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 has said farewell to Award & Contract Specialist David Veazey, who has left UTC to assume a new role at Penn State. His last day with us was Friday, February 28. A search for his replacement is already underway, and we look forward to welcoming a new colleague soon. In the meantime, please reach out to Angie-Morelock@utc.edu with any award, contract, or post-award concerns.
- The UT System has created a Federal Executive Orders Resource Center to offer timely information on current and emerging developments affecting federally sponsored projects. See the guidance for researchers page for more details.
- Attention early career faculty! See the Early Career Funding Opportunities section below for solicitations tailored to you, including the NSF CAREER program. If you are planning to submit to one or more of these programs and haven’t already been connected with a Grants Specialist, please reach out to Ashley-Ledford@utc.edu.
- ORSP has standardized the process for proposal notification, development, and submission. Click here to view required internal deadlines, effective for UTC proposals due on or after April 1, 2025.
Early Career Funding Opportunities
| Sponsor/Program | Deadline | Limitations or Special Considerations |
| NSF Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) | April 17, 2025 | Limited to Assistant Professors who have a doctoral degree in an MPS field and have not served as PI or Co-PI of an NSF research award. No Co-PIs are permitted. |
| NSF CAREER | July 23, 2025 | Limited to Assistant Professors meeting the requirements detailed in the solicitation. No Co-PIs or other senior personnel are permitted. |
| NSF Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) | September 16, 2025 | Eligibility restrictions for research funding received only; no limits on tenure status. See solicitation for details. No Co-PIs are permitted. |
| NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) | September 17, 2025 | Limited to Assistant Professors within the first 2 years of their tenure track appointment who have not received federal research funding. The PI may participate in only 2 CRII competitions total. The PI may not submit a CRII proposal in the same calendar year in which they submit a CAREER proposal. No Co-PIs are permitted. |
| NSF EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) | Varies by program | Requires PO approval of concept outline prior to submission. No eligibility restrictions. |
Other Funding Opportunities
| Sponsor/Program | Deadline | Limitations or Special Considerations |
| DoD FY26 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) – Air Force, Army, Navy | April 25, 2025 | No pre-application or white paper is required. This is an instrumentation grant. |
| DoD FY26 Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) – Air Force, Army, Navy | White Papers: May 2, 2025 | The last day to submit questions to the PO regarding white papers is April 18. |
| NIH R15 Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) | June 25, 2025 | Additional deadline October 25. |
| DOE FY2025 Office of Science BAA | Rolling through September 30, 2025 | No restrictions. |
Sponsored Projects Policy Spotlight: Visitors Engaged in Research
UT Policy RE0002 outlines the policy and procedures on visitors engaging in research on UT campuses. The policy applies equally to sponsored and non-sponsored projects and requires a visitor information packet to be submitted at least 30 days prior to arriving on campus. A decision tree for determining whether the policy applies to your situation is available on ORI’s webpage here.
Best,
Ashley Ledford,
Director of Pre-Award Services
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
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