Past Limited Submission Opportunities

The list below represents past limited submission funding opportunities and campus competitions. Please be advised that future cycles are dependent upon funding availability and sponsor discretion. If there are any questions or if you are aware of a limited submission opportunity not listed, please email ltdsubs@colorado.edu. For a listing of active limited submission funding opportunities, please visit our Limited Submission Funding Opportunities page.

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May 19, 2025September 25, 2025NIH Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities
June 2, 2025September 8, 2025NSF Research Traineeship (NRT)
June 26, 2025July 14, 2025
May 12, 2025July 1 -  August 15, 2025 (Pre-Application Counseling Period with Keck)
November 1, 2025 5:30pm MT (Phase I Application, by invitation only)
February 15, 2026 5:30pm MT (Phase II Application, by invitation only)		W.M. Keck Foundation Research Grants
April 1, 2025August 7, 2025 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
December 4, 2025 (Application, by invitation)
June 16, 2025August 1, 2025
May 28, 2025July 23, 2025American Diabetes Association Pathway to Stop Diabetes - Accelerator Award
April 14, 2025June 24, 2025NSF Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research
April 14, 2025June 13, 2025Beckman Scholars Program
April 30, 2025June 11, 2025 (Mentor and Reference Letter Deadline)
July 1, 2025 (Application)		William T. Grant Scholars
May 5, 2025June 3, 2025 3:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
September 23, 2025 3:00pm MT (Phase II Application - invitation only)		Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award
February 10, 2025June 2, 2025NIH Basic Instrumentation Grant
March 3, 2025May 15, 2025NSF Materials Innovation Platforms
April 7, 2025May 14, 2025  (Nomination)
September 3, 2025 (Application)		Pew Biomedical Scholars
March 3, 2025April 28, 2025 (Letter of Intent)
May 28, 2025 (Application)		NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) (Clinical Trial Optional)
February 24, 2025April 14, 2025
February 23, 2025 (Optional Center Director Vision Statement Deadline)
March 24, 2025 (Internal Proposal)		June 23, 2025 (Preliminary Proposal)
November 24, 2025 (Full Proposal) (by invitation)		NSF MRSEC: Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers
March 3, 2025March 31, 2025  (Concept Paper)
July 18, 2025 (Application)
January 27, 2025March 25, 2025NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program
December 9, 2024March 15, 2025David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
January 13, 2025March 4, 2025NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
January 20, 2025February 28, 2025 (Registration by PI)
March 14, 2025 (Letter of Intent)
May 23, 2025 (Application, by invitation)		Mathers Foundation Grant (Spring 2025)
February 10, 2025February 25, 2025  (Pre-Application)
May 6, 2025 (Application)		DOE EXPRESS: Exploratory Research for Extreme Scale Science
February 3, 2025February 21, 2025  (Pre-Application)
April 25, 2025 (Application)		DOE Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing: Partnerships in Basic Energy Sciences
February 3, 2025February 19, 2025 (Nomination)
April 2, 2025 (Application, by invitation only)		FFAR New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award
February 2, 2025February 14, 2025 (Pre-Application)
April 4, 2025 (Application)		DOE Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
January 19, 2025February 13, 2025
November 11, 2024February 7, 2025 (Letter of Intent)
March 7, 2025 (Preliminary Proposal)
September 17, 2025 (Full Proposal) (by invitation)		NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes
December 16, 2024February 4, 2025
December 9, 2024January 30, 2025Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
November 11, 2024January 14, 2025 5:00pm MT (Preliminary Proposals)
April 22, 2025 5:00pm MT (Full Proposals - by invitation only)		NSF Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE)
December 16, 2024January 13, 2025 9:59pm MT (Concept Paper)
TBD (Application, by invitation)		DOC CHIPS AI/AE for Rapid, Industry-informed Sustainable Semiconductor Materials and Processes (CARISSMA)
November 11, 2024January 8, 2025ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
December 9, 2024January 1, 2025 (Concept Application)
February 15, 2025 (Full Application, by invitation)		Conservation, Food & Health Foundation
October 7, 2024December 17, 2024 (Letter of Intent)
January 17, 2025 (Application)		NIH ESTEEMED
November 18, 2024December 16, 2024 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
January 27, 2025 5:00pm MT (Application)		NIH Biomedical Research Facilities
September 30, 2024November 20, 2024 5:00pm MT (Preliminary Proposals)
June 2, 2025 5:00pm MT (Full Proposals - by invitation only)		NSF Science and Technology Centers (STCs): Integrative Partnerships
October 21, 2024November 20, 2024Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminars
