Limited Submission Programs
Limited submission programs are those for which funding agencies restrict the number of proposals or nominations a university may submit for consideration for an award. The University of Texas at Austin, therefore, must internally screen all eligible and interested nominees to determine which will represent the university in the funding agency’s competition.
Below is a tabulated list of limited submission programs in which UT Austin currently competes. The table lists sponsor deadlines, as well as internal competition deadlines. Anticipated dates (month and year) for future deadlines are marked with a dagger (†) and are updated as deadlines are confirmed by sponsors.
Follow the link provided for each active limited submission opportunity to submit your application through the UT Austin online submission portal. Links are not activated unless an internal competition is currently accepting submissions. To receive email announcements whenever a new internal competition is launched, subscribe to our Limited Submission mailing list.
Every effort will be made to maintain current and accurate information within this list; however, the awarding agency’s posted information remains the final authority.
If you are interested in applying for a limited submission opportunity, but do not see it listed in the table, let us know.
For VPR-administered award, fellowship and grant programs, visit the Awards, Fellowships and Grants page.
† indicates anticipated date.
Limited Submission Programs
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| Program | Sponsor | Internal Deadline | Internal Competition Deadline2 | Sponsor Deadline | Sponsor Deadline2 | Nominees Selected to Advance | Past Winners |
| Keck Foundation Research Award | Keck Foundation | May 31, 2018 | 1527724800 | Nov 01, 2018 | 1541030400 | ||
| Keck Foundation Undergraduate Education Award | Keck Foundation | May 31, 2018 | 1527724800 | Nov 01, 2018 | 1541030400 | ||
| Searle Scholars Program | Kinship Foundation | Jun 01, 2018 | 1527811200 | Sep 28, 2018 | 1538092800 | ||
| Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research | Welch Foundation | Jun 08, 2018 | 1528416000 | Sep 14, 2018 | 1536883200 | ||
| VPR Research and Creative Grants | UT Office of the Vice President for Research | Aug 01, 2018 | 1533081600 | Sep 12, 2018 | 1536710400 | ||
| Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards | Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) | Sep 30, 2018 | 1538265600 | Jan 08, 2019 | 1546905600 | ||
| W.T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program - Each College may submit one nominee. Please see your Associate Dean for Research. | W.T. Grant Foundation | May 2018 † | 1527724800 | Jun 27, 2018 | 1530057600 | ||
| Recordings at Risk -- First to notify. | Council of Library and Information Resources (CLIR) | May 2018 † | 1527724800 | Jun 29, 2018 | 1530230400 | ||
| THECB Autism Grant -- First to Notify | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | May 2018 † | 1527724800 | Jun 01, 2018 | 1527811200 | ||
| Avon Breast Health Outreach Program (BHOP) | Avon Breast Cancer Crusade | May 2018 † | 1527724800 | Aug 2018 † | 1535673600 | ||
| DHHS Empowered Communities for a Healthier Nation Initiative -- FIrst to Notify | Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) | May 2018 † | 1527724800 | Jul 2018 † | 1532995200 | ||
| NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program - First to notify | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Jun 2018 † | 1530316800 | Sep 25, 2018 | 1537833600 | ||
| Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars | Johnson & Johnson | Jun 2018 † | 1530316800 | Oct 31, 2018 | 1540944000 | ||
| NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Jun 2018 † | 1530316800 | Jan 22, 2019 | 1548115200 | ||
| Simons Investigators in the Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems (MMLS) | Simons Foundation | Jun 2018 † | 1530316800 | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | ||
| NIH Director's Early Independence Award -- RFA-RM-18-010 -- First to Notify | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Jun 2018 † | 1530316800 | Sep 22, 2018 | 1537574400 | ||
| Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience (IUSE: GEOPATHS) | National Science Foundation | Jun 2018 † | 1530316800 | Aug 2018 † | 1535673600 | ||
| NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) | National Science Foundation | Jul 2018 † | 1532995200 | Nov 17, 2018 | 1542412800 | ||
| Tang Prize in Sustainable Development | Tang Prize Foundation | Jul 2018 † | 1532995200 | Sep 2018 † | 1538265600 | ||
| Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science | Tang Prize Foundation | Jul 2018 † | 1532995200 | Sep 2018 † | 1538265600 | ||
| Tang Prize in Sinology | Tang Prize Foundation | Jul 2018 † | 1532995200 | Sep 2018 † | 1538265600 | ||
| Tang Prize in Rule of Law | Tang Prize Foundation | Jul 2018 † | 1532995200 | Sep 2018 † | 1538265600 | ||
| NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Jul 2018 † | 1532995200 | Nov 27, 2018 | 1543276800 | ||
| Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists | Blavatnik Family Foundation | Aug 2018 † | 1535673600 | Nov 2018 † | 1543536000 | ||
