Limited Funding Competitions

List of Sponsor/Program Limitations of Active NU Competitons


SPONSOR
PROGRAM NAME
LIMITATIONS
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences
An institution--including its medical school, graduate school, and all affiliated hospitals and research institutes--may nominate up to six candidates. However, institutions that nominate at least one candidate in reproductive science or at least one who
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research
An institution--including its medical school, graduate school, and all affiliated hospitals or research institutes--may nominate up to two candidates.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Interfaces In Science: Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
Two per institution. Institutions currently administering a BWF-supported Interfaces training program may nominate
up to three candidates.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
A U.S. or Canadian institution-including its medical school, graduate schools, and all affiliated hospitals and research institutes-may nominate up to two candidates.
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
Institutions may submit only one Camille Dreyfus or one Henry Dreyfus nomination annually.
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
New Faculty Awards Program
One nomination per institution
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation Scholars Program
Two nominations per invited institution.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Institute for Occupati
Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers
An applicant organization may submit only one application under this announcement.
Charles A. Dana Foundation
Dana Program in Brain and Immuno-imaging: Using Brain and Immune System Imaging Innovations to Improve Human Health
While prior to 2003 institutions were invited to submit only one application, institutions now are invited to submit TWO applications: ONE for conventional brain systems imaging research of brain tissue, and ONE for cellular/molecular imaging of brain cel
Charles E. Culpeper Foundation/Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships
Charles E. Culpeper Scholarships in Medical Science
No institution may nominate more than one candidate.
Chicago Community Trust
James Brown IV Award of Excellence for Outstanding Community Service
One nomination per organization
Chicago Community Trust/Kinship Foundation
Searle Scholars Program
No more than two applications will be accepted from any one institution.
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Damon Runyon Scholar Award
Two nominations: one physician scientist and one basic scientist (no limitations for past Runyon scholars)
Dan David Foundation
Dan David Prize
Three nominations are allowed, one each in three "dimensions": Past (Archaeology, History, and Paleontology), Present (Arts, Culture & Journalism; Conflict Resolution; Environment & Technology; Governance, Society , Politics & Economics & Psychology; Law
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Fellowships for Science and Engineering
Two nominations per institution
Ellison Medical Foundation
New Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease
One nomination per invited institution
Ellison Medical Foundation
New Scholars Award in Aging
One nomination per invited institution
George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation
Fellowships
Each academic institution is permitted to nominate three individuals, preferably one in each field of the current competition.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HHMI Professors
Up to two candidates per invited institution
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Med Into Grad Initiative: Integrating Medical Knowledge Into Graduate Education
An institution may submit up to two applications for funding.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Undergraduate Science Education Program
Howard Hughes Medical Institute/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bio
HHMI-NIBIB Interfaces Initiative
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program
Only one proposal per institution may be submitted for this program.
John Merck Fund
John Merck Scholars Program in the Biology of Developmental Disabilities in Children
One candidate in neurobiological science and one in cognitive science allowed.
John Templeton Foundation
Templeton Research Lectures on the Constructive Engagement of Science and Religion
Implied limit of one per institution
Jose Carreras International Leukemia Foundation
E. D. Thomas Fellowship
One per institution
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship Program
No more than one nomination from the university will be accepted.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Summer Stipends
Each college and university in the United States and its jurisdictions may nominate two members of its faculty for the Summer Stipends competition. Of the two, at least one should be a junior nominee.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grants
An applicant organization may submit only one application under this announcement.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (RFA-AI-05-027)
An institution may submit only one application.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NICHD Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology
An eligible institution may submit only a single application and may only have a single training program supported by this funding opportunity.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Population Research Infrastructure Program (RFA-HD-05-028)
One application per institution is permitted.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Initiative for Minority Students: Bridges to the Baccalaureate (PAR-02-084)
An institution may be involved as a partner in more than one Bridges program, but can be the APPLICANT institution for only one program. Institutions submitting their own applications may participate in programs with other applicant institutions as long
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Initiative for Minority Students: Bridges to the Doctorate (PAR-02-083)
An institution may be involved as a partner in more than one Bridges program, but can be the APPLICANT institution for only one program. Institutions submitting their own applications may participate in programs with other applicant institutions as long
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
NINDS Institutional Center Core Grants to Support Neuroscience Research
NINDS will not consider more than one application simultaneously from an applicant organization.
National Institutes of Health
Course Development in the Neurobiology of Disease (RFA-MH-05-011)
Each eligible institution may submit only one application to develop and initiate or significantly expand a graduate level course on the neurobiology of disease that will be available to the entire neuroscience community at that institution.
