The following funding opportunities have been shared by the Research Development Office (RDO). To view previously announced funding opportunities, visit the RDO website.

Limited Submission AnnouncementsThese programs are those that limit the number of applications that the university can submit. If you are interested in applying to one of these programs, please click the "Notification of Interest" link and fill out the form. Only those who fill out the form by the deadline will be eligible to participate in internal reviews. Deadlines are at 5pm unless otherwise specified. For more information about the limited submission process and the limited submission calendar, go here.

NSF: ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE)

The NSF ADVANCE program contributes to the National Science Foundation's goal of a more diverse and capable science and engineering workforce. In this solicitation, the NSF ADVANCE program seeks to build on prior NSF ADVANCE work and other research and literature concerning gender, racial, and ethnic equity. The NSF ADVANCE program provides grants to enhance the systemic factors that support equity and inclusion and to mitigate the systemic factors that create inequities in the academic profession and workplaces. The solicitation includes four funding tracks Institutional Transformation (IT), Adaptation, Partnership, and Catalyst, in support of the NSF ADVANCE program goal to broaden the implementation of systemic strategies that promote equity for STEM faculty.

Internal deadline -  Notification of interest: 2/28/19
Limit - IHEs can submit one proposal to IT-Preliminary, Adaptation, Catalyst or Partnership (as lead). IHEs can also be a partner on one or more Partnership proposals. See RFP for full details.
Sponsor deadline - Various, dependent on track. See RFP for full details.

Other upcoming limited submission deadlines:

NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Computing in Undergraduate Education - Notification of interest: 3/14/19

NIH Shared Instrumentation for Animal Research - Notification of interest: 3/21/19

Upcoming Internal & Inter-Institutional DeadlinesGRIP4PSI - Pre-Planning Proposals March 4, 2019

METRIC Pilot Project Program (MPPP) - March 21, 2019  

NC TraCS Translational Research Matched Pilot Grant Program - March 26, 2019

Research and Innovation Seed Funding Program (RISF) - March 28th, 2019

Non-Limited Funding Opportunities

NSF: Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science Phase I 

(HDR TRIPODS) aims to bring together the electrical engineering, mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science communities to develop the theoretical foundations of data science through integrated research and training activities. Phase I, described in this solicitation, will support the development of small collaborative Institutes.

Sponsor due date - LOI: 3/25/19; Full proposal: 5/8/19

NSF: Growing Convergence Research (GCR) 

This GCR solicitation targets multi-disciplinary team research that crosses directorate or division boundaries and is currently not supported by NSF programs, initiatives and research-focused Big Ideas. Proposers must make a convincing case that the research to be conducted is within NSF's purview and cannot be supported by existing NSF programs and multidisciplinary initiatives. Proposals involving convergence in areas covered by existing programs and solicitations will be returned without review.

Sponsor due date - 5/8/19; 2/3/20

NSF: EHR Core Research: Production Engineering Education and Research (ECR: PEER)
NSF and The Boeing Company are supporting a new initiative, managed and administered by NSF through its EHR Core Research (ECR) program, to accelerate training in critical skill areas for the Nation's engineering and advanced manufacturing workforce. ECR: PEER invites proposals to design, develop, deploy, and study the effectiveness of online courses in any one of these focal areas using the theories and tools of the learning sciences. 

Sponsor due date - 5/15/19