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Researcher Central: Tools and information to help PIs succeed


Limited Submissions

In some cases sponsors limit the number of applications that an institution may submit for a particular grant program.

As a potential principal investigator, you are responsible for notifying Research Initiatives of your interest in a program two months prior to the agency deadline. If you have any questions or identify a program of interest that does not appear below, please contact Steve Atkinson (sda@uwm.edu, x4062).

If interest exceeds allowable submissions for a particular program, Research Initiatives will announce an internal campus competition and set a deadline for preliminary proposals. Follow the procedures in the campus internal announcement on what to include in the pre-proposal.

A sample internal pre-proposal might include:

  • Working title of your proposal
  • Principal investigator name/e-mail address/phone number
  • Co-principal investigators
  • Designate new submission or resubmission
  • Curriculum vita of each investigator
  • Department chair name/e-mail address
  • Dean/Director name/e-mail address
  • Internal preliminary proposal deadline
  • Agency deadline
  • One page budget (salary, benefits, equipment, travel, etc.)
  • Two- to three-page project description, single spaced

The partial list of programs below includes submission limits, deadlines for notifying Research Initiatives, and agency deadlines. In some cases the agency has not announced the future deadline of a continuing program. In other cases the deadline may have passed; however, the future deadline will probably occur a year from the latest deadline. Follow the links for detailed information. Please notify Steve Atkinson (sda@uwm.edu, x4062) at least two months prior to the agency deadline if you intend to submit a proposal.

National Science Foundation

NSF maintains its own Web page with limited-submission solicitations.

National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities

National Endowment for the Arts
Program Number of Submissions Alert Research Initiatives of Your Interest By: Agency Deadline
American Masterpieces: Chamber Music 1 Two months prior to deadline Final application due: October 8, 2009
American Masterpieces: Dance 1 Two months prior to deadline Final application due: October 8, 2009
American Masterpieces: Presenting 1 Two months prior to deadline Final application due: September 24, 2009
American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring 1 Two months prior to deadline September 17, 2009
Grants for Arts Projects: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth* 1* Two months prior to deadline June 11, 2009
Grants for the Arts Projects: Access to Artistic Excellence* 1* Two months prior to deadline

March 12 or August 13, 2009

Grants for Arts Projects: Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants* 1* Two months prior to deadline

May 28, 2009

*Only one Grants for Arts Projects submission will be accepted from UWM.

National Endowment for the Humanities

Program Number of Submissions Alert Research Initiatives of Your Interest By: Agency Deadline
Preservation Assistance Grants 1 Two months prior to deadline May 14, 2010
Summer Stipends 2 Two months prior to deadline October 1, 2009

National Institutes of Health

Program Number of Submissions Alert Research Initiatives of Your Interest By: Agency Deadline
Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program 1 Two months before the application is due for all competitions

Application Submission/Receipt Date(s): September 18, 2009
January 20, 2010

Bridges to the Doctorate Program 1 Two months before the application is due for all competitions Application Submission/Receipt Date(s): September 18, 2009
January 20, 2010
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program 1 Two months before deadline September 16, 2009
Initiative for Maximizing Student Development 1 Two months prior to deadline June 30, 2009
MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research, Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) Research Training 1 (submit or hold a current award) Two months prior to deadline May 28, 2009
Population Research Infrastructure 1 Two months prior to deadline

Letter of intent: August 24, 2009

Final proposal: September 23, 2009

Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program 1 (apply or hold one award) Two months prior to deadline Final proposal: January 22, 2010
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Short Term Institutional Research Training Grants 1 application per receipt date Two months prior to deadline

May 25, 2010

(confirm with Institute contact)

Greater Milwaukee Foundation

Program Number of Final Submissions Allowed Alert Graduate School of Your Interest By: Agency Deadline
Shaw Scientist Program* 4 Early January Early February

*Program announced to campus in late fall


Page last updated on: 08/05/2009