National Institutes of Health
Framework Programs for Global Health
Only one application may be submitted from a single institution.
National Institutes of Health
Jointly Sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences
One per institution
National Institutes of Health
Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Programs
One
National Institutes of Health
Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Programs (RFA-RM-05-015)
An eligible institution (e.g., university) may submit only a single application in response to this RFA.
National Institutes of Health
Training in Genomics and Hemoglobinopathies
One per institution
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
AIDS International Training and Research Program
Only one application for an award may be submitted from an institution. Only one AITRP award will be made to an institution at any given time.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Fogarty International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research Training Program (ICTIRT)
Only one application may be submitted from any given institution and an
institution already having received an award may not apply for a second
award from this same PA.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (N
Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (R25)
Only one application per health professional school may be submitted for a given receipt date.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (OAICs)
Each applicant organization may submit one application.
National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources
High End Instrumentation Program
(1) An institution may submit more than one application, but the instruments requested should be substantially different. (2) The instrument must be utilized by a minimum of three Principal investigators on NIH peer reviewed research grants at the time of
National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)
An organization may submit only one application, and no organization may have more than one active SEPA project.
National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources
Shared Instrumentation Grant
(1) Any applications submitted for similar instrumentation from two or more units on the same campus require special institutional endorsement. NIH requires documentation from a high level official stating that the this is not an unintended duplication, b
National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Cultural Competence and Health Disparities Academic Award
An eligible institution (e.g., university) may submit only a single application in response to this RFA.
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Laboratories/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
One preliminary proposal per institution. Please contact Holly Falk-Krzesinski if interested in submitting.
National Science Foundation
[Nanoscale Science] Centers For Learning and Teaching (NCLT)
An institution or agency may submit only one NCLT proposal as the lead institution for the NSEE competition.
National Science Foundation
ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (NSF 05-584)
Only the Institutional Transformation component is limited: Organizations may submit only one Institutional Transformation proposal
National Science Foundation
Alliances For Graduate Education And The Professoriate (AGEP) (NSF 04-575)
Only one proposal may be submitted per alliance. The alliance must consist of two or more doctoral degree granting institutions serving STEM graduate education needs.
National Science Foundation
Centers For Learning and Teaching (CLT)
An academic institution, organization, or agency may submit only one CLT proposal as the lead partner for a given competition.
National Science Foundation
Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation (CRIF:MU)
Two per institution. If two are submitted, at least one must involve cyberinfrastructure. PI must be chair of Chemistry.
National Science Foundation
CISE Educational Innovation (EI) program
One proposal per institution
National Science Foundation
Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships (CSEMS)
An institution may submit no more than one proposal per competition.
National Science Foundation
Cyberinfrastructure TEAM (CI-TEAM): Demonstration Projects (NSF 05-560)
An organization may submit only one CI-TEAM proposal as the lead organization in response to this solicitation.
National Science Foundation
Deep Underground Science and Engineering Program Planning and Technical Requirements (NSF 04-595)
No more than one proposal may be submitted by any one organization as the lead organization.
National Science Foundation
Environmental Molecular Science Institutes (EMSI) (NSF 04-509)
No institution may submit more than one proposal to this competition. Proposals already submitted to other NSF programs or other federal agencies are not eligible for consideration in this competition. A Principal Investigator may submit only one proposal
National Science Foundation
Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) (NSF 05-532)
An eligible organization, as defined above, may submit only one proposal as the lead organization. Organizations submitting more than one proposal as the lead organization will be notified and given one week from notification to select one proposal for co
National Science Foundation
Faculty Development in the Space Sciences (FDSS) (NSF 04-582)
Institutions may submit only one proposal in response to this solicitation.
National Science Foundation
Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) (NSF 05-507)
An organization may submit no more than one proposal per track per round of competition.
National Science Foundation
Geoscience Education (GeoEd)
An organization (e.g., a university or museum) may be the lead organization on only one Track 2 proposal submitted per competition. Track 2 proposals should describe a plan to integrate geoscience research and education activities into existing Louis Stok
National Science Foundation
Grants for the Department-Level Reform of Undergraduate Engineering Education (NSF 05-531)
Proposers can submit a maximum of one planning grant proposal and one implementation grant proposal each year.
National Science Foundation
HIAPER Aircraft Instrumentation (HAI) (NSF NSF 04-517)
An organization may submit up to five proposals as the lead organization with the following restriction. An organization may submit no more than 3 proposals for instrument acquisition. Any additional proposals must be for instrument research and developme
National Science Foundation
Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML) (NSF-02-040)
Only one proposal may be submitted on behalf of an institution to any single round of FSML competition.
