Announcements
- DASH Research modules (COI and Export Control) will be offline from 6pm today (November 6) through 8am on Monday, November 10.
- UTC’s Center for Applied Geospatial Data Science (CAGDS) is celebrating GIS Day on November 19 with a free workshop on GeoAI. Learn more and RSVP here.
Internal Grant Competitions
| Sponsor/Program | Deadline | Limitations or Special Considerations |
| Mocs Innovate Mini-Grant Program | December 15, 2025 | Open to any UTC faculty or staff member. For additional information, please email [email protected]. |
| 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.
Looking for research development assistance? Learn more about ORSP’s Research Development services and request support here.
| Sponsor/Program | Deadline | Limitations or Special Considerations |
| Mellon Foundation 2026 Higher Learning Program Open Call for Concepts | December 1, 2025 | UTC is limited to 3 concept applications. This opportunity will be treated as first-come, first-served. PI eligibility limitations apply; see guidance for details. |
| American Heart Association 2026 Career Development Award | December 2, 2025 | PI eligibility limitations apply; see guidance for details. |
| NSF Cultural Anthropology Senior Research Awards | January 15, 2026 | No limitations. |
| NSF Developmental Sciences | January 30, 2026 | An individual may participate in only 1 proposal per competition cycle. |
Sponsored Projects Policy Spotlight: Intellectual Property
The Intellectual Property: UT Statement of Policy covers your rights and what to do if you invent or create something while working on a university grant, contract, or other externally-sponsored activity. IP includes inventions, discoveries, products, computer code and software, written materials, methods, recordings, arts, crafts, and technology-based academic materials. See more information at the Walker Center for Teaching and Learning’s IP webpage.
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that promotes tech transfer and commercialization of intellectual property at all UT campuses. Visit the UT Research Foundation’s innovation webpage to learn how to file a disclosure and discover other steps you can take to protect your IP.
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