Greetings, faculty!
Please see the list of announcements, funding opportunities, and resources below. Archives of previous updates are available on ORSP’s blog.
Announcements
- ORSP will be closed on Thursday, July 4. We wish everyone a happy Fourth and look forward to reconnecting with you on Friday, July 5.
Reminders
- The UTC Research Institute has announced a call for concept papers to invest at least one new interdisciplinary focus area. Concept papers are due July 15, 2024. Learn more and apply here.
Limited Submission Competitions
The following programs have a limited submission requirement. If you are interested in the program, you must submit a notice of intent by the internal deadline to be eligible to participate in an internal selection competition if one is held.
| Sponsor/Program | Internal Deadline | Limitations or Special Considerations |
| NEH Summer Stipends Notice of Intent | July 17, 2024 | UTC may only nominate 2 tenure-track faculty to submit a proposal to NEH in September. ORSP is accepting Notices of Intent to determine if an internal selection competition is necessary. Interested tenure-track faculty are required to participate in the internal selection and nomination process. Non-tenure-track or non-teaching staff members are eligible to apply to this program without participating in the nomination process. |
Other Funding Opportunities
If you are interested in applying to any of the opportunities below, please notify ORSP at least 4-6 weeks in advance of the deadline. Proposals with fewer than 5 business days notice may face barriers to submission. More information about ORSP’s proposal development timeline and services is available here.
| Sponsor/Program | Deadline | Limitations or Special Considerations |
| NSF 24-571: Correctness for Scientific Computing Systems | August 13, 2024 | All key personnel must be either a full-time faculty/researcher at an institution of higher education or a DOE National Laboratory employee. A project must have at least one (co)-PI with expertise in scientific computing and at least one (co)-PI with expertise in formal reasoning and mechanized proving of properties of programs. An investigator may participate in no more than two (2) proposals submitted in response to this solicitation, per deadline. Only 5 awards will be made per year. |
| NEH Humanities Connections | September 5, 2024 | Optional draft due July 25, 2024. The project director may not hold a full-time NEH individual award during the period of performance. The project team must include representation from a non-humanities field. |
| NEH Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research | September 25, 2024 | Optional draft due July 15, 2024. The project director must hold a Ph.D. or the equivalent in any discipline of the humanities or related subfields of the social sciences. Third-party cost sharing is required for tenured PIs. |
| NIH R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant | October 16, 2024 | Soliciting applications for high-risk, high-reward biomedical/behavioral research. Read more about the R21 funding mechanism here. See notice for participating Institutes. Additional deadlines February 16, 2025 and June 16, 2025. |
| NIH R03 Small Grant Program | October 16, 2024 | Supports small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. Read more about the R03 funding mechanism here. See notice for participating Institutes. Additional deadlines February 16, 2025 and June 16, 2025. |
Sponsored Projects Policy Spotlight: Overlap on Current and Pending Support Forms
The federal templates for current and pending support forms require PIs to describe any known or potential overlap with the proposed project for each current or pending project listed in the form. This applies at both the proposal and reporting stages. NIH has provided a handy breakdown here of the three types of overlap you should report: scientific overlap, budgetary overlap, and commitment overlap. While the discussion is focused on NIH, the guidance can be generally applied to other federal sponsors. For NSF specific guidance, see the personnel document webpage here.
Best,
Ashley Ledford,
Director of Pre-Award Services
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
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