October 21, 2024November 19, 2024  (Letter of Intent)
March 27, 2025 (Application)		Brain Research Foundation Seed Grants
October 14, 2024November 19, 2024NIH NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00)
October 21, 2024November 15, 2024  (Letter of Intent)
December 13, 2024 (Application)		Moore Inventor Fellows
November 3, 2024November 14, 2024  (Letter of Intent)
December 5, 2024 (Application)		DOE Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applied to Nuclear Science
November 4, 2024November 13, 2024 (Eligibility)
December 4, 2024 (Nomination)
December 18, 2024 (Letter of Support)		Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
October 7, 2024November 8, 2024Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program
October 7, 2024November 4, 2024Andrew W. Mellon New Directions Fellowship
October 1, 2024November 1, 2024Frontiers Research Foundation - Frontiers Planet Prize
October 13, 2024October 28, 2024NSF - DOC Solutions Offering for the National Network for Microelectronics Education
July 29, 2024October 22, 2024NSF INCLUDES
September 23, 2024October 11, 2024 (Notice of Intent)
November 15, 2024 (Proposal)		University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics TEES/JHTO-RPP-2024-001
August 26, 2024September 30, 2024NIST Manufacturing USA Institute - AI for Resilient Manufacturing
August 5, 2024September 18, 2024NEH Summer Stipends
July 1, 2024September 5, 2024MacArthur Foundation 100&Change
August 19, 2024September 3, 2024 (Concept Paper)
November 7, 2024 (Application)		DOE Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development
August 11, 2024August 22, 2024 (Pre-Application)
November 18, 2024 (Application)		DOE Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Material and Process Innovation 
July 22, 2024August 20, 2024 (Letter of Intent - optional, but recommended)
October 1, 2024 (Application)		NSF National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program
July 1, 2024August 9, 2024 (Optional Draft)
September 18, 2024 (Application)		NEH Climate Smart Humanities Organizations
June 17, 2024August 6, 2024(Letter of Intent)
September 6, 2024 (Application)		NIH Director's Early Independence Awards
June 3, 2024July 22, 2024NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Institutional Partnership Pilot
June 3, 2024July 15, 2024NSF CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service (SFS)
June 17, 2024July 9, 2024(Pre-Application)
August 27, 2024 (Application)		DOE Fusion Innovation Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives
June 3, 2024June 26, 2024 (Optional Draft)
August 6, 2024 (Application)		NEH Graduate Education in the Humanities: A National Convening
April 8, 2024June 3, 2024  (Letter of Intent)
August 15, 2024 (Application)		NSF General Social Survey Competition
April 15, 2024May 20, 2024DOS Arctic Indigenous Exchange Program
March 4, 2024April 25, 2024NSF Innovation Corps Hubs Program (I-Corps Hubs)
March 4, 2024April 9, 2024 (Letter of Intent)
June 11, 2024 (Application)		NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory
March 4, 2024March 19, 2024 (Pre-Application)
May 21, 2024 (Application)		DOE Advancements in Artificial Intelligence for Science
February 26, 2024March 19, 2024 (Pre-Application)
May 7, 2024 (Application)		DOE Data Reduction for Science
February 5, 2024March 15, 2024NSF Centers for Innovation and Community Engagement in Solid Earth Geohazards
February 28, 2024March 13, 2024 (Pre-Application)
May 8, 2024 (Application)		DOE Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing
February 14, 2024February 28, 2024 (Pre-Application)
May 8, 2024 (Application)		DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers
January 29, 2024February 15, 2024 (Letter of Intent)
May 9, 2024 (Application)		Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative
January 8, 2024February 15, 2024AXA Research Fund - Building Resilience Against Systemic Cyber Risk
January 17, 2024February 15, 2024NEA Grants for Arts Projects
November 6, 2023January 1 -  February 15, 2024 (Pre-Application Counseling Period with Keck)
May 1, 2024 5:30pm MT (Phase I Application, by invitation only)
August 15, 2024 5:30pm MT (Phase II Application, by invitation only)		W.M. Keck Foundation Research Grants
December 18, 2023January 31, 2024Gerda Henkel Prize
December 11, 2023January 18, 2024NSF Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCIPE)
December 18, 2023January 9, 2024 3:00pm MT (Pre-Application)
March 5, 2024 3:00pm MT (Application)		DOE Bioimaging Research Approaches for the Bioeconomy & Environment
December 13, 2023January 5, 2024DOE Critical Materials Accelerator
November 27, 2023December 13, 2023Caring for Denver - Youth Grants
November 6, 2023December 1, 2023  (Letter of Intent)
June 13, 2024 (Application)		NSF Management of Operation and Maintenance of the National Geophysical Facility
November 9, 2023November 30, 2023  (Pre-Application)
February 13, 2024 (Application		DOE Atmospheric System Research
November 1, 2023November 14, 2023  (Concept Paper)
