Announcements
- Please join ORSP in congratulating the 2025 NSF CAREER Cohort. The following 5 faculty spent the better part of their summer to prepare a proposal to this highly prestigious program. Kudos on all your hard work and best of luck in the competition!
- Dr. Luis Sanchez-Diaz, Physics
- Dr. Rahul Bhosale, Civil & Chemical Engineering
- Dr. Thien Le, Mathematics
- Dr. Xiunan Wang, Mathematics
- Dr. Tian Li, Physics
- The UT System will be hosting a town hall meeting on August 12 to discuss annual disclosure requirements for the Conflicts of Interest module in DASH Research. An annual disclosure is required for all UT employees, even if you do not participate in sponsored projects. Visit the DASH Research COI SharePoint site to learn more.
- NIH has released a new policy for Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications. The policy, effective September 25, 2025, has two parts:
- NIH will not accept proposals that are “substantially developed by AI…or contain sections substantially developed by AI”. Proposals meeting that criteria may be subject to a research misconduct investigation.
- Individuals are limited to 6 NIH proposals as PI (or Co-PI on a multi-PI proposal) per calendar year.
Internal Grant Competitions
| Sponsor/Program | Deadline | Limitations or Special Considerations |
| FY26 Open Publishing Support Fund | Rolling through 6/30/26 | Lead authors/applicants are limited to 1 award per fiscal year. |
External Funding Opportunities
ORSP has standardized the process for proposal notification, development, and submission. Click here to learn more and view required internal deadlines.
| Sponsor/Program | Deadline | Limitations or Special Considerations |
| CCCC Emergent Researcher Awards | September 1, 2025 | Eligibility limited to researchers who have not received previous funding from CCCC for research. |
| CCCC Research Initiative | September 1, 2025 | PIs cannot submit to both this opportunity and the Emergent Researcher Awards. |
| NSF CISE: Future Computing Research (Future CoRE) | September 11, 2025 (Target) | This solicitation replaces the CISE Core program. Individuals may participate in no more than 2 proposals per year, regardless of role, across all subprograms. Additional target deadline: February 5, 2026. |
| NSF CISE: Computing Education Research (CER) | September 11, 2025 (Target) | This opportunity is now embedded as a subprogram in the Future CoRE solicitation. Individuals may participate in no more than 2 proposals per year, regardless of role, across all subprograms. Additional target deadline: February 5, 2026. |
| NSF Cyber Physical Systems Foundations and Connected Communities (CPS) | September 11, 2025 (Target) | This opportunity is now embedded as a subprogram in the Future CoRE solicitation. Individuals may participate in no more than 2 proposals per year, regardless of role, across all subprograms. Additional target deadline: February 5, 2026. |
| NSF Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH) | October 3, 2025 | Individuals may participate in no more than 2 proposals per deadline, regardless of role. |
| State of Tennessee Innovation & Research for Industry Success (IRIS) Grant Program | N/A | Replaces the RevV program previously administered by ORNL. Applications accepted anytime. Requires substantial collaboration with and cost share by an industry partner. Start-ups/pre-revenue businesses are not eligible. |