Limited Submissions
Limited submission opportunities (LSOs) are funding opportunities where the sponsor has placed a limit on the number of applications that may be submitted from an institution. This is a small subset of all of the many opportunities for non-federal funding. If you are interested in being nominated for any of the limited submission opportunities below, please reach out to the Nomination Coordinator, Mary Muchane, at , unless otherwise indicated. LSO announcements will typically be sent out 6 weeks before the internal deadline, or as soon as possible after receiving information from the sponsor.
Limited Submission Process
Step 1: Faculty receive notification of limited submissions opportunity with internal deadline
Step 2: Faculty member submits Notice of Intent by internal deadline
Step 3: Internal selection committee makes nomination(s) and informs applicant
Step 4: Nominee(s) works with Mary Muchane and Corporate and Foundation Relations to develop a competitive proposal
Step 5: Proposal submitted to funding agency
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If you find a limited submission opportunity that we have not posted here, please email .
All Deadlines
*(1) External deadline refers to the Letter of Inquiry/Interest deadline. The Internal deadline refers to the internal Notice of Intent. The Notice of Intent call will include the full timeline: LOI deadline, full application deadline (if invited), award date, and grant term.
(2) Future deadlines are estimates based on past timelines. The internal Notice of Intent call will include the current deadline.
Cross-Disciplinary
| LIMITED SUBMISSIONS (in order of deadline) | Internal deadline | External deadline | Eligibility | Brief Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetVUE (Council of Independent Colleges) Teaching Vocational Exploration Seminar | September 1, 2026 | October 2, 2026 | Early- to mid-career faculty in any discipline or department interested in strengthening the teaching of vocational exploration. | The one-week seminar probes a variety of understandings of vocation and their importance in educating undergraduates, explores coursework, and reflects on academic vocation. | Cost of attendance |
| Baylor University Cherry Award for Great Teaching | October 1, 2026 | November 1, 2026 | Outstanding professors distinguished for their extraordinary ability to communicate as classroom teachers with a proven record for positive, inspiring, and long-lasting effects on students, along with a record of distinguished scholarship. | The Cherry Award program is designed to honor great teachers, to stimulate discussion in the academy about the value of teaching. | $250,000 |
| Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program | October 1, 2026 | November 7, 2026 | Faculty member nominated by the University President | Fellowship projects should help Americans understand how and why our society has become so polarized and what can be done to strengthen social cohesion. | $200,000 |
| The International Foundation | March 31, 2027 | April 29, 2027 | Eligible organizations must have demonstrated experience in delivering measurable, impactful programs in Education, Environment, or Health and operate programs that serve communities in low- and middle-income countries, primarily in Latin American & The Caribbean, Africa, South & Southeast Asia & Pacific. | The International Foundation provides non-biomedical grants to nonprofit organizations working in the Global South in active collaboration with local partners to support impactful programs in agriculture, education, environment, and health. | $50,000 – $100,000 |
Humanities & Social Sciences
| LIMITED SUBMISSIONS (in order of deadline) | Internal deadline | External deadline | Eligibility | Brief Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medgar and Myrlie Evers Research Fellowship | February 1, 2026 | March 2, 2026 | Faculty member within the first five years of appointment | Funds to conduct research using the Evers Papers and other archival collections at MDAH for two weeks during the summer. | $5,000 |
| National Humanities Center Summer Residency | October 1, 2026 | November 1, 2026 | Faculty in the humanities, arts, and humanistic social sciences | Four-week summer residency program, in June, intended to assist in jump-starting or making substantial progress on a current project. | $8,000 |
STEM
| LIMITED SUBMISSIONS (in order of deadline) | Internal deadline | External deadline | Eligibility | Brief Description | Amount | Reynolda + SOM coordination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT) University Research Awards | Research encompassing quantum computing, cybersecurity, data science, high performance computing, artificial intelligence, immersive and digital technologies, and cryptocurrency mining. | FCAT funds high-impact investigations advancing ideas that anticipate the future of finance and its intersection with emerging technologies. | $50,000 | No | ||
| DOE Genesis Mission | Multi-institutional teams representing national laboratories, industry and academia. | Funding for interdisciplinary teams addressing the Genesis Mission National Science and Technology Challenges to accelerate scientific discovery and research and development (R&D) workflows using novel artificial intelligence (AI) models and frameworks. | Phase I: $500,000 to $750,000Phase 2: $6M to $15M | No | ||
| Brain Research Foundation – Scientific Innovations Award (SIA) | May 1, 2026 | Full-time associate professor/full professor working in neuroscience, neurology, neurobiology, physiology, psychiatry, psychology, or related disciplines, proposing scientific projects with a focus on brain health and disease, including cancer. Current major NIH or other peer-reviewed funding is preferred but evidence of such funding in the past three years is essential. | Support for projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high-impact findings and result in major grant applications and funding as well as significant publications in high-impact journals. | $150,000 | Yes | |
