
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 |
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| Mon, 01/26/2026 - 12:00pm | Hearst Foundations |
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06/01/2026 | 1 slot: TBD |
| Wed, 01/07/2026 - 12:00pm | Gerda Henkel Prize 2026 |
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Nominations due: 01/30/2026 | 1 slot: Sarah Davis-Secord |
| Tue, 01/06/2026 - 12:00pm | NIH, NIGMS Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) Program (T34) (PAR-26-033) |
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Full proposal due: 02/25/2026 | 1 slot: Tina Takacs-Vesbach |
| Tue, 12/23/2025 - 12:00pm | NEA, FY27 Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) |
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Cycle 1 due 2/12/26, Cycle 2 due 7/9/26 | 1 slot per Independent Component: Diana Gaston (Tamarind Institute); Juniper Leherissey (Harwood); TBD |
| Fri, 12/12/2025 - 12:00pm | NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) (24-588) |
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Full proposal due: 6/1/26 | 1 slot: Maria Lane |
| Wed, 12/10/2025 - 12:00pm | HSRU, ASCENDR Research Grants |
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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 |
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Registration due: 12/1/25; Full proposal due: 2/17/26 | 3 slots: Carla Sinopoli, Myrriah Gomez, Silas Grant |
| Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00pm | NSF, Accelerating Research Translation (ART) (25-548) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Full proposal due: 12/3/2025 | 1 per area of national need; Area 1: Elisha Allen; Areas 2-4 TBD |
