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 CURRENT LIMITED COMPETITIONS FOR EXTERNAL FUNDING


An internal competition is necessary when an external funding solicitation limits the number of submissions that can come from a single University or UEI number. Below, please find the current list of active and recent competitions. For open competitions, please follow the instructions sent out over the PI listserv and outlined in the competition in InfoReady. You can access open competitions by clicking on the "Apply to Open Limited Comps." button below. The outcome of past competitions are accessible below by filtering by competition title or sorting by the UNM or agency deadline. If you don't see a limited opportunity you are interested in here or if you have questions, please contact limited@unm.edu.

UNM Deadline Competition Title Solicitation Agency Deadline # of UNM Slots & Awardee Names
Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00pm NSF, Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI) (NSF 24-599) PDF icon NSF 24_599.pdf 02/07/2025 Required LOI due; 03/07/2025 Required Preliminary Proposal due; 09/17/2025 Invited Full Proposals Due 2 slots as lead: Marek Osinski, 1 slot available
Wed, 03/26/2025 - 1:00pm William T. Grant Scholars Program PDF icon 2025 William T. Grant Scholars Program_Guide.pdf Required Mentor and Reference Letter Deadline: June 11, 2025; Application Deadline: July 1, 2025 1 per college: SOE: Oliva Lanier
Mon, 02/17/2025 - 12:00pm NSF, Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) (NSF 25-532) PDF icon Request for NSF MRSEC IRGs.pdf Pre-proposal: 6/23/2025; Full Proposal: 11/24/2025 1 slot: TBN
Tue, 02/11/2025 - 12:00pm **Lottery** DOE, EXPRESS: 2025 Exploratory Research for Extreme-Scale Science (DE-FOA-0003545) File DOE OS EXPRESS 2025 Letter LOTTERY.docx 2/25/2025 pre-proposals; 5/6/2025 full proposals 2 slots per research area: Neuromorphic Computing-Mubarak Syed, Payman Zarkesh-Ha; AI Models-Xiang Sun, TBD; Computer Phys. Syst.- TBD; Quantum computation-TBD; Local and Campus Quantum Networking-TBD
Mon, 02/10/2025 - 12:00pm **Lottery** DOE: Scientific Discovery through Computing (SCiDAC): Partnerships in Basic Energy Sciences, DE-FOA-0003515 PDF icon DOE SCiDAC_OVPR Letter 2025_rev.pdf Pre-proposal due 2/21/25; Full proposal due 4/25/25 2 slots: Dimiter Petsev, Terry Loring
Thu, 02/06/2025 - 12:00pm Council on Library and Information Resources, Recordings at Risk PDF icon CLIR Recordings at Risk_OVPR Letter 2025.pdf 04/14/25 1 slot for Main Campus and 1 slot for each UNM Branch Campus: Diane Tyink (Main Campus)
Wed, 02/05/2025 - 12:00pm Burroughs Wellcome: Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Climate & Health Excellence Centers (CHEX) PDF icon Burroughs Wellcome CHEX 2025_Letter_revision.pdf LOI due: 8/7/25, full proposals due: 12/4/25 1 slot: Roberta Lavin or Jose Cerrato Corrales or Joanna Katzman (same team)
Tue, 02/04/2025 - 12:00pm DOS: Public Diplomacy Mission Mexico FY25 Annual Program, PD-FY25-01 PDF icon PD Annual Program Statement FY25 April 1 2025.pdf 4/1/2025 1 slot: Sue Wilder
Fri, 01/31/2025 - 12:00pm NEA FY26 Research Labs PDF icon NEA FY26 Grants for Arts_OVPR Letter.pdf 03/25/25 1 slot: No Applicants
Thu, 01/23/2025 - 12:00pm NSF, Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) (NSF 25-521) PDF icon nsf25521.pdf 05/15/2025 1 slot: Gunny Balakrishnan

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