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The Office of Research and Engagement (ORE) oversees the process by which proposals are selected for submission by the university in response to federal, private, and corporate funding solicitations that limit the number of proposals that can be submitted per applicant institution. Below is a list of limited submission opportunities recently announced by ORE and the internal deadlines for receipt of a Notification of Interest (NOI). Please be aware that the list is not comprehensive. Anyone wishing to apply to a limited submission solicitation that is not posted on our website should contact limitsub@utk.edu immediately. ORE will review the sponsor guidelines, evaluate the funding scope, and determine the need for an internal solicitation.

NOIs must be sent to limitsub@utk.edu and be received by 12 noon on the date specified for the particular award opportunity. The normal process for proposal selection is outlined on the Management of Limited Submission Funding Opportunities page. Exceptions to this process are made in certain situations, for example, when the deadline is short, when the program is highly focused, or when an opportunity reflects a strategic priority and/or requires significant institutional commitment.

The National Science Foundation maintains a comprehensive listing of their limited submissions opportunities.

Current and Expired Opportunities

CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NOIs
Date Posted	Title	Agency	Internal NOI by Noon	Agency Due Date	Limitations	Status
8/22/19	Partnerships for Innovation – Research Partnerships Track (PFI-RP)	NSF	8/29/19	1/8/20	1	Accepting NOIs through InfoReady. Click here to submit.
8/8/19	Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI)	NSF	9/13/19	1/19/20	2 for Track 1, 1 for Track 2	Accepting NOIs through InfoReady. Click here to submit.

