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Upcoming Submissions Opportunities

We make every effort to identify limited submission opportunities and provide internal information in a timely manner. If a researcher should identify a limited submission that does not appear on our list or our calendar, please forward the program information as soon as possible to the Limited Submissions and Awards Team at limited_submission@unc.edu.

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Internal Deadline Sponsor Deadline Funding Agency Opportunity Title Discipline Eligibility Date Posted
Oct 1 Dec 4 NSF AI Institutes Data Science, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Open to all PI-eligible faculty Sept 11

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When are recurring limited submissions announced?

Below is a list of limited submissions awards sponsored by corporate entities and private foundations. The University has competed for these awards historically and we expect to continue to participate in the annual competitions. All dates are approximate and are contingent upon official invitation from the sponsoring agency.

Sponsoring Agency Limited Submission Award Disciplines of Interest (Broad) When to Expect Internal Call (Approximate)
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program Chemical Sciences Fall
David and Lucille Packard Foundation Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering STEM Fields Early Winter
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Moore Inventor Fellows STEM Fields, Chemical Sciences Winter
American Diabetes Association Pathways to Stop Diabetes: Initiator Award, Accelerator Award, and Visionary Award Basic and Clinical Diabetes Research Late Winter
Takeda Corporation (via New York Academy of Sciences) Innovators in Science Award Neuroscience (2017 Focus) Spring
Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award Brain Neuroscience Research Spring
William T. Grant Foundation WT Grant Scholars Program Social/Behavioral Research in Youth and Inequalities Spring
Mallinckrodt Foundation Mallinckrodt Grants Basic Sciences Informing Disease/Conditions Late Spring
Pew Charitable Trusts Pew Scholars in Biomedical Research Basic Sciences Informing Diseases/Conditions Late Spring
Searle Fund at the Chicago Community Trust Searle Scholars Program Basic Sciences in Medicine, Chemistry, and Biology Late Spring
Simons Foundation Simons Investigator Program Math, Physics, Computer Sciences Summer
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mellon New Direction Fellowships Arts and Humanities, Humanistic Social Sciences Summer
Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program Bioethics-focused Research Summer
Johnson and Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Program Women in
STEM Fields		 Summer
New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists STEM Fields Late Summer
St. Baldrick’s Research Grants / Scholar Grants Childhood Cancer Research Fall
Carnegie Corporation of New York Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences Early Fall
Rita Allen Foundation Rita Allen Scholars Award Basic Cancer, Immunology, and Neuroscience Research Late Summer
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award Food and Agricultural Sciences TBD
Brain Research Foundation Fay/Frank Seed Grant Basic Neuroscience Research Fall
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards STEM Fields Fall