| SURA Distinguished Scientist Award | Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) | Aug 2018 † | 1535673600 | Dec 2018 † | 1546214400 | ||
| CPRIT Core Facilities Support Award | Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) | Aug 2018 † | 1535673600 | Jan 2019 † | 1548892800 | ||
| Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Theoretical Computer Science | Simons Foundation | Aug 2018 † | 1535673600 | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | ||
| 2017 Scholars Program | Rita Allen Foundation | Aug 2018 † | 1535673600 | Dec 2018 † | 1546214400 | ||
| CPRIT High-Impact/High-Risk Research Awards | Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) | Aug 2018 † | 1535673600 | Jan 2019 † | 1548892800 | ||
| Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program | The Greenwall Foundation | Aug 2018 † | 1535673600 | Nov 2018 † | 1543536000 | ||
| NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Sep 2018 † | 1538265600 | Feb 2019 † | 1551312000 | ||
| Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Registered Nurses in Primary Care (RNPC) Training Program | Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) | Sep 2018 † | 1538265600 | Jan 2019 † | 1548892800 | ||
| Recruitment and Retention (Minority Health Research And Education Program) | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) | Sep 2018 † | 1538265600 | Feb 2019 † | 1551312000 | ||
| Japan Prize | Japan Prize Foundation | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Feb 2019 † | 1551312000 | ||
| ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS DESIGN FOR SOLAR APPLICATIONS | Department of Energy | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Dec 2018 † | 1546214400 | ||
| Texas Teacher Externships (TEX2) | UT Center for STEM Education | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Jan 2019 † | 1548892800 | ||
| Lumina Fund for Racial Justice and Equity | Lumina Foundation | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Feb 2019 † | 1551312000 | ||
| NIH/NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Feb 2019 † | 1551312000 | ||
| NSF Scalable Nanomanufacturing | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Jan 2019 † | 1548892800 | ||
| Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program | Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Feb 07, 2019 | 1549497600 | ||
| NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Feb 2019 † | 1551312000 | ||
| IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: REvolutionizing engineering and computer science Departments (RED) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Jan 2019 † | 1548892800 | ||
| Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Feb 22, 2019 | 1550793600 | ||
| Networks for School Improvement | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Feb 2019 † | 1551312000 | ||
| Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM (CCH) Program | AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation | Oct 2018 † | 1540944000 | Feb 2019 † | 1551312000 | ||
| NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Nov 2018 † | 1543536000 | Mar 2019 † | 1553990400 | ||
| Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Feb 2019 † | 1551312000 | Dec 2018 † | 1546214400 | ||
| New Directions Fellowship | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | Jun 2019 † | 1561852800 | Oct 2019 † | 1572480000 | ||
| NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Jun 2019 † | 1561852800 | Apr 2020 † | 1588204800 | ||
| John E. Sawyer Seminars on the Comparative Study of Cultures | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | Oct 2019 † | 1572480000 | Apr 2020 † | 1588204800 | ||
| DoEd Educational Opportunity Centers Program | U.S. Department of Education (DoEd) | Feb 2020 † | 1582934400 | May 2020 † | 1590883200 | ||
| NSF Science and Technology Centers | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Aug 2020 † | 1598832000 | Dec 2020 † | 1609372800 | ||
| Women in STEM²D Scholars (WiSTEM²D) | Johnson & Johnson | May 22, 2018 | 1526947200 | Sep 25, 2018 | 1537833600 | ||
| 2019 Scientific Innovations Award | Brain Research Foundation | May 11, 2018 | 1525996800 | Jun 22, 2018 | 1529625600 | ||
| Mallinckrodt Grants | Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation | May 08, 2018 | 1525737600 | Aug 01, 2018 | 1533081600 | ||
| Pew Biomedical Scholars Program | Pew Charitable Trusts | May 07, 2018 | 1525651200 | Jun 29, 2018 | 1530230400 | ||
| Pew Biomedical Scholars | The Pew Charitable Trusts | May 07, 2018 | 1525651200 | May 16, 2018 | 1526428800 | ||
| Health Careers Opportunity Program: The National HCOP Academies | Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) | Apr 2018 † | 1525046400 | May 29, 2018 | 1527552000 | ||
| Computational Chemical Sciences Research Opportunity - First to notify | Department of Energy (DOE) | Apr 2018 † | 1525046400 | Jun 18, 2018 | 1529280000 | ||
| Takeda Innovators in Science 2019 | Takeda Pharmeceutical Company | Apr 23, 2018 | 1524441600 | Jun 25, 2018 | 1529884800 | ||
| Materials and Chemical Sciences Research for Quantum Information Science | Department of Energy (DOE) | Apr 17, 2018 | 1523923200 | May 24, 2018 | 1527120000 | ||