February 5, 2024 (Application)		DOE Innovative DEsigns for high-performAnce Low-cost HVDC Converters
October 2, 2023November 8, 2023VentureWell Course & Program Grants

September 18, 2023 (Group 1) 

November 13, 2023 (Group 2) 

October 31, 2023 (Preliminary Proposal, Group 1)
January 12, 2024 (Preliminary Proposal, Group 2)
January 12, 2024 (Full Proposal, Group 1)
May 17, 2024 (FullProposal, Group 2)		NSF National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes Accelerating Research, Tranforming Society, and Growing the American Workforces
August 21, 2023September 30, 2023Tang Prizes
June 26, 2023September 18, 2023NSF Faculty Development in geoSpace Science (FDSS)
August 14, 2023September 11, 2023University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics TEES/JHTO-RPP-2023-001
July 31, 2023September 6, 2023NSF Cyberinfrastructure Technology Acceleration Pathyway (CITAP)
August 2, 2023September 5, 2023NSF Partnerships for Innovation - Research Partnerships (PFI-RP)
August 14, 2023August 25, 2023  (Letter of Intent)
December 8, 2023 (Application)		NSF Predictive Intelliegence for Pandmic Prevention Phase II
July 24, 2023August 18, 2023LOC Of the People: Widening the Path: Community Collections
June 12, 2023August 7, 2023 (Letter of Intent)
November 1, 2023 (Application)		NSF ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions
June 26, 2023August 1, 2023NSF BioFoundries to Enable Access to Infrastructure and Resources for Advancing Modern Biology and Biotechnology (BioFoundries)
May 8, 2023July 6, 2023NEA Grants for Arts Projects - Media Arts
May 15, 2023July 2023 (Letter of Intent)Opportunity Now Colorado
April 24, 2023June 20, 2023NSF Building the Prototype Open Knowledge Network (Proto-OKN)
May 15, 2023June 2, 2023RWJF Data Visualization of Structural Racism and Place
May 22, 2023May 30, 2023 3:00pm MT (Pre-Application)
July 11, 2023 9:59pm MT (Application)		DOE Intertial Fusion Energy Science & Technology Accelerated Research
April 10, 2023May 17, 2023NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants
May 1, 2023May 10, 2023Caring for Denver - Alternatives to Jail
April 10, 2023May 8, 2023DOJ Preventing School Violence: BJA's STOP School Violence Program
March 13, 2023April 26, 2023  (Letter of Intent)
May 26, 2023 (Application)		NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) (Clinical Trial Optional)
April 10, 2023April 25, 2023 (Pre-Application)
June 21, 2023 (Application)		DOE Science Foundations for Energy Earthshots 
April 3, 2023April 17, 2023 (Concept Paper)
June 23, 2023 (Application)		DOE Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization
March 16, 2023March 31, 2023  (Pre-Application)
May 3, 2023 (Application)		DOE Quantum Testbed Pathfinder
March 8, 2023March 31, 2023New York Academy of Sciences Innovators in Science Award - Senior Scientist - Cancer Immunology
March 8, 2023March 31, 2023New York Academy of Sciences Innovators in Science Award - Early Career - Cancer Immunology
February 20, 2023March 27, 2023NSF Pathways into the Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences
February 16, 2023 (Required Expression of Interest)
February 27, 2023 (Application)		March 10, 2023Lockheed Martin University Research
February 13, 2023March 9, 2023 (Pre-Application)
May 18, 2023 (Application)		DOE Energy Innovation Hub Program: Research to Enable Next-Generation Batteries and Energy Storage
February 13, 2023March 1, 2023 (Pre-Application)
April 12, 2023 (Application)		DOE Scientific Machine Learning for Complex Systems
February 6, 2023February 24, 2023Agilent Early Career Professor Award
January 9, 2023February 23, 2023NSF Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCIPE)
January 30, 2023February 21, 2023 (Letter of Intent)
March 31, 2023 (Application)		DOE Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce for High Energy Physics (RENEW-HEP)
January 9, 2023February 9, 2023  (Pre-Application)
March 30, 2023 (Application)		DOE Distributed Resilient Systems
January 18, 2023February 1, 2023 (Letter of Intent - for Implentation Proposals)
April 3, 2023 (Full Proposals)		NSF Cultural Transformation in the Geoscience Community
December 5, 2022February 1, 2023Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
November 28, 2022January 30, 2023NIH Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) and Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE)
December 12, 2022January 9, 2023University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics TEES/JHTO-RPP-2022-002
September 12, 2022January 9, 2023NSF LSAMP National Coordination Hub and Louis Stokes Community Resource Centers 
November 7, 2022December 16, 2022 (Preliminary Proposal)
April 3, 2023 (Full Proposal)		NSF Quantum Sensing Challenges for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems
September 26, 2022November 3, 2022Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Computer Science
October 5, 2022October 13, 2022 (Expressions of Interest)
November 21, 2022 (Applications)		AXA Research Fund - Chairs Research Program
