Overview

Limited Submission Opportunities

Frequently federal agencies and foundations offer grants, awards and fellowships that limit the number of applications that can come from one institution. In order to increase the chances of the University of Louisville succeeding in such “limited submission opportunity” applications, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation has established a procedure to review pre-proposals in a timely fashion.

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research and Innovation (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, may preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs Administration (OSPA).

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed on this page, please email our . To have your name added to our limited submissions opportunities mailing list, please register here.

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Program Name Solicitation Internal Deadline
5:00 p.m.		 Letter of Intent Deadline Sponsor Deadline Internal Submission Notice
Addressing Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-MD-20-008 First qualified application accepted - (Closed) 04/29/2020 05/29/2020 UofL Notice
Nursing Workforce Diversity - Eldercare Enhancement (NWD-E2) Program HRSA-20-117 First qualified application accepted Not Applicable 06/04/2020 UofL Notice
Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) RFA-AG-21-019 First qualified application accepted 08/15/2020 09/15/2020 UofL Notice
Amgen Foundation Grants N/A On-going Not Applicable Applications accepted throughout the year, with decisions made quarterly UofL Notice
Inclusive Excellence (IE3) Competition Howard Hughes Medical Institute 05/31/2019
(Closed)		 07/31/2019 01/14/2020 (Pre-Proposal); 
12/01/2020 (Final Proposal
Invite Only)		 UofL Notice
Competition for the Management of Operations and Maintenance of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) NSF 20-530 01/31/2020
(Closed)		 02/21/2020 06/19/2020 UofL Notice
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Education and Workforce Development USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006769 02/14/2020 -
(Still Accepting Applications)		 Not Applicable -Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy: April 28, 2020;
-Agricultural Workforce Training Grants: May 26, 2020;
-Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships (NOT LIMITED): June 16, 2020		 UofL Notice
Luce American Art Exhibition Competition Henry Luce Foundation 03/06/2020-
(Closed)		 04/01/2020 06/01/202 - (Full Proposal by Invite Only) UofL Notice
Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grants Breast Cancer Alliance 03/20/2020
(Closed)		 04/05/2020 07/24/2020 -
Full Proposal		 UofL Notice
Breast Cancer Alliance Young Investigator Grants Breast Cancer Alliance 03/27/2020 -
(Closed)		 Not Applicable 07/24/2020 UofL Notice
Childhood Asthma in Urban Settings Clinical Research Network- Leadership Center (UM1 Clinical Trial Required) RFA-AI-19-074 03/27/2020 -
(Still Accepting Applications)		 05/19/2020 06/19/2020 UofL Notice
Childhood Asthma in Urban Settings -Clinical Research Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-AI-19-073 03/27/2020 -
(Still Accepting Applications)		 05/19/2020 06/19/2020 UofL Notice
Shared Instrumentation for Animal Research (SIFAR) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-112 03/27/2020 -
(Closed)		 Not Applicable 06/01/2020 UofL Notice
Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA): Future Research Directions for the Engineering Research Community NSF 20-551 04/01/2020
(Still Accepting Applications)		 07/08/2020, 5:00pm local time 08/12/2020, 5:00pm local time
General Social Survey (GSS) Competition NSF 20-550 04/01/2020
(Still Accepting Applications)		 06/01/2020 08/17/2020 UofL Notice
Pew Biomedical Scholars Pew Charitable Trusts 04/03/2020
(Still Accepting Applications)		 Not Applicable 05/18/2020 - Nomination
09/10/2020 - Full Proposal		 UofL Notice
Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO) NSF 20-549 04/10/2020
(Still Accepting Applications)		 Not Applicable 06/10/2020 UofL Notice
High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-114 04/24/2020
(Still Accepting Applications)		 Not Applicable 06/01/2020 UofL Notice
Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-113 04/24/2020
(Still Accepting Applications)		 Not Applicable 06/01/2020 UofL Notice
Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (U19 Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-AI-20-007 05/01/2020
(Still Accepting Applications)		 30 days prior to sponsor deadline 08/28/2020 UofL Notice
NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-153 05/01/2020
(Still Accepting Applications)		 LOI due 30 days prior 07/14/2020 UofL Notice
Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) NSF 19-506 05/08/2020 -
(Still Accepting Applications)		 Not Applicable 07/08/2020 UofL Notice
Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award Brain Research Foundation (BRF) 05/15/2020
(Closed)		 06/25/2020 09/22/2020 Full Proposal UofL Notice
Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-107 05/29/2020
(Still Accepting Applications)		 06/28/2020 07/28/2020 UofL Notice
Mallinckrodt Grants Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation 05/29/2020 - (Closed) Not Applicable 08/01/2020 UofL Notice
NEA OUR TOWN Grant Program NEA 06/05/2020 Not Applicable 08/06/2020 UofL Notice
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE) NSF 18-509 09/25/2020 12/04/2020 (LOI) See solicitation for preliminary proposal and full proposal deadlines. UofL Notice