Sponsors sometimes limit the number of grant applications that an institution may submit in response to a funding opportunity. These opportunities are known as "limited submission" or "limited proposal" opportunities. In such cases the Office Sponsored Programs will initiate and conduct an internal competition to determine the proposal(s) that may move forward and to ensure that the university submits only the allowable number of proposals.
See our Limited Proposal Opportunities Process instructions below, as well as our Limited Submission SOP.
If you identify a funding opportunity with such limitations, notify Melodi Moore immediately. Participating in an internal competition is required in order to submit applications to limited proposal opportunities.
If you have questions about limited proposal opportunities, email Melodi Moore.
Current Limited Proposal Competitions
Current limited proposal competitions available:
CPRIT
Core Facility Support Award (limit 1 new, 1 renewal, or 1 resubmission)
Early Clinical Investigator Award (limit 2)
High Impact/High Risk Research Award (limit 5)
If you are interested in applying to a limited proposal opportunity that is not listed, please contact Melodi Moore as soon as possible.
Closed Limited Proposal Competitions
Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
The Pew Scholars Program and Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research are national funding initiatives designed to support assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. Each award provides $300,000 in flexible support—$75,000 per year for a four-year period.
- Candidates must have been awarded a doctorate in biomedical sciences or medicine.
- As of Oct. 15, 2019, nominees must hold full-time appointments at the rank of assistant professor.
- On June 29, 2019, candidates must have been in such an appointment for less than three years (not appointed before June 29, 2016).
- Candidates may be nominated by their institutions two times in total.
- If an applicant’s university has more than one eligible nominating institution or campus, that applicant may apply only from one institution; the applicant may not reapply in a subsequent year from a different one.
Searle Scholars Program
The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry who have recently been appointed as assistant professors on a tenure-track appointment. Grants are $300,000 for a three-year term with $100,000 payable each year of the grant, subject to the receipt of acceptable progress reports.
More information about the program can be found here.
Edward Mallinckrodt Jr Foundation Grant
The Edward Mallinckrodt Jr Foundation Grant is designed to provide faculty members who hold M.D. and/or Ph.D. degrees, and who are in the first to fourth year of a tenure-track position, with support to move the project forward to the point where R01 or other independent funding can be obtained. Regular grants provide $60,000 per year for a period of up to three years. This is a limited submission where only one (1) application per institution is allowed.
Annual submission deadline: August 1
Limited Proposal Opportunities Process
The Grant Research and Oversight Group oversees the selection process for limited proposal opportunities.
If an investigator identifies a funding opportunity which limits the number of submissions, they should immediately notify Melodi Moore. Participating in an internal competition is required in order to submit a proposal to a limited proposal opportunity.