UTRGV Limited Submission Submission Manager

Limited Submissions are competitive funding opportunities in which the sponsor only allows an exact and limited number of proposals from a given institution. Extra submissions can result in rejection of all submitted by that institution. All PI-eligible UTRGV faculty/staff interested in submitting an external funding proposal to the limited submission opportunity must submit their internal pre-proposal via Submittable.

2025 DOT: Port Infrastructure Development Program

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Funding Opportunity Purpose: The goal of PIDP is to assist in funding eligible projects for the purpose of improving the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods through ports and intermodal connections to ports.
Opportunity Overview: An application must describe only one project, but that project may contain more than one component and may describe components that may be carried out by parties other than the applicant. MARAD expects, and will impose requirements on, fund recipients to ensure that all components included in an application will be delivered as part of the PIDP project, regardless of whether a component includes Federal funding. The status of each component should be clearly described (for example, in the project schedule and budget). MARAD may award funds for a component, instead of the larger project, if that component: (1) independently meets minimum award amounts described in Section C and all eligibility requirements described in Section B; (2) independently aligns with the selection criteria identified in Section F; and (3) meets National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements with respect to independent utility. Independent utility means that the component will represent a transportation improvement that is usable even if no other improvement is made in the area and will be ready for intended use upon completion of that component’s construction. All project components that are presented together in a single application must demonstrate a relationship or connection among them or MARAD may fund only one or more of the connected components and reduce the PIDP award.
Maximum Number of Applications Allowed Per Organization: Each eligible applicant may submit no more than one application. If an applicant submits multiple applications, only the last one received by MARAD will be considered.

FOA is available online at: Search Results Detail | Grants.gov

Internal Competition Submission Deadline: June 13, 2025 @ 11:59 p.m. 
Internal Competition Results Announced: July 2, 2025
Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: September 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Documents Needed for the Preproposals:

Submitters will complete and submit a form providing the following:

Draft project summary/abstract of up to 2 pages; References do not count toward the 2-page limit.
Biographical sketches for the PIs and Co-PIs (any format);
List of collaborators and any other senior/key personnel, if any.

Change in application form: Since the limited submission process does not involve OSP assistance with budget development, we are now using a budget template in the Submittable form. This template is designed to capture a general overview of the budget. Additionally, we have included a budget justification section directly in the form, eliminating the need for applicants to upload separate budget documents with their pre-proposal materials.

*All documentation must be uploaded in a single PDF file. If assistance is needed to create the PDF, please contact Bernadette Perez at bernadette.perez01@utrgv.edu.

Review Criteria: Internal review criteria shall mirror the NSF criteria in the FOA.
Internal Review Process: The Research Division in consultation with a review committee, will decide which pre-proposals will continue to the full proposal submission stage. Anonymized reviewer feedback will be provided in a timely fashion to all PIs whose pre-proposals were considered by the review committee, following the announcement of the finalist selection.

2025 DOS: Countering Biological Weapons Threats

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Funding Opportunity Purpose: ISN/CTR’s Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) advances the Trump Administration’s Executive Order (E.O.) on Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research, which pledges to “balance the prevention of catastrophic consequences with maintaining readiness against biological threats and driving global leadership in biotechnology, biological countermeasures, biosecurity, and health research”. In alignment with this E.O., BEP engages partner countries to prevent U.S. adversaries from developing or using biological weapons (BW) against Americans. BEP also protects U.S. biotechnologies, sensitive data, and intellectual property (IP), and bolsters U.S. leadership of global biotechnology markets through private sector engagement to outcompete China, and promotes partner countries’ adoption of U.S. laboratory security, safety, and cybersecurity standards. To successfully achieve this mission, BEP partners include biological and biotechnology laboratories, bio- and data repositories, universities, science and technology organizations or academies, foreign government organizations and entities, biosafety associations or similar professional associations, and private industry. The expertise and tools acquired through BEP engagements are critical to enable our partners to counter the predatory and exploitative efforts of U.S. adversaries that threaten U.S. national and economic security.
Opportunity Overview: In alignment with Administration and Department priorities, BEP seeks to prevent U.S. adversaries from developing and/or deploying BW, exploiting partner facilities to acquire BW-applicable materials and data, and utilizing malign influence to gain strategic advantage over the U.S. and threaten U.S. national security. BEP also seeks to protect U.S. biotechnologies by denying our adversaries access to technology that can threaten U.S. national and economic security interests and inhibit our ability to maintain and/or regain U.S. dominance in global markets. While global in scope, BEP partner country engagements include, but are not limited to, engagements with: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Hungary, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Tajikistan, Thailand, Türkiye, Vietnam, and Yemen.

BEP’s target audience includes biological and biotechnology laboratories, bio- and data repositories, universities, science and technology organizations or academies, foreign government organizations and entities, biosafety associations or similar professional associations, and private industry. Within these organizations, BEP projects will engage government leadership, laboratory staff, data and IT managers, research scientists, academic researchers and administration, professors, and students.
Maximum Number of Applications Allowed Per Organization: Applicants can submit one application in response to the NOFO.

