[New Funding Information] Limited Submissions Process Overview and Current Limited Submission Opportunities

[Champagne, Ryan Keane]

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SUBJECT:             Limited Submissions Process Overview and Current Limited Submission Opportunities

On behalf of Dr. Mark Redfern, Vice Provost for Research, welcome to the start of a new academic year.
The limited submission opportunities listed in this announcement are programs that place a limit on the number of applications that the University can submit to a funding organization. Some sponsors stipulate restrictions on the number of submissions per institution, school and/or discipline. When such limitations are stipulated in program guidelines, an internal review and selection process is necessary to select the best-qualified candidate or proposal to represent the University.
Competition Space<https://upitt.infoready4.com/>, the University's internal competition site, provides Pitt faculty and students with an online portal to streamline the process of finding, and applying for, limited submission competitions and other internally coordinated funding opportunities. This easy-to-use, web-based interface provides detailed opportunity announcements as well as links to funder and program resources.
Applications that are submitted through the site are reviewed by the Vice Provost for Research. In cases where there are more applications received through the site than stipulated by the sponsor, an ad hoc committee is convened to make selection recommendations.
The following limited submission funding opportunities have been added to the Competition Space<https://upitt.infoready4.com/> site, accessible via the Pitt Passport<https://my.pitt.edu/> portal and the Office of Research<http://research.pitt.edu/>. Opportunity listings include program descriptions and deadlines, required internal application materials, and links to funder guidelines. Current items are:

  *   NSF 15-576: Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC)<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753267>: This program seeks to enhance and expand the national resource of digital data documenting existing vouchered biological and paleontological collections and to advance scientific knowledge by improving access to digitized information (including images) residing in vouchered scientific collections across the United States. (Pitt: Sept. 12; NSF: Oct. 14)
  *   NRC-HQ-60-17-FOA-0001: Scholarship and Fellowship Education Grant, Faculty Development Grant, and Trade School and Community College Scholarship Grant, Fiscal Year (FY) 2017<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1754424>: The primary objective is to support scholarships for nuclear science, engineering, technology and related disciplines to develop a workforce capable of supporting the design, construction, operation, and regulation of nuclear facilities and the safe handling of nuclear materials. (Pitt: Sept 19; NRC: Oct. 14)

*         F 15-536: Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science - Supplements and Sites<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753275>: This program supports active long-term collaborative partnerships between K-12 STEM teachers and community college and university faculty and students to bring knowledge of engineering or computer and information science and engineering as well as technological innovation to pre-college/community college classrooms. (Pitt: Sept 19; NSF: Nov. 1)

*         Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists - 2017<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753739>: The awards recognize high impact and innovative accomplishments in the life sciences, physical sciences & engineering, and chemistry, with three winners each awarded $250,000 in unrestricted funds. (Pitt: Sept. 26; Blavatnik Foundation: Nov. 16)

*         NSF 16-591: Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI: BIC)<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1754422>: PFI:BIC supports academe-industry partnerships, which are led by an interdisciplinary academic research team collaborating with at least one industry partner to carry out research to advance, adapt, and integrate technology(ies) into a specified, human-centered smart service system. (Pitt: Sept. 26; NSF: Nov. 16)

*         NSF 16-503: National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (NRT)<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753264>: The NRT program seeks proposals that ensure that graduate students in research-based master's and doctoral degree programs develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. (Pitt: Oct. 3; NSF: Dec. 9)

*         NSF 15-504: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753277>: The program provides organizations with opportunities to acquire major instrumentation that supports the research and research training goals of the organization and that may be used by other researchers regionally or nationally. (Pitt: Oct. 31; NSF: Jan. 13)

*         NSF 15-528: Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM)<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753268>: The program funds research projects that identify factors that are efficacious in the formation of ethical STEM researchers in all the fields of science and engineering that NSF supports. (Pitt: Oct. 31; NSF: Feb. 16)

*         NSF 16-513: Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM)<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753271>: This solicitation is seeking high-risk/high-reward research and education proposals. Its focus is on scalable nanomanufacturing challenges and societal and educational issues associated with continuing advances in nanomanufacturing and the ensuing increasing use of nanoscale materials, devices and systems. (Pitt: Oct. 31; NSF: Feb. 16)

*         NIH PAR-16-361: Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) (R25)<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753480>: The over-arching goal of this NIGMS R25 program is to support educational activities that enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research workforce. To accomplish this goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on research experiences and courses for skills development. (Pitt: Nov. 28; NIH: May 25)

*         NSF 16-540: Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)<https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753276>: The S-STEM program encourages collaborations among different types of partners: Partnerships among different types of institutions; collaborations of STEM faculty and institutional, educational, and social science researchers; and partnerships among institutions of higher education and local business and industry. (Pitt: Dec. 19; NSF: Apr. 20)

As new and updated external program solicitations become available that limit the number of submissions from the University, competitions will be added to the site and announced to faculty and students via internal announcements. For additional funding opportunities across the full breadth of the health sciences, please visit the Office of Research- Health Sciences research funding page<http://www.oorhs.pitt.edu/research-funding>.

Please Note: Dr. Mark Redfern will make the final determination on the eligibility, and relevance of multiple proposals submitted internally from separate schools/entities to ultimately go forward with full submissions. Questions regarding these funding opportunities or the internal competition process should be directed to Ryan Champagne: rkc12 at pitt.edu<mailto:rkc12 at pitt.edu> or 412.624.7410


Ryan K. Champagne
Grants Development Coordinator
University of Pittsburgh
Office of Research
B21 University Club
123 University Place
412.624.7410
rkc12 at pitt.edu<mailto:rkc12 at pitt.edu>

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