September 19, 2022October 12, 2022 (Concept Outline)
December 20, 2022 (Application)		DOE Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization
September 12, 2022September 30, 2022Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM Scholars Award
August 8, 2022September 30, 2022LOC Of the People: Widening the Path: Connecting Communities Digital Initiative - Libraries, Archives and Museums
August 15, 2022September 28, 2022Apple Scholars in AI/ML
August 15, 2022September 27, 2022NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants
July 25, 2022September 27, 2022NIH Bridges to the Doctorate Research Training Program (T32)
August 8, 2022September 25, 2022NIH Medical Scientist Training Program (T32)
June 20, 2022August 4, 2022NEA Our Town
June 13, 2022August 1, 2022 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
January 27, 2023 5:00pm MT (Full Proposal - invitation only)		NSF Physics Frontier Centers (PFC)
June 6, 2022August 1, 2022NSF Resilient & Intelligent NextG Systems (RINGS) - Virtual Organization
May 30, 2022July 18, 2022NSF IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments
June 13, 2022July 8, 2022 (Concept Paper)
September 9, 2022 (Application)		DOE Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries and Greenhouse Gas Reduction in First Generation Ethanol Production
June 13, 2022

June 30, 2022 5:00pm MT (Type-1 and Type-2 Concept Outlines)
August 31, 2022 5:00pm MT (Type-1 Letters of Intent)
September 29, 2022 5:00pm MT (Type-1 Full Proposals)
December 15, 2022 (Type-2 Letters of Intent)

January 31, 2023 (Type-2 Full Proposal)

NSF Regional Innovation Engines
April 4, 2022June 12, 2022 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
July 12, 2022 5:00pm MT (Application)		NIH Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST)
March 21, 2022May 26, 2022NIH Maximizing Access to Research Centers (T34)
March 28, 2022May 25, 2022NIH Medical Scientist Training Program (T32)
March 28, 2022May 25, 2022NIGMS Predoctoral Institutional Research Training Grant (T32)
May 2, 2022May 19, 2022 (Letter of Intent)
June 30, 2022 (Application)		DOE Randomized Algorithms for Combinational Scientific Computing
April 25, 2022May 16, 2022Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Higher Learning 2022 Call for Concepts
April 25, 2022May 10, 2022 (Letter of Intent)
June 21, 2022 (Application)		DOE Data Visualization for Scientific Discovery, Decision-Making and Communication
March 28, 2022May 10, 2022  (Letter of Intent)
October 5, 2022 (Application)		NSF Research Visioning for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Research Directions for the CISE Community
April 25, 2022May 5, 2022 (Letter of Intent)
June 13, 2022 (Application)		DOE Management and Storage of Scientific Data
April 11, 2022April 27, 2022 4:00pm MT (Notice of Intent)
May 4, 2022 4:00pm MT (White Papers)
August 22, 2022 4:00pm MT (Application)		University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics TEES/JHTO-RPP-2022
April 4, 2022April 19, 2022  (Pre-Application)
June 16, 2022 (Full Application)		DOE Urban Integrated Field Labs
January 5, 2022February 25, 2022NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences-Ascend External Mentoring (MPS-Ascend EM)
November 29, 2021February 25, 2022NSF Facilitator of Polar STEAM
January 5, 2022February 10, 2022NEA Grants for Arts Projects
N/A: Selection coordinated by respective college/school.January 24, 2022NIH Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award
January 4, 2022January 20, 2022 (Concept Paper)
February 28, 2022 (Application)		DOE Weatherization Assistance Program Enhancement & Innovation
December 13, 2021January 14, 2022 (Preliminary Proposal)
May 13, 2022 (Full Proposal)		NSF National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes
December 6, 2021January 7, 2022  (Pre-Application)
March 25, 2022 (Application)		DOE Computational Chemical Sciences Research
November 15, 2021January 7, 2022Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
September 6, 2021December 27, 2021 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
January 27, 2022 5:00pm MT (Application)		NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) (Clinical Trial Optional)
August 9, 2021October 1, 2021NIH Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K12)
June 21, 2021September 27, 2021NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Training Program (T34) 
August 30, 2021September 16, 2021 (Letter of Intent)
December 13, 2021 (Application)		Brown Science Foundation Investigator Award
August 10, 2021September 10, 2021 3:00pm MT (Concept Paper)
November 5, 2021 3:00pm MT (Application)		DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) Multi-Topic FOA
June 14, 2021August 27, 2021 5:00pm MST (Letter of Intent)
September 27, 2021 5:00pm MST (Application)		NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25)
July 27, 2021August 27, 2021 (Letter of Intent)
October 29, 2021 (Full Application)		NSF GERMINATION: Germination of Research Questions for Addressing Critical Societal Challenges