| Research at the Frontiers of X-Ray Free Electron Laser Ultrafast Chemical and Materials Sciences -- First to notify | Department of Energy (DOE) | Apr 17, 2018 | 1523923200 | May 21, 2018 | 1526860800 | ||
| Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI) -- First to Notify | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Apr 12, 2018 | 1523491200 | Jun 04, 2018 | 1528070400 | ||
| JSPS International Prize for Biology (2018 Field: Paleontology) | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | Apr 06, 2018 | 1522972800 | Apr 20, 2018 | 1524182400 | ||
| NEA Art Works Grant -- First to Notify | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | Apr 02, 2018 | 1522627200 | Jul 12, 2018 | 1531353600 | ||
| Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) Program | U.S. Department of Education | Mar 2018 † | 1522454400 | Apr 05, 2018 | 1522886400 | ||
| THECB Engineering Summer Program -- Run by Cockrell School of Engineering. Contact Associate Dean for Research. | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) | Mar 2018 † | 1522454400 | May 2018 † | 1527724800 | ||
| Beckman Scholars 2019 -- Run by College of Liberal Arts | Beckman Foundation | Mar 2018 † | 1522454400 | Jun 2018 † | 1530316800 | ||
| ORAU Travel Grants -- First to Notify | Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) | Mar 30, 2018 | 1522368000 | Jul 30, 2018 | 1532908800 | ||
| ADA Pathways to Stop Diabetes | American Diabetes Association | Mar 09, 2018 | 1520553600 | Jul 02, 2018 | 1530489600 | ||
| Edith and Peter O'Donnell Awards | The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST) | Mar 05, 2018 | 1520208000 | Apr 30, 2018 | 1525046400 | ||
| NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) - Run by individual colleges. Contact Associate Deans for Research. | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Feb 2018 † | 1519776000 | Mar 28, 2018 | 1522195200 | ||
| 2018 Cultivating Healthy Communities Grant Program - First to notify | Aetna Foundation | Feb 2018 † | 1519776000 | Apr 2018 † | 1525046400 | ||
| ORAU Events Sponsorship Program | Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) | Feb 15, 2018 | 1518652800 | Mar 01, 2018 | 1519862400 | ||
| NSF INCLUDES Alliances - Closed. Now on "first-to-notify" basis. | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Feb 02, 2018 | 1517529600 | Apr 04, 2018 | 1522800000 | ||
| Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship - Run by College of Liberal Arts. Contact Dr. Randy Diehl. | Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation | Jan 2018 † | 1517356800 | Jun 2018 † | 1530316800 | ||
| Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering | David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Jan 18, 2018 | 1516233600 | Apr 20, 2018 | 1524182400 | ||
| NSF Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation Software Elements, Frameworks and Institute Conceptualizations | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Jan 12, 2018 | 1515715200 | Apr 11, 2018 | 1523404800 | ||
| NSF American National Election Studies (ANES) -- First to Notify | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Jan 08, 2018 | 1515369600 | Apr 20, 2018 | 1524182400 | ||
| Advanced Manufacturing Projects for Emerging Research Exploration | Department of Energy | Jan 05, 2018 | 1515110400 | Mar 31, 2018 | 1522454400 | ||
| DOE - Energy Frontier Research Centers | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | Dec 08, 2017 | 1512691200 | Apr 11, 2018 | 1523404800 | ||
| Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship -- First to Notify. | Cancer Research Institute | Nov 2017 † | 1512000000 | Apr 2018 † | 1525046400 | ||
| Brain Research Foundation Fay/Frank Research Grant 2018 | Brain Research Foundation | Nov 01, 2017 | 1509494400 | Mar 28, 2018 | 1522195200 | ||
| Moore Inventor Fellows | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Oct 13, 2017 | 1507852800 | Mar 01, 2018 | 1519862400 | ||
| St. Baldrick's Foundation (Multiple Opportunities) | St. Baldrick's Foundation | Sep 2017 † | 1506729600 | Jan 2019 † | 1548892800 | ||
Other Limited Submission Programs (Managed by Other Campus Offices)
| Program | Sponsor | Sponsor Deadline | Sponsor Deadline Date | Managed By |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology and Toxicology | PhRMA | Sep 03, 2018 | 2018-09-03 | John H Richburg |
| NEH Summer Stipends | National Endowment for the Humanities | Sep 27, 2018 | 2018-09-27 | Elizabeth M Korves |
| Kleberg Foundation Grants | Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation | Sep 30, 2018 | 2018-09-30 | Maria P Nehring |
| MSRI Summer Graduate Schools | Mathematical Sciences Research Institute | Nov 15, 2018 | 2018-11-15 | Thomas Chen |
| Luce Scholars Program | Henry Luce Foundation | Nov 30, 2018 | 2018-11-30 | Elizabeth M Korves |
| U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) | U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation | Nov 30, 2018 | 2018-11-30 | Elizabeth M Korves |
| Trudeau Scholars | Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation | Dec 15, 2018 | 2018-12-15 | Elizabeth M Korves |
| Dana Foundation David Mahoney Neuroimaging Program | Dana Foundation | Feb 28, 2019 | 2019-02-28 | Lindsey M Demeritt |