Limited Submissions

What is a Limited Submission?

Limited submissions are funding opportunities where the funder has limited the number of applications from an organization. Research Development Services (RDS) is the designated facilitator of UArizona limited submissions to federal and foundation opportunities. Selected proposals will need to follow UA proposal submission procedures. Please note that proposals to private foundations may require submission and coordination through the University of Arizona Foundation.

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Limited Submission Preferred Timeline

We announce internal competitions for limited submissions at least 12 weeks prior to the funder’s deadline. Applicants have two weeks to submit an internal pre-proposal to RDS and another two weeks to receive the go-ahead to submit or not. This timeline allows 8-9 weeks for applicants to prepare their proposal for submission to the funder.

Limited Submission Table

Last updated on March 28, 2024

  • To sort by by “Program Title,” or “Sponsor," click on the title in the table’s header.
  • Unless otherwise noted, internal pre-proposals are due by 5:00p AZ on the RDI deadline date and must be submitted through Arizona Cultivate.
  • If you want to apply for a limited submission opportunity that is not listed below, or if you have questions about competitions listed here, please contact LimitedSubmissions@email.arizona.edu.

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Program Title Sponsorsort descending Research Category Funding Type RDI Deadline External Deadline Notes
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience (IUSE: GEOPATHS) NSF Physical Sciences & Engineering Research and Training Fri, 06/12/2015

08/14/15 (LOI)10/05/15 (Full)

None. 

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Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program NSF STEM, Education, Training Mon, 08/21/2017

10/25/17 Full proposals

C. Impey

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Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM) 15-528 NSF Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, Social Science & Law Training Mon, 01/05/2015

03/12/15

None

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Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC) 2016 NSF Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, Social Science & Law Research-Industry Collaboration Wed, 09/14/2016

10/14/2016 (LOI)11/16/2016 (Full)

E. Enikov, N. Fan

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Mid-Scale Innovations Program (MSIP) NSF Physical Sciences & Engineering Research Mon, 08/03/2015

09/15/15 (Pre-proposal)02/22/16 (Full)

L. Ziurys, P. Hinz.

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NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) NSF Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, Social Science & Law Research Mon, 08/25/2014

10/21/14 (Pre-)5/15/15 (Full)

J. Field 

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Innovation Corps - Regional Node Program (I-Corps Node) 12-586 NSF Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, Social Science & Law Translational Research Mon, 01/26/2015

04/17/15

None.

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Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) NSF Physical Sciences & Engineering Training Tue, 12/13/2016

Preliminary proposal 2/14/2017Full proposal 5/16/17

None.

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NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) NSF STEM, Education, Training Research and Training Mon, 07/20/2015

09/22/15

None.

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CISE Research Infrastructure (CRI) NSF Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences Thu, 09/07/2017

11/2/17 Pre-proposals; 1/11/18 Full proposals

J. LevineA. KostUA may submit three Institutional Infrastructure proposals per round.

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Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) NSF Physical Sciences & Engineering Research Thu, 10/16/2014

11/6/14 (LOI)12/03/14 (Full)

R. Fleischman

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Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR) 14-465 NSF Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences Research Mon, 04/27/2015

07/13/15

None.

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Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) NSF Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences Collections Management Thu, 08/27/2015

10/09/15

None.

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Mid-Scale Innovations Program in Astronomical Sciences (MSIP) NSF Physical Sciences & Engineering Tue, 09/12/2017

Pre-proposals 11/20/17; Full proposals 4/6/18

P. Hinz.B. HeidornL. ZiurysUA may submit 3 applications per round.

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2022 Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) Alliances NSF STEM, Education, Training Grant Wed, 08/11/2021 10/04/2021 (Required LOI)

No applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1 

 

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Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI-BIC) 14-610 NSF Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering Translational Research Mon, 11/03/2014

12/3/14 (LOI)1/28/15 (Full)

Y. Wu

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NSF - Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) NSF STEM, Education, Training Fri, 12/01/2017

02/01/2018

B. Hurwitz

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NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) NSF STEM, Education, Training Research, Training Thu, 03/10/2016

05/16/2016

K. Miranda, College of Science

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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic Serving Institutions NSF STEM, Education, Training Education, Collaboration Tue, 01/16/2018

03/06/2018

M. Franco - Resource HubL. Xu - Track 1

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Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM) 15-507 NSF Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering Translational Research Sat, 11/29/2014

01/20/2015

A. Muscat

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Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science NSF STEM, Education, Training Research and Training Wed, 10/21/2015

11/22/2015

A. McPherson

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Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (S2I2) NSF Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences Research Thu, 01/05/2017

4/11/2017

None.

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Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI) NSF Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences Research Wed, 03/01/2017

3/1/2017

K. Melde

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Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science NSF STEM, Education, Training STEM, Education, Training Sun, 11/22/2015

11/22/15

A. McPherson

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Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships (STC) NSF Biomedical, Clinical & Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computational, & Data Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, Social Science & Law Research, Training Fri, 08/29/2014

12/11/14 (Pre-)6/16/15 (Full)

D. Breshears/K. Jacobs, R. Monson/R. Wing, P. Deymier/R. Ziolkowski 

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