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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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 12:00pm | NSF, Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) NSF 24-068 | NSF Safe OSE_OVPR Letter SOI.pdf | 1/30/2025 for required preliminary proposals; 4/22/2025 for invited full proposals | 2 slots: TBN |
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 12:00pm | NSF, EPSCoR RII: EPSCoR Research Fellows (NSF 24-528) | NSF EPSCoR RII 2025_two step.pdf | 04/08/2025 | 4 slots NSF; 4 slots @ NASA: TBN |
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 12:00pm | ORAU, Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Research Enhancement Award | OVPR Letter_ORAU Ralph E Powe Jr Faculty Enhancement 2025.pdf | 1/8/2025, 12:00pm EST | 2 slots: TBN |
Wed, 10/02/2024 - 12:00pm | NSF, Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) (NSF 24-529) | NSF_IGE_25_SOI.docx | 03/25/2025 | 2 slots: Yolanda Lin, Susan Bogus Halter |
Wed, 10/02/2024 - 12:00pm | TEES and JHTO, University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (TEES/JHTO-RPP-2024-001) | TEES-JHTO-RPP_2024-001_Amendment2.pdf | 10/11/2024 required LOIs due; 11/15/2024 full proposals due | 2 slots: Jane Lehr |
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 12:00pm | **Lottery** DOE, Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DOE EPSCoR) Implementation Grants (DE-FOA-0003444) | DOE EPSCoR OVPR Letter LOTTERY.pdf | required pre-applications due 10/30/2024; full applications due 1/29/2025 | 16 slots (1 per program area): 5 slots available; see link for details: "M:\OVPR_Faculty Research Development Office - FRDO\Limited Comps\2025 Limited Competitions\DOE EPSCoR\DOE EPSCoR Applicants.pdf" |
Wed, 09/25/2024 - 12:00pm | NSF Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net) Program | NSF S-STEM-Net 2025_Letter.pdf | March 26, 2025 | 1 slot: No Applicants |
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 12:00pm | Moore Inventor Fellows Program | 2024 Moore Inventor Fellows OVPR Letter.pdf | nominations due 11/15/2024; complete applications due 12/13/2024 | 2 slots: Sakineh Chabi, Fernando Moreu |
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 12:00pm | NSF, Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Program (NSF 24-511) | NSF S-STEM 2025_Letter.pdf | 03/04/2025 | 2 slots: Tomasz Falkowski, 1 slot still available |
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 12:00pm | NIH, Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 1 (P20) (PAR-22-250) | NIH COBRE_2-step letter_joint_final.pdf | 1/30/2025 | 1 slot: Meilian Liu, HSC |