July 19, 2021August 12, 2021NEA American Rescue Plan Grants for Organizations
June 7, 2021July 16, 2021NextFifty Flexible Support Grants
June 9, 2021June 28, 2021IMLS American Rescue Plan
March 15, 2021June 16, 2021NSF Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS)
May 17, 2021June 15, 2021  (Nomination)
June 30, 2021 (Application)		1907 Trailblazer Award for Mental Health
May 3, 2021June 4, 2021DOS Integrating Democracy, Human Rights, and Good Governance in Efforts to Address Climate Change and Protect the Environment in East Asia and Pacific
May 10, 2021June 3, 2021SBA Federal and State Technology Partnership Program (FAST)
April 5, 2021June 1, 2021 5:00pm MT (Nomination)
June 14, 2021 5:00pm MT (First Round Application)		Whiting Public Engagement Programs - Fellowship and Seed Grant
April 20, 2021May 14, 2021NEH American Rescue Plan - Humanities Organizations
April 5, 2021April 29, 2021 3:00pm MT (Concept Paper)
June 30, 2021 3:00pm MT (Application)		DOE Flow Battery Ststems Manufacturing
March 16, 2021April 29, 2021EDA Built to Scale Program
N/AApril 23, 2021 (Pre-Application)DOE Data-Intensive Scientific Machine Learning and Analysis
N/AApril 16, 2021 (Pre-Application)DOE EXPRESS: Randomized Algorithms for Extreme-Scale Science
N/AApril 14, 2021 (Pre-Application)DOE Data Science to Advance Chemical and Materials Sciences
February 8, 2021April 12, 2021  (Preliminary Proposal)
June 14, 2021 (Full Proposal)		NSF Enabling Quantum Leap: Quantum Interconnect Challenges for Transformational Advanced in Quantum Systems
N/AApril 12, 2021 (Pre-application)
June 9, 2021 (Full Proposal)		DOE Critical Minerals & Materials: Chemical and Materials Science Research on Rare Earth and Platinum Group Elements
N/AApril 5, 2021 (Letter of Intent)DOE Optical Quantum Networking
N/AApril 2, 2021 (Letter of Intent)DOE Integrated Computational and Data Infrastructure for Scientific Discovery
N/AMarch 30, 2021 3:00pm MT (Pre-application)
May 18, 2021 (Full Proposal)		DOE Materials and Chemical Sciences Research for Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide
N/AMarch 29, 2021NEA Research Labs
N/A: Selection coordinated by respective college/school.March 10, 2021 (Preliminary Proposal)
May 12, 2021 (Full Proposal)		DOE Chemical Upcycling of Polymers
November 15, 2020February 22, 2021 5:00pm MTNSF Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) (formerly Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM)
January 18, 2021February 15, 2021  (Letter of Intent)
June 15, 2021 (Invited Proposal)		Henry Luce Foundation Theology Program Grants: Advancing Public Knowledge on Race, Justice, and Religion
March 3, 2021February 10, 2021FFAR New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award
N/AJanuary 27, 2021DOE Materials and Chemical Sciences Research for Quantum Information Science
September 27, 2020December 7, 2020 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
February 8, 2021 5:00pm MT (Application)		NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
October 26, 2020December 3, 2020NSF Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research
October 27, 2020November 17, 2020 3:00pm MTAndrew Carnegie Fellows Program
September 28, 2020November 17, 2020Innovation Corps at NIH Program for NIH and CDC Translational Research
October 19, 2020November 17, 2020 (Letter of Intent)
January 26, 2021 (Application)		NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into the Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences (IUSE:GEOPAths)
September 27, 2020November 12, 2020NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution: Coordination Hub
August 23, 2020October 9, 2020NSF Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC)
April 13, 2020July 8, 2020 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
August 12, 2020 5:00pm MT (Application)		NSF Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA): Future Research Directions for the Engineering Research Community
April 1, 2020June 1, 2020 5:00pm MTNIH Shared Instrumentation for Animal Research (SIFAR) Program
May 5, 2020June 1, 2020 9:59pm MTEPA Children's Healthy Learning Environments
April 6, 2020May 29, 2020 EPA National Environmental Education and Training Program
March 16, 2020May 25, 2020NIH NIGMS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)
March 31, 2020May 15, 2020 9:59pm MTEPA Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program
April 26, 2020May 11, 2020 3:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
July 7, 2020 3:00pm MT (Application)		DOE Marine Energy Foundational Research and Testing Infrastructure
April 28, 2020May 11, 2020NEH CARES
February 10, 2020March 4, 2020 3:00pm MT (Nomination)
March 25, 2020 3:00pm MT (Full Proposal - for nominees only)
May 25, 2020 3:00pm MT (Full Application - by invitiation only)		FFAR 2020 New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award
January 27, 2020March 1, 2020Oak Ridge Association of Universities (ORAU) Events Sponsorship
