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<p class="MsoNormal">Please share with your colleagues, as appropriate. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><b>SUBJECT:</b>
<b>Limited Submissions Process Overview and Current Limited Submission Opportunities<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">On behalf of Dr. Mark Redfern, Vice Provost for Research, welcome to the start of a new academic year.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/">Competition Space</a>, the
</span>University’s internal competition site,<span style="color:black"> 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt">The following limited submission funding opportunities have been added to the
<a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/">Competition Space</a> site, accessible via the
<a href="https://my.pitt.edu/">Pitt Passport</a> portal and the <a href="http://research.pitt.edu/">
Office of Research</a>. Opportunity listings include program descriptions and deadlines, required internal application materials, and links to funder guidelines. Current items are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753267">NSF 15-576: Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC)</a>: 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)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1754424">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</a>: 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)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753275">F 15-536: Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science - Supplements
and Sites</a>: 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)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753739">Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists - 2017</a>: 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)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1754422">NSF 16-591: Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI: BIC)</a>: 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<b>
</b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">technology(ies)</span></strong><b>
</b>into a<b> </b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">specified, human-centered smart service system</span></strong>. (Pitt: Sept. 26; NSF: Nov. 16)<b>
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753264">NSF 16-503: National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (NRT)</a>: 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)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753277">NSF 15-504: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)</a>: 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)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753268">NSF 15-528: Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM)</a>: 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)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753271">NSF 16-513: Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM)</a>: 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)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span class="details"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753480">NIH PAR-16-361: Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) (R25)</a>:
<span class="more">The over-arching goal of this NIGMS R25 program is to support educational activities that enhance the</span><span class="details"> 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)</span></span><span class="details"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://upitt.infoready4.com/#manageCompetitionsDetail/1753276">NSF 16-540: Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)</a>:
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)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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
<a href="http://www.oorhs.pitt.edu/research-funding" target="_blank">Office of Research- Health Sciences research funding page</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-top:9.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please Note:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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:
<b><a href="mailto:rkc12@pitt.edu">rkc12@pitt.edu</a> </b>or 412.624.7410<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ryan K. Champagne<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Grants Development Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University of Pittsburgh <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Office of Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">412.624.7410<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:rkc12@pitt.edu">rkc12@pitt.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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