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 Downselect Deadline	Agency Final Deadline
NSF 21-556 Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support - Coordination Office (ACCESS-ACO)	Apply Here	NSF	Monday, May 17, 2021 - 4:00pm	Jun 16, 2021
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends (20200923-FT)	Apply Here	National Endowment for the Humanities	Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 4:00pm	Sep 22, 2021
NSF 21-555 - Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS)	Apply Here	NSF	Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 4:00pm	Jun 16, 2021
NSF 21-536 National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program	Apply Here	NSF	Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 4:00pm	Sep 06, 2021
NSF 20-554 ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE)	Apply Here	NSF	Sunday, May 30, 2021 - 4:00pm	Aug 02, 2021
Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) Challenge – Year 3	Apply Here	Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN)	Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 4:00pm	Jul 15, 2021
W.M. Keck Foundation: Science & Engineering/Medical Research - Fall 2021	Apply Here	W.M. Keck Foundation	Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 4:00pm	Nov 01, 2021

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) Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Current and Emerging Threats to Crops he Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Current and Emerging Threats to Crops (Current...			May 11, 2021	No Applicants
(CLOSED) VentureWell Sustainable Design Faculty Grants (Spring 2021) VentureWell awards up to $30,000 grants (with a duration of three years) to colleges and...			May 19, 2021
(CLOSED) NIH PAR 20-103 Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) (Clinical Trial Optional) May 202 Many research questions in biomedical science can...			May 27, 2021	No Applicants
(CLOSED) National Endowment for the Humanities American Rescue Plan: Humanities Organizations Penn State is limited to a single application to this program....			May 14, 2021	Martha Ney (Penn State Press)
(CLOSED) Henry Luce Foundation: Advancing Public Knowledge on Race, Justice, and Religion in America The Henry Luce Foundation’s Theology Program invites new inquiries...	Jan 07, 2021	Feb 15, 2021	Jun 15, 2021	No Applicants
(CLOSED) Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF) Grants The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation identifies and invests in leading edge research that demonstrates...	Feb 11, 2021	Mar 01, 2021	May 31, 2021	No Applicants
(CLOSED) Chemical Upcycling of Polymers (DE-FOA-0002462) The DOE SC program in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces its interest in receiving applications on behalf of...	Mar 01, 2021	Mar 10, 2021	May 12, 2021	Samy Madbouly (PS Behrend); Robert Hickey (E&MS); Bert Chandler (CoE)
(CLOSED) NIH-PAR-20-223 Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education Experiences (R25) he NIH Research...	Mar 25, 2021	May 24, 2021	Jun 24, 2021	Keefe Manning (CoE, Schreyer)
(CLOSED) DOE Integrated Computational and Data Infrastructure (ICDI) for Scientific Discovery (DE-FOA-0002482) The DOE SC program in Advanced Scientific Computing...	Mar 29, 2021	Apr 02, 2021	May 14, 2021	Darren Pagan (E&MS); Zi-Kui Liu (E&MS); Jingjing Li (CoE)
(CLOSED) DOE Entanglement Management and Control in Transparent Optical Quantum Networks (DE-FOA-0002476) The DOE SC program in Advanced Scientific Computing Research (...	Mar 30, 2021	Apr 05, 2021	May 17, 2021	No Applicants
(CLOSED) Critical Minerals & Materials: Chemical and Materials Sciences Research on Rare Earth and Platinum Group Elements (DE-FOA-0002483) The DOE SC program in...	Apr 02, 2021	Apr 12, 2021	Jun 09, 2021	Athanasios Karamalidis (E&MS); Andrew Smye (E&MS)
(CLOSED) U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Research and Development Grant, Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 (31310021K0002) The program (formerly the Integrated University...	Apr 05, 2021		May 14, 2021	William Walters (CoE); Clifford Lissenden (CoE)
(CLOSED) EXPRESS: Randomized Algorithms for Extreme Scale Science (DE-FOA-0002497) SUMMARY The DOE SC program in Advanced Scientific Computing...	Apr 07, 2021	Apr 16, 2021	May 19, 2021	Kamesh Madduri (CoE)
(CLOSED) Data-Intensive Scientific Machine Learning and Analysis (DE-FOA-0002493) The DOE SC program in Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) hereby announces...	Apr 12, 2021	Apr 23, 2021	May 27, 2021	John Harlim (ECoS); Parisa Shokouhi (CoE)
(CLOSED) 2022 Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research The Penn State Cancer Institute has been invited by the Pew Charitable Trusts to nominate a candidate for...	Apr 15, 2021		Sep 09, 2021	No Applicants
(CLOSED) 2022 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences The Pew Biomedical Scholars Program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science...	Apr 15, 2021		Sep 01, 2021
(CLOSED )Data Reduction for Science (DE-FOA-0002501) Summary The DOE SC program in Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) hereby...	Apr 27, 2021	May 06, 2021	Jun 04, 2021	Mahmut Kandemir (CoE);
(CLOSED) Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Programs 2021-22 The Whiting Foundation invites selected schools, scholarly societies, and other humanities institutions to...	Apr 28, 2021		Jun 01, 2021	James Casey (Liberal Arts)
(CLOSED) William T. Grant Scholars Program 2021 One applicant may be nominated from each college/campus. If there are multiple applicants from a single college the...	May 04, 2021		Jun 19, 2021	Gabriela Richard (Education)
(CLOSED) Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education The DEI in STEM Higher Education Program at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is...	May 04, 2021		Jun 01, 2021

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