FOA is available online at: Search Results Detail | Grants.gov

Internal Competition Submission Deadline: June 20, 2025 @ 11:59 p.m. 
Internal Competition Results Announced: June 30, 2025
Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: July 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Documents Needed for the Preproposals:

Submitters will complete and submit a form providing the following:

Proposal Title
PI/PD Name and Contact Information
To which track or discipline do you plan to submit? (if applicable)
Please provide a brief description (no longer than 250 words) describing your proposed project, any planned collaborators, and why this project should be selected for this limited submission opportunity over others.
What is your budget request and what costs are included? (no longer than 250 words)
If cost share or match is required, how do you plan to meet that match and what costs will be included? Please include whose time and effort will be included and if cash match is provided, who will be covering that cost. (no longer than 250 words)
If this is a resubmission, please identify what changes or revisions have been made based upon feedback received from the original submission.
Is there any information that would be beneficial in advance of the internal review? Examples - resubmission with identified ratings, discussions with program managers, etc.

2025 NIH: Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Program (P30 Clinical Trials Optional)

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Announcement of UTRGV Limited Submission Internal Competition
All PI-eligible UTRGV faculty/staff interested in submitting a proposal to the Limited Submission opportunity must submit the internal pre-proposal via Submittable platform (using single PDF document) by the deadline. Please see OSP Handbook, page 8, for PI eligibility details. Internal pre-proposals must comply with all instructions and address the NIH review criteria referenced in this announcement.
Funding Opportunity Purpose: To foster understanding of human health effects of exposure to environmental agents in the hope that these studies will lead to: the identification of agents that pose a hazard and threat of disease, disorders and defects in humans; the development of effective public health or disease prevention strategies; the overall improvement of human health effects due to environmental agents; the development of products and technologies designed to better study or ameliorate the effects of environmental agents; and the successful training of research scientists in all areas of environmental health research. Supported grant programs focus on the following areas: (8) Providing support for broadly based multi-disciplinary research and training programs in environmental health. These programs include the Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers, which serve as national focal points and resources for research and manpower development. Through these programs, NIEHS expects to achieve the long-range goal of developing new clinical and public health applications to improve disease prevention, diagnosis, and therapy

Opportunity Overview: The NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (EHSCC) Program uses a P30 grant mechanism to bring together investigators currently funded by NIH or other Federal or non-Federal sources to enhance the effectiveness of existing research and extend the focus of research for environmental health sciences. An EHSCC is expected to support innovation and be on the cutting edge of science. As such, research activities should cross a variety of disciplines to bring multiple perspectives and approaches to bear on significant environmental health research questions and health impacts. The interdisciplinary nature of an EHSCC should have a synergistic effect that results in greater depth, breadth, quality, innovation and productivity beyond what individual scientists would be likely to attain by working independently and as such lead to translational research opportunities. As intellectual hubs for environmental health research, the membership of EHSCC's is expected to include thought leaders from the field who are well-positioned to advance the goals of the 2025-2029 NIEHS Strategic Plan (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/strategicplan/.)

Maximum Number of Applications Allowed Per Organization: Only one application per institution (normally identified by having a unique identifier (UEI) number or NIH IPF number) is allowed.

FOA is available online at: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-25-002.html#_Section%20III.%20Eligibility%20Information

Internal Competition Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Internal Competition Results Announced: July 18, 2025
Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Documents Needed for the Preproposals:
Submitters will complete and submit a form providing the following:

Draft project summary/abstract of up to 2 pages; References do not count toward the 2-page limit.
Biographical sketches for the PIs and Co-PIs (any format);
List of collaborators and any other senior/key personnel, if any.

*If assistance is needed, please contact Bernadette Perez at bernadette.perez01@utrgv.edu.

Review Criteria: Internal review criteria shall mirror the NIH criteria in the FOA.
Internal Review Process: The Research Division in consultation with a review committee, will decide which pre-proposals will continue to the full proposal submission stage. Anonymized reviewer feedback will be provided in a timely fashion to all PIs whose pre-proposals were considered by the review committee, following the announcement of the finalist selection.

2025 NIH: Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1 - Clinical Trial Optional)

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This FOA is not intended for applications that are mainly focused on the creation, expansion, and/or maintenance of community resources, creation of new technologies, or infrastructure development.
Opportunity Overview: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages Collaborative Program Grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose projects addressing complex and challenging biomedical problems within the mission of NIGMS. Multidisciplinary research teams must have a highly integrated approach for each of their project goals. The Collaborative Program Grant is designed to support research in which funding a team of interdependent investigators to achieve a unified scientific goal offers significant advantages over supporting individual research project grants.
Maximum Number of Applications Allowed Per Organization: Two applications per institution (with a Unique Entity Identifier ) and a unique NIH eRA Institutional Profile File (IPF) number) are allowed per review round.

FOA is available online at: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-077.html#_Section_III._Eligibility

Internal Competition Submission Deadline: July 1, 2025 @ 11:59 p.m. 
Internal Competition Results Announced: July 18, 2025
Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: January 27, 2026, at 5:00 PM
Documents Needed for the Preproposals:
Submitters will complete and submit a form providing the following:

Draft project summary/abstract of up to 2 pages; References do not count toward the 2-page limit.
Biographical sketches for the PIs and Co-PIs (any format);
List of collaborators and any other senior/key personnel, if any.

*If assistance is needed, please contact Bernadette Perez at bernadette.perez01@utrgv.edu.