National Science Foundation
Informal Science Education (ISE)
An organization may serve as lead on up to three Preliminary Proposals and on three Full Proposals in each round of competition for Project Grants.
National Science Foundation
Instrumentation for Materials Research - Major Instrumentation Projects (IMR-MIP)
An institution may submit at most one IMR-MIP proposal in a given year, whether for Conceptual and Engineering Design (CED) or for Construction (CNST).
National Science Foundation
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
Invitation to submit a full proposal is based on merit review of the preliminary proposal. An institution may submit no more than two single-institution full proposals and, as lead institution with other participating U.S. institutions, one multi-institut
National Science Foundation
International Materials Institutes (IMI): Toward an International Materials Research Network
An institution may not be the lead organization in more than one proposal.
National Science Foundation
Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program
An institution may submit up to three proposals to the MRI program. An institution may submit up to two proposals for instrument acquisition. If an institution submits three proposals, at least one of the three proposals submitted must be for instrument d
National Science Foundation
Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs)
Only two preliminary proposals may be submitted by any one organization as the lead organization. An individual may be the Principal Investigator for only one preliminary proposal. Full proposals may be submitted by invitation only.
National Science Foundation
Math and Science Partnership Program (MSP)
For this competition, an organization may submit only one proposal as LEAD partner in a Targeted or Institute Partnership but may submit any number of Research Evaluation and Technical Assistance (RETA) proposals.
National Science Foundation
Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER)
An organization - a university or a campus in a multi-campus university -- may submit no more than two (2) proposals on which it is the lead organization in response to this NER solicitation
National Science Foundation
Nanoscale Informal Science Education (NISE)
An eligible organization may participate in only one proposal, as either a lead and or as a partner organization.
National Science Foundation
Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT)
An organization - a university, or a campus in a multi-campus university -- may submit no more than three (3) proposals on which it is the lead organization in response to this solicitation.
National Science Foundation
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSEC)
No institution may submit more than one preproposal. Full proposals may be submitted only by invitation from NSF.
National Science Foundation
Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE)
Only one proposal may be submitted by any institution as the lead institution with the following exception: An institution may submit a second proposal as the lead institution, if it is focused on the societal, ethical, economic and/or environmental impli
National Science Foundation
NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)
One per institution, either Track 1 or Track 2 for any one competition.
National Science Foundation
Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) (NSF 05-566)
Degree-granting academic institutions of higher learning may participate in no more than two Partnership proposals. Such institutions may submit only one Partnership proposal as the lead institution.
National Science Foundation
Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) (NSF 05-533)
A single institution may submit only one proposal as lead institution. An institution may participate in only two proposals as participating, non-lead institutions.
National Science Foundation
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) (NSF 04-525)
Only one nomination per institution. The single nomination may be for an Individual Award or for an Institutional Award, but not for both.
National Science Foundation
Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) (NSF 04-610)
Only one RDE proposal may be submitted by a RAD lead institution or by a DEI, FRI or RAD principal investigator or co-principal investigator to each year's competition. An institution or organization may be included in only one RDE proposal, either as a l
National Science Foundation
Robert Noyce Scholarship Program
An institution, on its own or as a member of a consortium, may submit no more than one proposal per competition.
National Science Foundation
Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships (NSF 03-550 )
A single institution may submit no more than five preliminary proposals as lead institution, but may be involved as a partner in additional preliminary proposals submitted by other institutions.
National Science Foundation
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
An institution is allowed to submit only one Type 1 proposal, or to be part of only one consortium submitting a Type 1 proposal.
National Science Foundation
Terascale Extensions (NSF 03-553)
Eligible organizations may submit or participate in only one proposal.
National Science Foundation
Undergraduate Research Centers (URC) (NSF 05-539)
No institution may submit more than one proposal as a lead institution.
National Science Foundation/Office of Naval Research
NSF/ONR Partnership in Electric Power Networks Efficiency and Security (EPNES) (NSF 02-188)
An institution can only submit one proposal for EPNES as lead institution.
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Curatorial Research Grants
Only one application per institution will be considered each year.
Pew Charitable Trusts
Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
One nomination per invited institution
Phi Beta Psi Sorority
Cancer Research Program
Two proposals per invited institution.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Physician Faculty Scholars Program
A school may nominate only one physician per year.
UCSF/Greenwall Foundation
Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
One per institution
W. M. Keck Foundation
Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program
One nomination per invited institution
Welch Foundation
Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry
One nomination per invited institution
William T. Grant Foundation
W. T. Grant Scholars Program (formerly Faculty Scholars Program)
Only one candidate may be nominated in one year from any major division of a university (e.g. College of the Arts and Sciences, Medical School). In cases where an institution nominates more than one candidate, a letter from a university official must clea
 
 
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