| William T. Grant Scholars Program | May 15, 2026 | Faculty within 7 years of doctoral or medical degree | Research studies that examine ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. | $425,000 | No | |
| Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation | May 22, 2026 | Tenure-track faculty members in their first to fourth year who hold M.D. and/or Ph.D. degrees | Supports early-career scientists in establishing their research projects to a point where they can secure NIH R01 or other independent funding. | $225,000 | No | |
| Mathers Foundation Grant Awards Program | June 30, 2026 | Proposals from medical research universities and scientific institutions in one of the supported research areas: Immunology, Microbiome, Structural Biology, Cellular Physiology, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Stem Cell Biology, Neuroscience. | Support for pivotal scientific research that advances knowledge, enhances human health, and fosters innovation. We empower researchers whose work holds the greatest promise for advancing mankind and medicine, driving meaningful, long-term contributions to science and society. | $600,000 to $700,000 | Yes | |
| Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program | August 1, 2026 | Early career faculty in bioethics | Supports research that goes beyond current work in bioethics to help resolve pressing ethical issues in clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice | 50% of Scholar’s salary plus benefits for 3 years | Yes | |
| Sloan Research Fellowships | August 1, 2026 | Pre-tenure faculty in chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field. | Funding for outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study. | $75,000 | No | |
| Searle Scholars Program | August 30, 2026 | Pre-tenure faculty in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. | Supports high risk, high reward independent research of outstanding early-career scientists. | $450,000 | Yes | |
| Sound Science Fellowship | August 2026 | Science educators | A network of professionals and educators with a shared passion for positively impacting the teaching of climate science, evolution, and the nature of science. | $1500 per year for 2 years | No | |
| NSF MRI | September 1, 2026 | Two (2) in Track 1, one (1) in Track 2 and one (1) in Track 3 for up to four MRI proposals per institution. | An MRI award supports the acquisition of commercially-available, multi-user research instrumentation for research and research training. | Track 1: $100,000 – $1.4M Track 2: $1.4M – $4.0M Track 3 (helium): $100,000 – $4.0M | No | |
| Warren Alpert Foundation | October 1, 2026 | MD or PhD in neuroscience between 3 and 6 years after doctoral degree | Transitional awards to enable a postdoctoral researcher to advance to become a full-time faculty member at the Assistant Professor level or higher and to promote the development of a laboratory program that will lead to independent funding. | $400,000 | Yes | |
| W.M. Keck Foundation Research Awards | October 1, 2026 | Tenure-track faculty conducting high-impact research in basic physical, life, and biomedical sciences, including instrumentation and engineering in service of basic science. | Support for Basic Science Research projects that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. | $1M – $1.3M | Yes | |
| Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences | November 1, 2026 | Faculty member working on Chemical Probes of Biological Systems (2027 Topic) | Awarded to an individual in a selected area of chemistry to recognize exceptional and original research that has advanced the field in a major way. | $250,000 | No | |
| Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists | November 1, 2026 | Tenure-track PhD or MD faculty member in their early 40s or younger conducting research as a principal investigator in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, or Chemical Sciences. | The awards recognize the United States’ most promising faculty-rank researchers in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemical Sciences. | $250,000 | Yes | |
| Ralph Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award | December 1, 2026 | Full-time assistant professors within two years of their tenure track appointment in: Engineering and Applied Science, Life Sciences, Mathematics/Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences, Policy, Management, or Education | Research awards that provide seed money for junior faculty members often resulting in additional funding from other sources. | $5000, plus required institutional match of $5,000 | No | |
| Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program | January 7, 2027 | Tenure-track faculty in the chemical sciences within the first six years of their appointment | Supports the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences. | $100,000 | No | |
| W.M. Keck Foundation Research Awards | April 1, 2027 | Tenure-track faculty conducting high-impact research in basic physical, life, and biomedical sciences, including instrumentation and engineering in service of basic science. | Support for Basic Science Research projects that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. | $1M – $1.3M | Yes | |
| Pew Foundation Biomedical Scholars Award | April 1, 2027 | Assistant professors in biomedical sciences, medicine, or a related field, including engineering or the physical sciences, who have not yet established an independent lab. | Provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. | $300,000 | Yes |