January 13, 2020March 1, 2020 3:00pm MTDr. Scholl Foundation Grants
N/A: Selection coordinated by respective department.February 25, 2020Graham Foundation Production and Presentation Grants
January 20, 2020February 24, 2020USDA Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program
January 28, 2020February 10, 2020 3:00pm MT (Pre-Application)
April 10, 2020 3:00pm MT (Full Application)		DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Centers
November 18, 2019February 6, 2020Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
November 5, 2019December 19, 2019 5:00pm MT (Preliminary Proposal)
May 6, 2020 5:00pm MT (Full Proposal)		NSF Mid-Scale Innovations Program in Astronomical Sciences
September 2, 2019December 6, 2019 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
February 6, 2020 5:00pm MT (Application)		NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
September 17, 2019December 2, 2019 5:00pm MTNSF Critical Zone Collaborative Network
September 23, 2019November 19, 2019 9:59pm MTNEA Sound Health Network
August 13, 2019November 6, 2019NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
June 12, 2019September 18, 2019 5:00pm MTNSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science
September 2, 2019September 16, 2019 (Letter of Intent)
October 1, 2019 (Application)		Pac-12 Student-Athlete Health & Well-Being Initiative
To apply, email a one-page project summary to Heather Cracraft (heather.cracraft@colorado.edu) 
July 18, 2019September 15, 2019American-Scandinavian Foundation Public Project Grants
July 9, 2019August 16, 2019 9:59pm MTNIST Enabling Federal Technology Transfer (EFTT)
June 25, 2019August 13, 2019 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
September 13, 2019 5:00pm MT (Full Application)		NIH Director's Early Independence Award
July 30, 2019August 12, 2019NEH American History and Civics Education: National Convenings
May 30, 2019August 10, 2019 5:00pm MTBonfils Stanton Foundation Project Support Grants
June 27, 2019June 21, 2019 3:00pm MT (Receipt of Questions)
August 9, 2019 9:59pm MT (Full Application)		Dept of State Strengthening International Engagement on Security in Cyberspace
June 5, 2019July 31, 2019 (Intent to Apply)
January 14, 2020 (Pre-Proposal)
December 1, 2020 (Finalist Proposal, invitation only)		HHMI Inclusive Excellence (ie3)
June 11, 2019July 29, 2019 9:59pm MTNEA Creative Placemaking Technical Assistance Program
June 5, 2019July 19, 2019 9:59pm MTNIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator - Mission Critical Voice Test Equipment
June 11, 2019July 15, 2019 9:59pm MTNEA Research Labs
June 4, 2019July 9, 2019 3:00pm MTNIH NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository
June 11, 2019June 25, 2019 (Letter of Intent - requested, but not required)
August 13, 2019 (Application)		American Heart Association Cardiometabolic Health (focus: Type 2 Diabetes) Strategically Focused Research Network
April 16, 2019June 13, 2019 11:59pm MTNational Forest Foundation Matching Awards Program
May 1, 2019June 9, 2019 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
July 9, 2019 5:00pm MT (Application)		NIH Science Education Partnership (SEPA)
April 9, 2019April 29, 2019 5:00pm MT (Letters of Intent - not required)
May 31, 2019 5:00pm MT (Applications)		NIH Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education
April 3, 2019May 24, 2019 5:00pm MTNSF Faculty Development in the Space Sciences
April 23, 2019May 23, 2019 10:59pm MTHalliburton Foundation Grants
April 15, 2019May 15, 2019 5:00pm MT (Concept Paper)
August 20, 2019 5:00pm MT (Full Application)		DOE Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute: Cybersecurity in Energy Efficient Manufacturing
April 25, 2019May 13, 2019 3:00pm MT (Concept Paper)
July 9, 2019 3:00pm MT (Full Proposal)		DOE EERE Water Power Technologies
April 2, 2019May 9, 2019 5:00pm MTNSF IUSE: CUE Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Computing in Undergraduate Education
February 12, 2019April 25, 2019 5:00pm MST (Letter of Intent)
May 25, 2019 5:00pm MST (Application)		NIH Jointly Sponsored Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences
April 2, 2019April 25, 2019 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
May 25, 2019 5:00pm MT (Applications)		NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1)
February 12, 2019April 24, 2019 5:00pm MT (Letter of Intent)
May 24, 2019 5:00pm MT (Application)		NIH ESTEEMED
February 19, 2019April 11, 2019NEA Challenge America
February 7, 2019March 31, 2019Marion E. Kenworthy - Sarah H. Swift Foundation Grants
February 7, 2019March 31, 2019John G. Duncan Charitable Trust Arts, Culture and Humanities or Education Grants
January 9, 2019March 17, 2019 (Letter of Intent - not required)
April 17, 2019 5:00pm MT (Application)		NIH Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (EHSCC)
January 28, 2019March 11, 2019Dept of State Internet Freedom Annual Program Statement
January 24, 2019February 19, 2019 5:00pm MST (Letter of Intent - not required)
