Sponsors occasionally limit the number of submissions that an institution can submit. When a call for proposals is “limited,” the Office of Research and Innovation (R&I) uses an internal selection process to determine which application(s) will be submitted to the sponsor for funding or award consideration.
The limited submission competitions process at UNL is a three-step process:
- Notifications of intent: Interested applicants must complete an online Notification of Intent to Submit Form by no later than UNL’s intent deadline. These notifications of intent are required and allow R&I to plan for the review of limited submission competition pre-proposals.
- Internal Pre-Proposal Submission: If there are more interested applicants than the sponsor’s limit allows, R&I will conduct an internal competition to select the UNL application(s) that will be recommended for submission to the sponsor. In this case, interested applicants will be notified to complete and submit an internal pre-proposal on or before the UNL pre-proposal deadline.
- Selection: Interested applicants will be notified by e-mail if their pre-proposal has been selected (or not selected) for submission to the sponsor as a full proposal. Selected applicants will then complete and submit the sponsor’s application by the sponsor deadline.
Active limited submission competitions follow. If you are interested in applying to a limited submission competition that is not featured here, contact Jackson Hardin (jhardin11@unl.edu), funding opportunity coordinator, to inquire about the status of the competition.
Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation
Beckman Scholars Program
https://www.beckman-foundation.org/programs/beckman-scholars/
Internal Notice of Intent Deadline: 03/10/2025
Sponsor Application Deadline: 06/13/2025
This opportunity seeks to help stimulate, encourage, and support research activities by talented, full-time undergraduate students who are pursuing their studies at accredited four-year colleges and universities located in the United States of America. These research activities shall be centered on chemistry, biochemistry, biological and medical sciences, or some interdisciplinary combination of these subjects.
Each institution may submit one application for consideration for an award.
If you are interested in developing a proposal in response to this funding opportunity, please complete a notification of intent to submit by 03/10/2025. For more information regarding the internal selection process, visit https://research.unl.edu/fundingopps/active-limited-submission-competitions/.
National Institutes of Health
Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence Phase 1 (P20 – Clinical Trial Optional)
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Internal Notice of Intent Deadline: 02/28/2025
The Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program strengthens an institution’s biomedical research infrastructure by creating an interdisciplinary center focused on building the success of early career investigators to secure independent external research funding.
Institutions may submit one application in response to this opportunity.
The Office of Research and Innovation (R&I) expects that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) will submit its next new Phase 1 application to the NIH COBRE program in early 2026 and is sponsoring an internal competition to identify UNL’s next COBRE proposal team. The internal selection process involves two required stages: 1) submission of internal notice of intent (NOI) to submit a proposal by February 28, 2025, and 2) submission of an internal proposal by April 30, 2025. Details on how to prepare and submit the internal NOI and proposal are available here.
National Endowment for the Arts
Grants for the Arts Projects
https://www.arts.gov/grants/grants-for-arts-projects
Internal Notice of Intent Deadline: 02/21/2025
Sponsor Pre-Application Deadline: 03/11/2025
Sponsor Application Deadline: 03/24/2025
This opportunity provides funding for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector.
Organizations may submit one application in response to this opportunity.
If you are interested in developing a proposal in response to this funding opportunity, please complete a notification of intent to submit by 02/21/2025. For more information regarding the internal selection process, visit https://research.unl.edu/fundingopps/active-limited-submission-competitions/.
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Research Grants
https://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/Grant-Opportunities.aspx
Internal Notice of Intent Deadline: 03/10/2025
Sponsor Application Deadline: 03/31/2025
This opportunity seeks to support non-embryonic stem cell research by Nebraska research institutions.
Each sponsoring institution may submit a maximum of five proposals in a given funding cycle.
If you are interested in developing a proposal in response to this funding opportunity, please complete a notification of intent to submit by 03/10/2025. For more information regarding the internal selection process, visit https://research.unl.edu/fundingopps/active-limited-submission-competitions/.
