Internal submission deadlines are determined by the RO. To allow lead time to develop a proposal, the internal deadline is set 6 - 10 weeks prior to the agency letter of intent date, or 6 - 10 weeks prior to the agency submission deadline.  Due to the number of programs, it is not possible to provide a comprehensive list. 

Opportunities not listed, please notify:

Research Development established guidelines for the internal review process.

Internal Review Process

  1. Call for Notices of Intent to Apply
  2. Internal Peer Review
  3. Notify PI's of the projects selected to apply to the LSO

Limited Submission Opportunities - Searchable List

William T. Grant Scholars Program
Date Open: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Sponsor: William T. Grant Scholars Program
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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The Warren Alpert Foundation
Date Open: Monday, June 1, 2020
Sponsor: Warren Alpert Foundation
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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VENTUREWELL - Sustainable Design Faculty Grants
Date Open: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Sponsor: VENTUREWELL
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 10/01/2021
Agency Deadline: 11/03/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2

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University Nuclear Leadership Program
Date Open: Monday, March 15, 2021
Sponsor: USNRC
Agency Deadline: 05/14/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2 -

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Equipment Grant Program (EGP)
Date Open: Saturday, January 1, 2022
Sponsor: USDA
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 02/07/2022
Agency Deadline: 03/16/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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SPECA
Date Open: Monday, November 16, 2020
Sponsor: USDA
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields Program (WAMS)
Date Open: Thursday, October 1, 2020
Sponsor: USDA
Agency Deadline:
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Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Date Open: Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Sponsor: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 09/15/2021
Agency Deadline: 10/04/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1 per each category:

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Sloan Research Fellowships
Date Open: Thursday, July 15, 2021
Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
Agency Deadline: 09/15/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 3 nominations per dept.
Important Notes: Colleges/Departments manage their own selection process

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Simons Foundation
Date Open: Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Sponsor: Simons Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 09/10/2021
Agency Deadline: 10/20/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: See website for limits

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Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
Date Open: Friday, April 1, 2022
Sponsor: Pew Charitable Trusts
Agency Deadline: 05/17/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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The Pac-12 Student-Athlete Health and Well-Being Grant Program
Date Open: Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Sponsor: Pac 12 Conference and Member Universities
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 08/24/2021
Agency Deadline: 09/17/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 3

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Community Facility Support: Synchrotron-based analytical capabilities advancing Earth and Environmental Sciences research and training
Date Open: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 12/12/2021
Agency Deadline: 03/04/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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Critical-Zone Collaborative Network
Date Open: Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 4 - Thematic Clusters: 3 proposals per organization/Coordinating Hub: 1 proposal per organization
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service (SFS)
Date Open: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 06/30/2021
Agency Deadline: 07/28/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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GERMINATION: Germination of Research Questions for Addressing Critical Societal Challenges
Date Open: Thursday, July 1, 2021
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 07/19/2021
Agency Deadline: 10/29/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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2024 American National Election Study Competition (ANES)
Date Open: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 08/06/2021
Agency Deadline: 12/10/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE)
Date Open: Saturday, March 27, 2021
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 08/02/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Partnership Track

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Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research
Date Open: Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support
Date Open: Monday, January 25, 2021
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 06/16/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) Program
Date Open: Friday, November 7, 2014
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 07/30/2021
Agency Deadline: 10/08/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA): Future Research Directions for the Engineering Research Community
Date Open: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 07/08/2020
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)
Date Open: Thursday, June 19, 2014
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 09/03/2021
Agency Deadline: 02/22/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: if interested in this opportunity, email research.development@oregonstate.edu by Friday, September 3 (or sooner).   

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General Social Survey (GSS) Competition
Date Open: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 08/17/2020
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: waiting for RFP to post

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Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Data Science Corps
Date Open: Friday, August 14, 2020
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for release of new RFP

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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into the Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences(IUSE:GEOPAths)
Date Open: Friday, December 20, 2019
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 01/26/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1 as lead organization
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program
Date Open: Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 01/07/2022
Agency Deadline: 03/25/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2

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IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments (RED)
Date Open: Friday, October 26, 2018
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 02/07/2020
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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Major Research Instrumentation (NSF-MRI)
Date Open: Sunday, April 1, 2018
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 10/08/2021
Agency Deadline: 01/01/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 3
Important Notes: 30% cost-sharing requirement

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Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC)
Date Open: Monday, September 20, 2021
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 01/31/2022
Agency Deadline: 06/20/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1 application per cycle

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Mid-Scale Innovations Program in Astronomical Sciences (MSIP)
Date Open: Sunday, September 1, 2019
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 3
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes
Date Open: Monday, August 31, 2020
Sponsor: National science foundation
Agency Deadline: 12/04/2020
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-C0)
Date Open: Friday, February 21, 2020
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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NSF INCLUDES ALLIANCES
Date Open: Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 01/25/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Closed - 2021-2022 Project has been identified.

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NSF Innovation Corps Hubs Program
Date Open: Friday, December 20, 2019
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 02/28/2022
Agency Deadline: 04/07/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
Date Open: Thursday, October 26, 2017
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 06/22/2022
Agency Deadline: 09/06/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2

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Panel Study of Income Dynamics Competition
Date Open: Thursday, May 7, 2020
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 06/08/2020
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)
Date Open: Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 07/14/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: There is a limit of one (1) for the PFI-RP track. No limit for the PFI-TT track.