March 19, 2019 5:00pm MST (Application)		NIH Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) Awards
December 5, 2018February 14, 2019 5:00pm MST (Letter of Intent)
March 12, 2019 5:00pm MST (Full Proposal)		NSF Innovation Corps Nodes (I-Corps Nodes)
January 9, 2019February 7, 2019 3:00pm MST (Concept Paper)
May 7, 2019 3:00pm MST (Full Application)		DOE Energy-Water Desalination Hub
November 28, 2018February 4, 2019 5:00pm MSTNSF Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Data Science Corps (DSC)
November 28, 2018February 4, 2019 5:00pm MSTNSF Materials Innovation Platform (MIP)
N/A: Selection coordinated by respective college/school.January 28, 2019 (Letter of Intent)
February 28, 2019 5:00pm MST (Full Proposal)		NIH Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award
November 13, 2018January 28, 2019NIH Research Education: Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD)
January 10, 2019January 25, 2019 3:00pm MST (Pre-Application - required)
March 25, 2019 3:00pm MST (Application - invitation only)		DOE Low Temperature Plasma Science Centers and Facilities
November 13, 2018January 24, 2019NSF Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
January 8, 2019January 18, 2019 5:00pm MST (Letter of Intent - required)
March 19, 2019 5:00pm MST (Application)		NSF Long Term Ecological Research National Coordination Office (LTER-NCO)
November 13, 2018January 15, 2019 (Letters of Intent - not required)
February 15, 2019 (Full Proposals)		NIH Blueprint for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity through Undergraduate Research Education Experiences
December 5, 2018January 10, 2019 10:00pm MSTDept of State Study of the U.S. Institutes for Scholars
December 5, 2018January 10, 2019 10:00pm MSTDept of State Study of the U.S. Institutes for Student Leaders
August 28, 2018December 25, 2018 5:00pm MST (Letter of Intent)
January 25, 2019 5:00pm MST (Full Proposal)		NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1)
November 13, 2018December 20, 2018 5:00pm MST (Preliminary Proposal)
February 19, 2019 5:00pm MST (Full Proposal)		NSF Enabling Access to Cloud Computing Resources for CISE Research and Education (Cloud Access)
August 21, 2018November 19, 2018 (Letter of Intent - optional)
December 19, 2019 5:00pm MST (Full Application)		NIH Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program
October 18, 2018December 18, 2018 5:00pm MSTNSF Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs (BD Hubs)
October 22, 2018December 3, 2018 5:00pm MSTNPS Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program
October 16, 2018November 30, 2018 3:00pm MSTNuclear Regulatory Commission Faculty Development Grants
October 16, 2018November 30, 2018 3:00pm MSTNuclear Regulatory Commission Fellowship Education Grants
October 16, 2018November 30, 2018 3:00pm MSTNuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship Grants
October 4, 2018November 15, 2018 3:00pm MSTDOE Scientific Infrastructure Support for Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research
October 4, 2018November 8, 2018 5:00pm MSTCarnegie Corporation of New York Andrew Carnegie Fellows 2019
August 7, 2018November 7, 2018 5:00pm MSTNSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
August 7, 2018November 7, 2018 5:00pm MSTNSF CISE Research Infrastructure (CRI)
September 4, 2018November 1, 2018U.S. Consulate Fukuoka Public Diplomacy Small Grants
September 4, 2018October 31, 2018Simons Investigators in the Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems (MMLS)
N/A: Selection coordinated by respective department.October 15, 2018 9:59pm MSTParker B. Francis Fellowship in Pulmonary Research
August 29, 2018September 11, 2018 (Letter of Intent) (Optional)
October 11, 2018 5:00pm MST (Full Proposal)		NIH Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training (MHRT) Program (T37)
August 7, 2018October 10, 2018 (Preliminary Sketch)
November 15, 2018 9:59pm MST (Full Proposal)		NEH Dialogues on the Experience of War
September 6, 2018October 9, 2018 (SF-424)
October 19, 2018 (Full Application)		NEA Research: Arts Works
July 17, 2018September 25, 2018 5:00pm MSTNIH Research Education: Bridges to the Doctorate (R25)
September 5, 2018September 21, 2018 5:00pm MST (Letter of Intent)
November 19, 2018 5:00pm MST (Full Proposal)		NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience (IUSE: GEOPATHS)
July 17, 2018September 19, 2018 5:00pm MSTNSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science
August 8, 2018September 15, 2018American-Scandinavian Foundation Public Project Grants
August 28, 2018September 17, 2018 5:00pm MST (Letter of Intent)
November 5, 2018 5:00pm MST (Full Proposal)		NSF Q-AMASE-i: Enabling Quantum Leap: Convergent Accelerated Discovery Foundries for Quantum Materials Science, Engineering and Information
July 11, 2018September 1, 2018ORAU Events Sponsorship Program
N/AAugust 27, 2018 3:00pm MST (Letter of Intent)
September 27, 2018 3:00pm MST (Application)		NIH Director's Early Independence Award
August 1, 2018August 23, 2018 3:00pm MST (Concept Paper)