8/7/19	Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)	NSF	8/21/19	11/6/19	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
8/5/19	Community Opioid Response and Evaluation (CORE) Project	Pew Trusts	8/14/19	8/30/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
8/5/19	Sloan Research Fellowships	Sloan Foundation	8/19/19	9/16/19	3 per department	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
7/22/19	Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics	Greenwall Foundation	7/29/19	9/23/19	2	NOI Deadline Passed
6/13/19	Summer Stipends	NEH	7/31/19 by 5pm	9/25/19	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
6/28/19	Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN)	USDA	7/3/19	7/25/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
6/10/19	Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC): A Grant Initiative for the Appalachian and Delta Regions	DOL	6/14/19	7/15/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
6/6/19	Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research	NSF	6/14/19	11/5/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
6/3/19	Critical-Zone Collaborative Network	NSF	6/10/19	12/2/19	3 for Thematic Clusters, 1 for Coordinating Hub	NOI Deadline Passed
5/28/19	Our Town	NEA	6/4/19	8/8/19	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
5/20/19	Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program	NSF	5/28/19	9/27/19	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
5/7/19	Advanced Manufacturing Office Multi-Topic FOA	DOE	5/14/19	6/20/19	1 per subtopic area	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
5/1/19	2020 Pew Biomedical Scholars	Pew Trusts	5/15/19	10/17/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
5/1/19	Inclusive Excellence	Howard Hughes Medical Institute	5/8/19	7/31/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
5/1/19	Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science	NSF	5/8/19	9/18/19	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
4/29/19	Physics Frontiers Centers (PFC)	NSF	5/6/19	8/1/19	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
4/18/19	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Education and Workforce Development (Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy)	USDA	4/25/19	6/13/19	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
4/18/19	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Education and Workforce Development (Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates)	USDA	4/25/19	6/27/19	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
4/3/19	Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing (ARQC)	DOE	4/10/19	5/31/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
4/3/19	Arts Build Communities (ABC)	Tennessee Arts Commission	4/10/19	7/1/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
4/2/19	Youth Engagement in Sports: Collaboration to Improve Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition (YES Initiative)	HHS	4/10/19	5/31/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
3/29/19	Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	NIH	4/8/19	5/29/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
3/29/19	Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute	DOE	4/8/19	5/15/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
3/29/19	Subsurface Stress and Lost Circulation in Geothermal Drilling	DOE	4/8/19	4/16/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
3/28/19	Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI)	USDA	4/5/19	6/10/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
3/25/19	Women and Minorities in STEM Fields	USDA	4/2/19	5/21/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
3/18/19	Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships	NSF	3/27/19	6/25/19	3	NOI Deadline Passed
3/18/19	Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) (T34)	NIH	3/26/19	5/21/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
3/11/19	Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education	NIH	3/18/19	5/31/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
2/8/19	Diversity in Teaching Grant Program	Tennessee Higher Ed Commission	2/15/19	4/5/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
2/6/19	Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Computing in Undergraduate Education (IUSE: CUE)	NSF	2/13/19	5/9/19	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
2/4/19	Trinity Health Foundation: 2019 Grant Cycle	Trinity Foundation	2/11/19	3/27/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
12/19/18	Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) (T32)	NIH	1/8/19	5/21/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed
12/18/18	Energy-Water Desalination Hub	DOE	1/4/19	2/7/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
12/18/18	Art Works	NEA	1/7/19	2/14/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
12/3/18	Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research	NSF	12/10/18	3/4/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
11/26/18	Data Science Research: Personal Health Libraries for Consumers and Patients	NIH	12/4/18	1/18/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
11/19/18	Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award	NIH	11/30/18	2/28/19	1 per college/school	NOI Deadline Passed
11/16/18	Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards	ORAU	11/30/18	1/9/19	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
11/9/18	Arts Project Support/Rural Arts Project Support (APS/RAPS)	Tennessee Arts Commission	11/16/18	1/22/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
11/9/18	Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP)	NSF	11/16/18	2/4/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
11/6/18	Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC)	NSF	11/13/18 for IRG proposals	6/24/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
11/5/18	Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Data Science Corps (DSC)	NSF	11/12/18	2/4/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
10/22/18	Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Research Partnerships Track	NSF	10/29/18	1/19/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed
10/2/18	National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program	NSF	10/19/18	12/6/18	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
10/8/18	Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health	HRSA	10/15/18	11/27/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed
9/24/18	Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (R25)	NIH	10/1/18	1/24/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
9/21/18	Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	NIH	9/28/18	1/25/19	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
9/17/18	Scientific Infrastructure Support for Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research	DOE	9/25/18	11/15/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
8/28/18	Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program	NSF	9/5/18	9/27/18	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
8/24/18	Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience (IUSE: GEOPATHS)	NSF	8/31/18	9/21/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
8/20/18	Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)	NSF	9/4/18	11/7/18	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
8/1/18	Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI) Instrument Acquisition or Development	NSF	9/4/18	1/22/19	2 for Track 1, 1 for Track 2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
8/7/18	The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program	Greenwall Foundation	8/15/18	10/1/18	2	NOI Deadline Passed
8/3/18	Enabling Quantum Leap: Convergent Accelerated Discovery Foundries for Quantum Materials Science, Engineering and Information (Q-AMASE-i)	NSF	8/10/18	9/17/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
8/2/18	CISE Research Infrastructure (CRI)	NSF	8/9/18	11/7/18	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
7/20/18	Machine Learning for Geothermal Energy	DOE	8/3/18	11/1/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed
7/23/18	Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC)	NSF	7/30/18	10/12/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed
7/17/18	NINDS Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25)	NIH	7/24/18	9/25/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed
7/2/18	Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Technical Assistance	HRSA	7/9/18	8/10/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed
6/26/18	Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Computer Science	Simons Foundation	7/3/18	10/31/18	2 per program	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
6/26/18	Simons Investigators in the Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems	Simons Foundation	7/3/18	10/31/18	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
6/22/18	Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Planning	HRSA	6/27/18	7/30/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
