Major Annual Limited Submission Opportunities

The following Limited Submission Opportunities have been offered regularly by the sponsoring agencies. 

*This page lists typical months that internal competitions have been opened for submitting Notice of Intent, not proposal deadlines to the sponsor. 

  • Please check the InfoReady Calendar for open opportunities and details on how to apply on behalf of Oregon State University. 
  • Deadlines frequently change; check sponsor web sites for up-to-date information about deadlines and our InfoReady Calendar for upcoming internal Notice of Intent deadlines. 
  • If you have any questions about the status of a competition or whether spots remain available on a first-come, first-serve basis, please reach out to [email protected].

Foundations

Please reach out to OSU Foundation Relations office if you are interested in any of these opportunities in addition to submitting internal Notices of Intent (NOI) through InfoReady.   Also, please check whether any of these opportunities are being managed with special instructions or restrictions by the OSU Foundation Relations team.

 Opportunities Oregon State Internal Competition Typical  Month*
AJA Foundation Waiting for RFP Rolling
American Association of University Women Community Action Grant Waiting for RFP August
Agilent Early Career Professor Award Apply December
Beckman Scholars Program Waiting for invitation on hold until 2026

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards 

Apply September
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Biomedical Science Grants  Apply March
FFAR New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award  Apply January
Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics  Apply July
Gordon and Bettye Moore Foundation – Moore Inventor Fellows  Apply August
Keck Foundation  Apply December, June
Moore Inventor Fellow Waiting for RFP August
Murdock Partners in Science Apply May
Oregon Cultural Trust Development Program  Apply March
Oregon Community Foundation Creative Heights  Apply  December
Oregon Community Foundation Community Grants  Apply July
Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences  Apply February
Simons Investigators Discontinued n/a
Sloan Foundation Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education Waiting for RFP April
Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Awards Apply June
William T. Grant Scholars Program  Apply Summer 2024
Whiting Public Engagement Programs Program sunsetted n/a

Federal Agencies 

 Opportunities Oregon State Internal Competition Sponsor Guidelines Typical  Month*
Scientific Infrastructure Support for Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research  Apply Learn more July

Opportunities Oregon State Internal Competition Sponsor Guidelines Typical Month*
NEA Grants for Arts  Apply Learn more December

 

Opportunities Oregon State Internal Competition Sponsor Guidelines Typical Month*
 NEH Summer Stipends  Apply Learn more June

 

Opportunities Oregon State Internal Competition Sponsor Guidelines Typical Month*
Accelerating Research Translation (ART)   Apply Learn more April
NSF ADVANCE Partnership Track Apply Learn more May
NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) Not eligible until 2026 Learn more April
NSF Cyberinfrastructure Technology Acceleration Pathway (CITAP) Waiting for RFP Learn more Unknown
Centers for Innovation and Community Engagement in Solid Earth Geohazards Apply Learn more September
NSF INCLUDES Apply Learn more June
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE)  Waiting for RFP Learn more Unknown
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)  Waiting for RFP Learn more TBD
Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)  Apply Learn more May
NSF Research Traineeship (NRT)  Apply Learn more April
NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Apply Learn more May, October
Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)  Apply Learn more December
NSF Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net) Apply Learn more December
NSF Physics Frontier Center Waiting for RFP Learn more Unknown
Full list of active National Science Foundation limited submission opportunities  N/A Learn more N/A

Opportunities Oregon State Internal Competition Sponsor Guidelines Typical Month*
University Nuclear Leadership Program   Apply Learn more March/April

 

USDA timelines can be difficult to predict to solicitation release dates.

Opportunities Oregon State Internal Competition Sponsor Guidelines

Typical*

Month

USDA NIFA Equipment Grant Program   Apply Learn more January
USDA NIFA Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP) Apply Learn more January
USDA NIFA Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields (WAMS) Apply Learn more December
USDA NIFA Crop Protection and Pest Management Not a limited submission for 2024 Learn more November

 

 

 

 

 

Opportunities Oregon State Internal Competition Sponsor Guidelines Typical  Month*
Biomedical Research Facilities (C06)    Waiting for RFP Learn more October
NIH Institutional Excellence in DEIA in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Waiting for RFP Learn more May
NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Apply Learn more June
NIH Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1)  Apply Learn more October, January
NIH ESTEEMED Apply Learn more October
NIH MARC Apply Learn more March
NIH Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25) Apply Learn more February
NIH Director's Early Independence Awards Apply Learn more April
NIH Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations Waiting for RFP Learn more August

Industry

 Opportunities Oregon State Internal Competition Sponsor Guidelines Typical  Month*
Johnson and Johnson The WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program   Canceled for 2024 Learn more Q3 of 2024