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.
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 criteria referenced in this announcement.
Funding Opportunity Purpose: The overall goal of the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program is to help ensure that a pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. Each NIGMS-funded NRSA program is expected to provide a rigorous, well-designed research training program that includes mentored research experiences, courses, seminars, and additional training opportunities to equip trainees with the following skills required for careers in the biomedical research workforce:
- Technical (for example, appropriate methods, technologies, and quantitative/computational approaches).
- Operational (for example, independent knowledge acquisition, rigorous experimental design, interpretation of data, and conducting research in the safest manner possible).
- Professional (for example, management, leadership, communication, and teamwork).
Developing a highly skilled biomedical research workforce is essential to strengthening the nation’s economic competitiveness and improving public health. Undergraduate education is key to pursuing a career in the biomedical research workforce, and over 45% of undergraduate students begin their education at associate-degree granting organizations (that is, community colleges). Structured research training programs that provide financial support, high quality mentoring, robust networks, authentic research experiences and opportunities for skills development lead to improved biomedical degree completion rates and enhanced commitment to a research career. Therefore, there is a strong need to develop research training programs to effectively support the skills and career development of undergraduate students.
Opportunity Overview: The goal of the Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) program is to strengthen research training environments and develop a pool of well-trained students who:
- Complete their baccalaureate degrees in biomedically-related fields, and
- Transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs (such as Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.).
This notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition invites applications from eligible organizations to apply. Please see Section III. Eligibility for additional information. In accordance with NIH standard peer-review processes, the applications will be peer-reviewed, and only meritorious applications will be considered. This funding announcement provides support to eligible, domestic organizations to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical undergraduate training and mentoring to help build a strong biomedical research workforce for the nation.
Maximum Number of Applications Allowed Per Organization: NIGMS will accept only one application, and support only one award, per applicant organization.
FOA is available online at: https://files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunities/d88aea72-290a-4396-83ba-139886a6ffc8/attachments/e59a911d-8bc5-483a-a7e0-0d1ac27bff83/PAR-26-033-Full-Announcement.html
Internal Competition Submission Deadline: January 12, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m.
Internal Competition Results Announced: January 19, 2026 Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: February 25, 2026, at 5:00 PM
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.
*If assistance is needed, please contact Bernadette Perez at bernadette.perez01@utrgv.edu.
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 to all PIs whose pre-proposals were considered by the review committee, following the announcement of the finalist selection.
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 criteria referenced in this announcement.
Funding Opportunity Purpose: The Office of Nuclear Energy’s (NE) program purpose is to advance nuclear energy science and technology to meet U.S. energy, environmental and economic needs. NE enables innovation, supports unique research infrastructure, and solves crosscutting challenges facing the nuclear energy sector through research, development and demonstration. NE has identified the following goals to address challenges in the nuclear energy sector, help realize the potential of advanced technology, and leverage the unique role of the government in spurring innovation:
• Enable continued operation of existing U.S. nuclear reactors.
• Enable deployment of advanced nuclear reactors.
• Develop advanced nuclear fuel cycles.
• Maintain U.S. leadership in nuclear energy technology.
Investing in the next generation of nuclear energy leaders and advancing university-led nuclear innovation is vital to fulfilling NE's mission, which is primarily accomplished through NE’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP). NEUP was established in 2009 to consolidate NE’s university support and enable the integration of university research within NE’s technical programs. Through various competitive award opportunities, the program engages with U.S. universities and colleges to conduct research and development (R&D), enhance infrastructure, and support student education, thereby contributing to the development of a world-class nuclear energy and workforce capability.
Opportunity Overview: Applications for both Topic Areas should focus on individual, discrete, definable items, or capabilities. An applicant must demonstrate the educational or R&D connection between requested pieces of equipment toward a key objective or outcome in support of the NE mission. Applications made of several uncorrelated equipment requests are not of interest. Additionally, requests should not result in the duplication of existing capabilities. To review existing NE R&D capabilities in the U.S., refer to the Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Database (NEID), available at https://nsuf.inl.gov under Resources (account login required). Information on current NE research programs can be found at NE’s website: https://energy.gov/ne.
Topic Area 2: General Scientific Infrastructure (GSI)
• Procurement of equipment, software, instrumentation, and associated non-reactor upgrade requests that support nuclear energy-related R&D or education.
• Procurement of equipment and instrumentation for specialized facilities, classrooms, and teaching laboratories, and non-reactor NS&E research.
• Procurement of infrastructure that supports the sharing and use of equipment and instrumentation by multiple campuses of a university, multiple universities, or with national laboratories is encouraged.
Maximum Number of Applications Allowed Per Organization: An eligible applicant may submit only one application to this topic area. If an entity submits more than one full application, the DOE will only review the last submission.
FOA is available online at: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/361023
Internal Competition Submission Deadline: January 30, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m.
Internal Competition Results Announced: February 18, 2026 Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: April 9, 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.
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.
*If assistance is needed, please contact Bernadette Perez at bernadette.perez01@utrgv.edu.
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 to all PIs whose pre-proposals were considered by the review committee, following the announcement of the finalist selection.
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 criteria referenced in this announcement.
Funding Opportunity Purpose: The main objective of the BIG Program is to make available modern scientific instruments that are needed by NIH-funded investigators and other groups of biomedical scientists to advance their research and to broaden access to modern technologies at academic and research institutions nationwide. Typically, state-of-the-art technologies that are indispensable for today’s research are too costly for a single investigator to purchase or operate. Their acquisitions can only be justified on a shared-use basis.
Opportunity Overview: The BIG Program provides funds to purchase a single piece of new, costly, specialized, commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system. An integrated instrumentation system is one in which the components, when used in conjunction with one another, perform a function that no single component can provide. The components must be dedicated to the system and not used independently. Types of instruments supported include, but are not limited to, basic cell sorters, confocal microscopes, ultramicrotomes, gel imagers, or computer systems. Applications for standalone computer systems (supercomputers, computer clusters, and data storage systems) will only be considered if the system is solely dedicated to biomedical research. All instruments, integrated systems, and computer systems must be dedicated to research only.
Maximum Number of Applications Allowed Per Organization: Only one BIG application per institution as identified by the UEI number, is allowed per due date.
FOA is available online at: PAR-24-326: Limited Competition: Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Internal Competition Submission Deadline: February 2, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m.
Internal Competition Results Announced: February 20, 2026 Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: June 1, 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.
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.
*If assistance is needed, please contact Bernadette Perez at bernadette.perez01@utrgv.edu.
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 to all PIs whose pre-proposals were considered by the review committee, following the announcement of the finalist selection.