November 1, 2018 3:00pm MST (Full Proposal)		DOE Machine Learning for Geothermal Energy
August 1, 2018August 23, 2018 9:59pm MST (Letter of Intent)
January 4, 2019 9:59pm MST (Invited Full Proposal)		Doris Duke Foundation Building Bridges Grants
July 10, 2018August 15, 2018 9:59pm MSTNEA 2020 Jazz Masters Tribute Concert and Ancillary Events
July 17, 2018August 14, 2018 9:59pm MSTNEA Documentary Sustainability Project
N/AAugust 9, 2018 (SF-424)
August 21, 2018 (Full Application)		NEA Our Town
July 11, 2018August 8, 2018 9:59pm MSTNEA The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design (CIRD)
N/AAugust 6, 2018 3:00pm MST (Full Proposal)
May 3, 2018 3:00pm MST (Letter of Intent - Optional)		Department of Health and Human Services National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Injury Control Research Centers
June 14, 2018July 19, 2018 9:59pm MSTNEA Research Labs
June 7, 2018July 5, 2018 9:59pm MSTDept of Education Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program CFDA
July 5, 2018*** July 2, 2018 (Notice of Intent) ***
July 30, 2018 3:00pm MST (Preliminary Proposal)
November 25, 2018 3:00pm MST (Invited Full Proposal)		NASA Space Technology Research Institutes (STRI)
N/AJuly 2, 2018American Diabetes Association Pathway to Stop Diabetes
N/AJune 22, 2018 (Letter of Intent)
September 25, 2018 (Full Application)		Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award
N/AJune 15, 2018 9:59pm MST (Nomination Form)
July 1, 2018 9:59pm MST (Full Application)		RPB/SNF International Research Collaborators Award
N/AJune 4, 2018 5:00pm MSTNSF Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)
May 21, 2018June 3, 2018 3:00pm MST (Letter of Intent)
July 3, 2018 3:00pm MST (Full Application)		NIH Interaction of HIV Infection and Alcohol Abuse on Central Nervous System Morbidity
May 21, 2018May 31, 2018 3:00pm MST (Concept Paper)
July 17, 2018 3:00pm MST (Full Application)		DOE Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology Advancement and Data Dissemination Solicitation
May 1, 2018May 31, 2018 10:00pm MSTDept of State Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute
May 1, 2018May 31, 2018 10:00pm MSTDept of State Global Media Makers
May 1, 2018May 31, 2018 10:00pm MSTDept of State TechWomen Program
May 1, 2018May 31, 2018 10:00pm MSTDept of State US Exchange Alumni Network and Capacity Building Program
N/AMay 29, 2018 5:00pm MSTNSF Partnerships between Science and Engineering Fields and the NSF TRIPODS Institutes
May 10, 2018May 28, 2018 5:00pm MST (Letter of Intent)
June 28, 2018 5:00pm MST (Application)		NIH Summer Institute for Research Education in Biostatistics (R25)
N/AMay 25, 2018 (Letter of Intent)
June 25, 2018 (Full Application)		Dept of Health and Human Services Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers
May 21, 2018May 25, 2018 3:00pm MST (Letter of Intent)
June 11, 2018 3:00pm MST (Full Application)		DOE Building America Industry Partnerships and Research Priorities for High Performance Housing Innovation Solicitation
N/AMay 25, 2018 5:00pm MSTNIH Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE)
N/AMay 23, 2018 11:00am MST (Full Proposal)
April 2, 2018 11:00am MST (Questions)		USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Fish (Fish Innovation Lab)
N/AMay 22, 2018 (Letter of Intent)
June 22, 2018 5:00pm MST		NIH Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence, Basic Research Program
N/AMay 14, 2018IMLS Activating Community Opportunities Using Museums/Libraries as Assets
April 24, 2018May 11, 2018USAID Feed the Future Strengthening Agriculture Innovation Capacities (SAIC)
N/AMay 7, 2018DOE Preliminary Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of MWe-Class Oxide Fuel Cell Systems
N/AMay 7, 2018 3:00pm MSTCystic Fibrosis Foundation Pilot and Feasibility Awards
N/AMay 7, 2018 3:00pm MSTCystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Grants
April 19, 2018May 3, 2018 (Letter of Intent)
May 24, 2018 (Full Application)		DOE Materials and Chemical Sciences Research for Quantum Information Science
N/AMay 1, 2018NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
N/AMay 1, 2018USDA Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) Program
N/AApril 30, 2018 (Letter of Intent)
May 21, 2018 (Full Application)		DOE Research at the Frontiers of X-Ray Free Electron Laser Ultrafast Chemical and Materials Sciences
N/AApril 18, 2018NIH Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network on School-Based Health Services
N/AApril 16, 2018 5:00pm MSTNIH Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported (U3) Populations - An ORWH FY18 Administrative Supplement
N/AMarch 23, 2018 3:00pm MST (Concept Paper)
May 3, 2018 3:00pm MST (Full Proposal)		DOE Flexible Combined Heat and Power for Grid Reliability and Resiliency
N/AMarch 15, 2018 3:00pm MST (Questions)
April 6, 2018 3:00pm MST (Concept Note)		USAID Accelerating Local Potential Under Existing Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnership APS

 

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