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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
Tue, 12/23/2025 - 12:00pm NEA, FY27 Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) PDF icon 2027 NEA Grants for Arts OVPR Letter.pdf Cycle 1 due 2/12/26, Cycle 2 due 7/9/26 1 slot per Independent Component: Diana Gaston (Tamarind Institute); TBD
Fri, 12/12/2025 - 12:00pm NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) (24-588) PDF icon nsf24588_solicitation.pdf Full proposal due: 6/1/26 1 slot: Maria Lane
Wed, 12/10/2025 - 12:00pm HSRU, ASCENDR Research Grants PDF icon ASCENDr OVPR Letter 2026.pdf full proposal due 3/26/2026 2 slots: Yi He, TBD
Tue, 12/02/2025 - 12:00pm Mellon Foundation Higher Learning 2026 Open Call for Competitions PDF icon Mellon Foundation Higher Learning_OVPR Letter.pdf Registration due: 12/1/25; Full proposal due: 2/17/26 3 slots: TBD
Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00pm NSF, Accelerating Research Translation (ART) (25-548) PDF icon NSF 25-548_solicitation.pdf Full proposal due: March 12, 2026 Up to 2 slots: Track 3: Lisa Kuuttila
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

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