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 CURRENT LIMITED COMPETITIONS FOR EXTERNAL FUNDING


An internal competition is necessary when an external funding solicitation limits the number of submissions that can come from a single University or UEI number. Below, please find the current list of active and recent competitions. For open competitions, please follow the instructions sent out over the PI listserv and outlined in the competition in InfoReady. You can access open competitions by clicking on the "Apply to Open Limited Comps." button below. The outcome of past competitions are accessible below by filtering by competition title or sorting by the UNM or agency deadline. If you don't see a limited opportunity you are interested in here or if you have questions, please contact limited@unm.edu.

UNM Deadline Competition Title Solicitation Agency Deadline # of UNM Slots & Awardee Names
Wed, 11/19/2025 - 12:00pm Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship - American Psychological Foundation PDF icon Koppitz_fellowship guidelines.pdf Full proposal due: 11/16/25 1 slot: Elizabeth Hogdon
Mon, 11/10/2025 - 12:00pm ED, Application for Grants under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education - Special Projects (FIPSE-SP) Program PDF icon PKG00291645-instructions.pdf Full proposal due: 12/3/2025 1 per area of national need; Area 1: Elisha Allen; Areas 2-4 TBD
Mon, 11/03/2025 - 12:00pm Albuquerque Community Foundation Grant Program PDF icon ACF 2026_OVPR Letter.pdf required SOI due 11/3/25; pre-proposal due 11/10/15; estimated sponsor deadline 3/27/26 2 slots: Francisco Uvina-Contreras, Brittany Padilla
Tue, 10/28/2025 - 12:00pm NSF EPSCoR RII: EPSCoR Research Fellows (ERF) PDF icon NSF EPSCoR RII ERF 2026_OVPR Letter.pdf Full proposal due: 4/14/2026 Up to 8 slots. 4 for @NSF: Leilei Cui, Wenbin Wan, Carlos Rivera-Gonzalez, Chi Wang; 4 for @NASA: Maryam Hojati, Christopher Marsh, Liz Godwin, Fernando Moreu
Wed, 10/01/2025 - 12:00pm ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Research Enhancement Award. PDF icon OVPR Letter_ORAU Ralph E Powe Jr Faculty Enhancement 2026.pdf Required SOI due: 10/01/2025; Pre-proposal due: 10/08/2025; Full proposal due: 01/07/2026 2 slots: no applicants
Mon, 09/22/2025 - 12:00pm NSF, Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS) (25-544) PDF icon NSF Integrated Data Systems & Services_OVPR Call Letter.pdf Full proposal due: 12/4/2025 1 slot for Category I: TBD; 1 slot for Category II: TBD
Fri, 09/19/2025 - 12:00pm NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) (NSF 25-514) PDF icon NSF S-STEM 2026_Letter.pdf Full proposal due: 3/3/26 2 slots: Tomasz Falkowski, TBD
Mon, 09/08/2025 - 12:00pm 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program PDF icon Carnegie Fellows Program_OVPR Letter 2026.pdf Nomination submission due: 11/7/2025 2 slots: Jennifer Stacy, Sharon Nepstad
Wed, 09/03/2025 - 12:00pm NSF, Test Bed: Toward a Network of Programmable Cloud Laboratories (PCL Test Bed) (NSF 25-541) PDF icon NSF PCL Test Bed_OVPR Letter 2025.pdf Full proposal due: 11/20/2025 1 slot: Gregory Taylor
Wed, 08/13/2025 - 12:00pm State of New Mexico: 2025 & 2026 New Mexico Workforce Conference (RFP# 26-631-1001-00057) PDF icon NMDWS_RFP_26-631-1001-00057_2025-2026_WIOA_Conf_Final_8.11.2025.pdf 09/03/2025 1 slot: Melanie Sonntag

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