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Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)
Date Open: Monday, July 21, 2014
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: The PIRE program is currently paused for revision of the solicitation. We anticipate release of a new solicitation in late FY 2020, with funding in FY 2022. Details will be available when the updated solicitation is published.

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Physics Frontiers Centers (PFC)
Date Open: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2
Important Notes: waiting for new rfp

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Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science
Date Open: Friday, July 7, 2017
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 07/19/2021
Agency Deadline: 09/15/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 3

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Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
Date Open: Friday, May 9, 2014
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 02/07/2022
Agency Deadline: 03/16/2022
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1 from each constituent school or college that awards degrees in an eligible field

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Scholarships in STEM Network
Date Open: Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 06/16/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1 S-STEM-REC proposal 1 S-STEM-Hub proposal
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
Date Open: Thursday, March 14, 2019
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Agency Deadline: 01/27/2020
Status:
Limit per Institution: 3
Important Notes: Full proposals are to be submitted only when invited by NSF.

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National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends
Date Open: Sunday, July 1, 2018
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 08/16/2021
Agency Deadline: 09/22/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2

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Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship
Date Open: Monday, September 9, 2019
Sponsor: Microsoft
Agency Deadline: 02/22/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 3
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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Mallinckrodt Biomedical Research Grants
Date Open: Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Sponsor: Mallinckrodt
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 07/08/2021
Agency Deadline: 08/01/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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Limited Submissions with Short Deadlines
Date Open: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Sponsor: Limited Submissions with Short Deadlines
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution:
Important Notes: Limited Submissions with Short Deadlines

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Keck Foundation
Date Open: Monday, April 29, 2019
Sponsor: Keck Foundation
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1-2

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Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Entrepreneurship - The Rebuilding Better RFP
Date Open: Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Sponsor: Kaufman Foundation
Agency Deadline: 04/04/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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The WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program
Date Open: Monday, August 30, 2021
Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 09/10/2021
Agency Deadline: 09/27/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1 applicant per discipline -

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INTEL - Rising Star Faculty Award
Date Open: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Sponsor: INTEL
Agency Deadline: 06/11/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2

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Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
Date Open: Monday, August 31, 2020
Sponsor: Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 08/13/2021
Agency Deadline: 09/20/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation - Moore Inventor Fellows
Date Open: Thursday, September 16, 2021
Sponsor: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 10/18/2021
Agency Deadline: 12/13/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2 nominations
Important Notes: Candidate’s college must be willing to commit funding of $50,000 per year for three years

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New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
Date Open: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Sponsor: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Award
Agency Deadline: 05/05/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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CRITICAL MINERALS & MATERIALS: CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS SCIENCES RESEARCH ON RARE EARTH AND PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS
Date Open: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Sponsor: DOE
Agency Deadline: 04/12/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2
Important Notes: 04/12/2021 Required Agency Pre-proposal

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DATA SCIENCE TO ADVANCE CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS SCIENCES
Date Open: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Sponsor: DOE
Agency Deadline: 04/12/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2 - only one spot left.
Important Notes: 04/12/2021 Required Agency Pre-proposal

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DATA-INTENSIVE SCIENTIFIC MACHINE LEARNING AND ANALYSIS
Date Open: Friday, March 26, 2021
Sponsor: DOE
Agency Deadline: 04/23/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2

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EXPRESS: Randomized Algorithms for Extreme-Scale Science
Date Open: Saturday, March 27, 2021
Sponsor: DOE
Agency Deadline: 04/26/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 3

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INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL AND DATA INFRASTRUCTURE (ICDI) FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
Date Open: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Sponsor: DOE
Agency Deadline: 04/14/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 3
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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MATERIALS AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH FOR DIRECT AIR CAPTURE OF CARBON DIOXIDE FUNDING
Date Open: Friday, March 5, 2021
Sponsor: DOE
Agency Deadline: 03/30/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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MICROELECTRONICS CO-DESIGN RESEARCH
Date Open: Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Sponsor: DOE
Agency Deadline: 04/21/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2

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Million Mile Fuel Cell Truck - DOE
Date Open: Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Sponsor: DOE
ORD Notice of Intent Deadline: 06/14/2021
Agency Deadline: 06/21/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1 - Per PI

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Energy Frontier Research Centers
Date Open: Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Sponsor: Department of Energy
Agency Deadline: 04/07/2020
Status:
Limit per Institution: 2 - 1 spot left/But the mandatory preproposal date was 1/16/2020
Important Notes: Full proposal by invitation only.

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Extension Collaboration on Immunization Teaching and Engagement (EXCITE)
Date Open: Saturday, March 27, 2021
Sponsor: Cooperative Extension - Foundation
Agency Deadline: 04/30/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1

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Blavatnik National Awards Young Scientists
Date Open: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Sponsor: BlavatnikAwards
Agency Deadline: 10/28/2020
Status:
Limit per Institution: 3
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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WHITING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM
Date Open: Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Sponsor: Whiting Public Engagement Programs
Agency Deadline: 06/14/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1 in Fellowship category
Important Notes: 1 in Seed Grant category - filled

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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
Date Open: Monday, October 12, 2015
Sponsor: Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Agency Deadline: 02/04/2021
Status:
Limit per Institution: 1
Important Notes: Waiting for new RFP

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LSO TEMPLATE PAGE
Date Open: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Sponsor:
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution:
Important Notes: Template

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Special Foundation Announcements
Date Open: Sunday, July 1, 2018
Sponsor:
Agency Deadline:
Status:
Limit per Institution:

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