5/17/18	Evidence-Based Tele-Behavioral Health Network Program (EB-THNP)	HRSA	5/25/18	6/25/18	1	c
5/10/18	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Education and Workforce Development – PD-STEP	USDA	5/25/18	7/11/18	3	NOI Deadline Passed- Applicants Cleared to Submit
5/11/18	Building America Industry Partnerships and Research Priorities for High Performance Housing Innovation	DOE	5/21/18 by 9AM	5/25/18	1 per topic area	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
5/8/18	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Education and Workforce Development- REEU	USDA	5/18/18	6/28/18	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
5/9/18	Rural Health Integration Models for Parents and Children to Thrive (IMPACT)	HRSA	5/17/18	7/2/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed
5/9/18	Rural Commmunity Development Initiative (RCDI)	USDA	5/16/18	6/25/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
5/2/18	2019 Pew Biomedical Scholars	Pew Trusts	5/10/18	10/15/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
4/25/18	Computational Chemical Sciences Research	DOE	5/2/18	5/16/18		NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
4/12/18	Materials and Chemical Sciences Research for Quantum Information Science	DOE	4/19/18	5/24/18	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
4/2/18	Tennessee Arts Commission: Arts Build Communities (ABC)	TAC	4/10/18	7/2/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
3/21/18	Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability	State of Tennessee	3/28/18	4/30/18	1 per category	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
3/15/18	Aetna 2018 Cultivating Healthy Communities Grant Program	Aetna Foundation	3/23/18	4/18/18	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
3/8/15	Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)	NSF	3/15/18	6/4/18	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
2/12/18	Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25)	NIH	2/19/18	5/31/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
2/6/18	Women and Minorities in STEM Program (WAMS)	USDA	2/13/18	3/28/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
2/5/18	2018 Grant Cycle	Trinity Health Foundation	2/12/18	3/28/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
1/29/18	Quantitative and Statistical Thinking in the Life Sciences	Burroughs Wellcome Fund	2/5/18	4/25/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
1/23/18	Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM	NSF	1/30/18	4/17/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared to Submit
11/29/17	Art Works	NEA	12/6/17	2/15/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
11/27/17	Energy Frontier Research Centers	DOE	12/5/17	1/31/18	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
11/14/2017	Partnerships for Innovation	NSF	11/21/2017	2/1/2018	2	NOI Deadline Passed- Applicants Cleared to Submit
10/27/17	NSF Research Traineeship (NRT)	NSF	11/6/17	12/6/17	2	NOI Deadline Passed- Applicants Cleared to Submit
10/27/17	Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award (R01)	NIH	11/3/17	2/28/18	1 per college/school	NOI Deadline Passed
10/23/17	Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research – Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies (NEET)	DOE	10/30/17	1/23/18	3 per workscope	NOI Deadline Passed
10/23/17	Data Science Research: Personal Health Libraries for Consumers and Patients (R01)	NIH	10/30/17	3/19/18	1	NOI Deadline Passed- Applicant Cleared
10/16/17	Forensic Anthropology Assistance to Address Legacies of Gross Human Rights Violations	DoS	10/23/2017	11/06/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed
10/12/2017	Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards	ORAU	10/19/2017	1/8/2018	2	Deadline Passed- Competition Underway
10/9/2017	Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Project Support / Rural Arts Project Support (APS & RAPS)	Tennessee Arts Commission	10/16/2017	1/22/2018	1	Deadline Passed- Competition Underway
9/19/2017	Advanced Power Electronics Design for Solar Applications	DoE	9/26/2017	10/12/2017	2	NOI Deadline Passed
8/10/2017	Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics	Greenwall Foundation	8/17/2017	11/1/2017	2	NOI Deadline Passed
8/15/2017	ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers	NSF	N/A	8/9/2017	N/A	Closed to Internal Competition
8/9/2017	Research Education: Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Program (R25)	NIH	N/A	1/26/2018	N/A	Closed to Internal Competition
7/28/2017	Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program	NSF	8/4/2017	10/25/2017	2	NOI Deadline Passed
7/26/2017	CISE Research Infrastructure	NSF	8/2/2017	11/2/2017	3	NOI Deadline Passed
7/21/2017	Advancing Informal STEM Learning	NSF	7/28/2017	11/6/2017	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
7/14/2017	Pew Charitable Trusts: Health Impact Project	PEW	7/21/2017	9/15/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
7/11/2017	Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Sites	NSF	7/18/2017	10/10/2017	3	NOI Deadline Passed
7/11/2017	Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience (IUSE: GEOPATHS)	NSF	7/18/2017	10/10/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
7/6/2017	Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) – Thematic Collections Networks	NSF	7/14/2017	10/13/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed
6/27/2017	2018 Searle Scholars Program	Searle	7/04/2017	8/03/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
6/12/2017	Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative	HHS	6/19/2017	8/01/2017	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
6/6/2017	NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)	NSF	6/16/2017	1/10/2018	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared
5/18/2017	2018 Mallinkrodt Grants	EMF	5/26/2017	8/01/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
5/18/2017	2017 Arts Build Communities (ABC) Grants	TAC	5/25/2017	6/30/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
5/10/2017	2018 Pew Biomedical Scholars	Pew	5/24/2017	10/23/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
5/15/2017	AFRI – Education and Literacy Initiative: REEU	USDA	5/17/2017	6/28/2017	3	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
5/15/2017	AFRI – Education and Literacy Initiative: PD-STEP	USDA	5/17/2017	6/28/2017	3	NOI Deadline Passed
5/01/2017	NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5)	NIH	5/15/2017	9/22/2017	2	NOI Deadline Passed
4/18/2017	Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program	HRSA	4/26/2017	6/12/2017	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
3/21/2017	Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs: Establishing Spokes to Advance Big Data Applications (BD Spokes)	NSF	4/05/2017	9/18/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
3/16/2017	Aetna 2017 Cultivating Healthy Communities Grant Program	AET	3/24/2017	4/14/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
2/24/2017	Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25)	NIH	3/03/2017	5/31/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicant Cleared
2/02/2017	Tomorrow’s Internet Project Office (TIPOFF)	NSF	2/15/2017	5/02/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed
2/02/2017	Trinity Health Foundation (Large Grants)	THF	2/08/2017	3/29/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
12/06/2016	Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)	NSF	12/13/2016	3/01/2017	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
12/06/2016	Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation – Scientific Software Innovation Institutes	NSF	12/13/2016	4/11/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed
11/23/2016	Tennessee Arts Commission Arts Project Support / Rural Arts Project Support (APS & RAPS)	TAC	12/02/2016	1/23/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
11/23/2016	Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards	ORAU	12/02/2016	1/09/2017	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Competition Underway
11/22/2016	NSF INCLUDES – Design and Development	NSF	12/01/2016	2/14/2017	1	Applicant Cleared to Submit
11/01/2016	NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)	NSF	11/18/2016	3/29/2017	2	NOI Deadline Passed – Applicants Cleared to Submit
10/21/2016	FY2017 General Scientific Infrastructure Support for CINR	DOE	10/28/2016	11/23/2016	1	Applicant Cleared to Submit
10/18/2016	Brain Research Foundation: Fay/Frank 2017 Seed Grant	BRF	10/25/2016	1/04/2017	1	Applicant Cleared to Submit
10/03/2016	Innovation Corps- National Innovation Network Sites Program (I-Corps Sites)	NSF	10/10/2016	2/09/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed
10/03/2016	Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM)	NSF	10/10/2016	2/15/2017	1	Applicant Cleared to Submit
9/19/2016	Scalable Nanomanufacturing for Integrated Systems (SNM-IS)	NSF	9/26/2016	1/13/2017	1	NOI Deadline Passed