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 |
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Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00pm | NSF, Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI) (NSF 24-599) |
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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 |
Thu, 04/03/2025 - 5:00pm | W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program |
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Keck concept counseling period July 1 - August 15; Full proposals due November 1 | Up to 8 slots: TBD |
Wed, 03/26/2025 - 1:00pm | William T. Grant Scholars Program |
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Required Mentor and Reference Letter Deadline: June 11, 2025; Application Deadline: July 1, 2025 | 1 per college: SOE: Oliva Lanier |
Wed, 03/26/2025 - 12:00pm | DoD, Research and Education Program for HBCUs/MIs: Equipment/Instrumentation FY 25, W911NF25S0005 |
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4/28/25 4pm EST | 3 slots: TBD |
Mon, 03/24/2025 - 12:00pm | Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Grant Program |
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Full Proposal due 8/21/25 | 1 slot: TBD |
Mon, 03/17/2025 - 12:00pm | Pew Biomedical Scholars Program |
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Institution nomination due to Sponsor 5/14/25; Full application due 9/3/25 | 1 slot: TBD |
Thu, 03/13/2025 - 12:00pm | NSF: Research Traineeship Program (NSF 24-597) |
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09/08/2025 | 2 slots: TBD |
Mon, 02/17/2025 - 12:00pm | NSF, Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) (NSF 25-532) |
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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) |
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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 |
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Pre-proposal due 2/21/25; Full proposal due 4/25/25 | 2 slots: Dimiter Petsev, Terry Loring |