
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Contact vpr-limsubs@uiowa.edu or call OVPR staff at 319-384-3332. You may still be able to apply if there was no initial interest or if the number of applicants who plan to formally submit is less than the number permitted by the sponsor
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Calendar of Select Recurring Opportunities
Please note that months are approximate and all eligibility criteria subject to change.
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SPONSOR NAME |
PROGRAM NAME |
MONTH PROGRAM ANNOUNCED (campus) |
MONTH OF SPONSOR DEADLINE |
INSTITUTIONAL APPLICATION LIMIT |
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY |
RESEARCH CATEGORY |
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Spring Announcements |
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| National Endowment for the Humanities | Summer Stipends | March | September | 2 | Tenured - Tenure Track Faculty | Scholarly |
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Keck Foundation Grant Program |
March |
November |
1 per category (2 total) |
Faculty |
Basic |
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Brain Research Foundation |
April |
June (LOI) |
1 LOI (Full proposals are by invitation only) |
Established Investigators |
Basic |
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Summer Announcements |
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Doris Duke Foundation |
July |
August (LOI) |
1 |
Faculty |
Engagement |
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| Greenwall Foundation | Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics | July | September (LOI) | 2 LOIs | Junior faculty | Basic Applied |
| National Institutes of Health | S10 Instrumentation Programs Links to Grant Bulletin S10 search results |
Varies with opportunity | Deadlines vary | Not Limited | Faculty | Instrumentation Program |
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Simons Foundation Investigators |
July |
October |
2 per category |
Tenured faculty |
Basic |
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Fall Announcements |
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
September |
December |
2 |
Faculty and other fulltime UI affiliates w/in 10 years of terminal degree |
Basic |
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Keck Foundation Grant Program |
September |
May |
1 per category (2 total) |
Faculty |
Basic |
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Damon Runyon Foundation |
September |
February |
5 |
Independent assistant professor or equivalent |
Applied |
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Mallinckrodt Foundation |
October |
January |
2 |
5th to 8th year tenure track |
Basic |
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Brain Research Foundation |
October |
January (LOI only) |
1 |
Fulltime assistant or associate professors |
Basic |
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Winter Announcements |
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Whiting Foundation |
December |
June |
1 |
Early-career, full-time humanities faculty |
Engagement |
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Mellon Foundation |
January |
March |
1 |
Tenured faculty |
Engagement |
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| National Institutes of Health | Biomedical Research Facilities (C06) | January | March | 1 | Tenured faculty | Infrastructure |
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Pew Scholars Program |
February |
October |
1 |
Fulltime assistant professor - less than three years |
Basic |
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Searle Foundation |
February |
September |
1 |
Applicants should be within one year of post-assistant professor appointment. The appointment must be their first tenure-track position at an invited institution. |
Basic |
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National Science Foundation |
February |
January |
3 (no more than two in Track 1 and 1 in Track 2 |
Faculty |
Instrument Acquisition or Development |
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Mallinckrodt Foundation |
February |
August |
1 |
No more than 4 years in tenure track position. Applicants with current R01 funding are not eligible. |
Basic |
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Click here to download this calendar information (excel)
Contact
Cheryl Ridgeway
Office of the Vice President for Research
319-384-3332