Limited Submissions

Limited Submission Guidelines

GURU Policy # RAG20

Additional Resources

The Penn State Limited Submission Program manages the response to research funding opportunities for which a limited number of submissions are permitted from Penn State.

The Vice President for Research (VPR), in close communication with the college research deans and interdisciplinary consortia directors, is charged with implementing the Penn State Limited Submission Procedure.

Please contact limitedsubs@psu.edu should you have any questions.

Currently Accepting Notices of Intent/Proposals

If you would like to be considered as a Penn State institutional applicant for one of these opportunities, please submit a Proposal or Notice of Intent. Depending on the level of interest, a downselect competition may be held.

		Funding Agency	OVPR NOI Deadline	OVPR Downselect Deadline	Agency Final Deadline
NSF 19-522 National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program 2021	Apply Here	NSF	Jul 29, 2020		Feb 06, 2021
NSF 18-513 - Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) 2020/21	Apply Here	NSF	Jul 21, 2020		Jan 19, 2021
HRSA-20-106 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome	Apply Here	Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)		Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 4:00pm	Jul 20, 2020
Mallinckrodt Foundation: Biomedical Early-stage Investigator Grants	Apply Here	Mallinckrodt Foundation		Sunday, July 5, 2020 - 11:59pm	Aug 01, 2020
National Endowment for the Arts: Our Town	Apply Here	National Endowment for the Arts		Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 4:00pm	Aug 06, 2020
NEH Summer Stipends (20200923-FT)	Apply Here	National Endowment for the Humanities		Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 4:00pm	Sep 23, 2020
Sloan Research Fellowships 2021	Apply Here	Alfred P. Sloan Foundation		Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 4:00pm	Sep 15, 2020
NSF 20-569 Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) 2020	Apply Here	NSF		Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 4:00pm	Jan 26, 2021
Searle Scholars Program	Apply Here	Searle		Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - 4:00pm	Sep 30, 2020
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: New Directions Fellowships 2020	Apply Here	Andrew W. Mellon Foundation		Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 4:00pm	Sep 28, 2020
USDA-NIFA-AFRI-006769 Education and Workforce Development Program (EWD) FY2020	Apply Here	USDA		Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 4:00pm	Sep 24, 2020

Currently in Downselect/Closed

Penn State may only submit a specific number of proposals to these funding opportunities. The number of NOIs received require that an internal competition take place, thus, a downselect process has commenced. No Penn State researchers may apply to any opportunity listed on this page outside of this downselect process.

All current downselect applications are provided in the InfoReady system, at psu.infoready4.com. You may also click on the titles below to apply for limited submission awards that are currently in downselect. (This link opens in a new window; Penn State WebAccess log in required to see application.)

Current Downselects:

		OVPR Downselect Deadline	Agency LOI Deadline	Agency Final Deadline	Notes
(CLOSED) IES Pathways to the Education Sciences Research Training Program The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) provides scientific evidence to improve education...				Aug 20, 2020	Royel Johnson (Education)
(CLOSED) RFA-HD-21-010 Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2021 (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Purpose The goal...			Jun 30, 2020	Jul 30, 2020	Jennifer Glick (Liberal Arts)
(CLOSED) data.org Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge As part of our commitment to building the field of data science for social impact, data.org has launched a $10...				Jul 17, 2020
(CLOSED) American Stroke Association-Bugher Foundation Centers of Excellence in Hemorrhagic Stroke The Henrietta B. and Frederick H. Bugher Foundation and the American...			Jul 16, 2020	Aug 27, 2020	No Applicants
(CLOSED) NSF 20-550 General Social Survey (GSS) Competition 2020 The General Social Survey (GSS) is a nationally representative interview survey of the United States...		Mar 31, 2020	Jun 01, 2020	Aug 17, 2020	No Applicants
(CLOSED) DE-FOA-0002236 Offshore Wind Energy Atmospheric Science and Project Development NOI Penn State may only submit one Concept Paper and one Full...		Apr 13, 2020	Apr 30, 2020	Jul 09, 2020	Michael Yukish (ARL)
(CLOSED) 2021 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences Institutional Nomination Due: Monday, May 18, 2020 The Pew...		Apr 24, 2020		Sep 10, 2020	Guy Townsend (CoM)
(CLOSED) 2021 Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research Institutional Nomination Due: Monday, May 18, 2020 The Penn State Cancer...		Apr 24, 2020		Sep 03, 2020	Seyed Mansouri (CoM)
(CLOSED) NSF 20-549 Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO) I. INTRODUCTION Navigating the New Arctic (NNA), one of NSF's 10 Big...		May 11, 2020		Jul 10, 2020	No Applicants
(WITHDRAWN - PSU ineligible due to active SEPA award) PAR-20-153 NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The NIH Research...		May 13, 2020	Jun 15, 2020	Jul 14, 2020
(CLOSED) Brain Research Foundation 2021 Scientific Innovations Award Brain Research Foundation (BRF) Annual Scientific Innovations Award supports innovative discovery...		May 20, 2020	Jun 25, 2020	Sep 22, 2020	No Applicants
(CLOSED) National Endowment for the Arts: Grants for Arts Projects 2020 Grants for Arts Projects (formerly ArtWorks) is the National Endowment for the Arts’ principal...		May 28, 2020	Jul 09, 2020	Jul 21, 2020	Lindsey Landfried (Media Arts; Robeson)
(CLOSED) Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust Ornamental Hortaculture Grants 2020 The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust supports education and research in ornamental...		Jun 03, 2020	Jul 16, 2020	Aug 17, 2020	Robert Loeb (York)
(CLOSED) DE-FOA-0002322 FY2020 AMO Critical Materials FOA: Next‐Generation Technologies and Field Validation Given recent guidance from the DOE that the limit on...		Jun 04, 2020	Jun 25, 2020	Aug 11, 2020	Hojong Kim (EMS)
(CLOSED) DE-FOA-0002252 FY20 Advanced Manufacturing Office Multi-Topic FOA Penn State may submit one Concept Paper and one Full Application for each topic area...		Jun 09, 2020	Jun 25, 2020	Aug 26, 2020	Michael Hickner (E&MS; Subtopics 1.5 & 2.1)
(CLOSED) NSF 20-554 ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE) In this solicitation, the NSF ADVANCE program seeks to build...		Jun 23, 2020	Aug 03, 2020	Aug 07, 2020	No Applicants
(CLOSED) W.M. Keck Foundation: Science & Engineering/Medical Research The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research & The Office of Foundation...	Apply Here	Jun 24, 2020		Nov 02, 2020
(CLOSED) RFA-OD-20-013 Emergency Awards: RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center (CDCC) (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) NIH is issuing this FOA in response to the...		Jun 25, 2020	Jul 08, 2020	Aug 07, 2020	Vernon Chinchilli (CoM)

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