
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, 11/03/2025 - 12:00pm | Albuquerque Community Foundation Grant Program |
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required SOI due 11/3/25; pre-proposal due 11/10/15; estimated sponsor deadline 3/27/26 | 2 slots: TBD |
| Tue, 10/28/2025 - 12:00pm | NSF EPSCoR RII: EPSCoR Research Fellows (ERF) |
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Full proposal due: 4/14/2026 | Up to 8 slots. 4 for NSF (TBD) 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. |
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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) |
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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) |
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Full proposal due: 3/3/26 | 2 slots: Tomasz Falkowski, TBD |
| Mon, 09/08/2025 - 12:00pm | 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program |
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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) |
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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) |
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09/03/2025 | 1 slot: Melanie Sonntag |
| Thu, 08/07/2025 - 12:00pm | NIH Collaborative Grant Program (PAR 23-077) |
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01/27/2026 | 2 slots, No applicants |
| Wed, 07/30/2025 - 5:00pm | NSF, Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net): S-STEM Research Hubs (NSF 23-536) |
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Full proposal due: 8/13/2026 | 1 slot (as single institution, subawardee, or collaborator): Donna Riley |
