What is a Limited Submission?

A limited submission solicitation (RFA, RFP, etc.) places a cap on the number of proposals Auburn may submit to a sponsor. Auburn coordinates limited submissions by sending out a notification via this newsletter and creating competitions in the Auburn University Competition Space (also known as InfoReady). To apply to any limited submission posted in this newsletter, click on the link below and search for your competition listed on the page.

Please refer to the Limited Submission Procedures page for a general list of requirements. However, it is recommended that you go to the specific competition as soon as possible and review the requirements to ensure that you are preparing what is requested since the required information for competitions may vary.

Found a Limited Submission opportunity that interests you?

If so, please contact the PSFS office sooner than later so that an internal competition can be created for a timely, university-wide, fair and equitable selection process that allows for ample time for review, feedback and revisions.

Mathers Foundation Grant 

The Mathers Foundation primarily supports basic science, ideally with potential translational applications. Examples of current research areas of support include immunology, microbiome, structural biology, cellular physiology, cancer biology, genetics, genomics, microbiology and infectious diseases, stem cell biology, and neuroscience. In general, the Mathers Foundation looks for innovative, novel proposals, which have scientific merit with an established published proof of concept, and which may not be fundable at the federal level.  

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Evan Havard with University Foundation/Corporate Relations.

Institutional Limit: Three (3) Applications

Internal Deadline: January 24, 2025, 4:45pm

Funder Due Date: February 28, 2025, 8:00pm ET

2024-2025 CWSIS and RSP Intramural Funding Programs

Full Proposals Due Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 4:45pm

Full proposals for the Creative Work and Social Impact Scholarship Funding Program (CWSIS) and the Research Support Program (RSP) are now being accepted.

• Only PIs who submitted the required LOI may submit a Full Proposal.
• Complete program descriptions are available on the CWSIS and RSP webpages.

All Submissions Are Through the AU Competition Space (InfoReady).

• CWSIS Full Proposal Submission Link
• RSP LOI Full Proposal Submission Link

Please contact Christine Cline (334-844-5929) for programmatic assistance; 

Laura Cauthen (344-844-7910) for InfoReady assistance.

Team Science Spring Event on Stress Science 

April 8, 2025

11:00am - 3:00pm

Save the date for the next event in the Team Science Series discussing the topic of Stress Science.

This Team Science event will be a forum for developing interdisciplinary collaborations that advance stress research, enhance stress education, and strengthen stress management efforts on campus and in the community.

Your input for a relevant event tailored for research needs is crucial, so please complete our survey for planning purposes.

Auburn University Rural Partnership Institute (AURPI)

The Auburn University Rural Partnership Institute (AURPI) is soliciting proposals from faculty who are collaborating with industry and/or community organizations to develop and implement solutions that enhance the efficiency, sustainability, and economic viability of Alabama’s poultry and forestry industries with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of rural Alabamians. This request for proposal is intended for faculty to collaborate with industry or community organizations in support of the goals of AURPI’s project.

Topics could include but are not limited to:

• Develop technology solutions and market intelligence that will help producers and processors of poultry and forest products improve their competiveness and sustainability.
• Promote technologies that will advance the poultry and forest products industries.
• Predict and protect against cyber-physical vulnerabilities in poultry and forest products sectors
• Find opportunities to better manage water and wastewater; better manage and upcycle the waste streams emanating from poultry and forest product processing facilities for beneficial use.
• Other topics of investigation into challenges facing rural Alabama, including exploratory social and health science research.

Proposals Due: March 17, 2025, 4:45pm CT

Funding Opportunities

NIH: Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)



The NIH Small Research Grant Program supports small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. This program supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The goals are -

• to foster fundamental creative discoveries, innovative research strategies, and their applications as a basis for ultimately protecting and improving health;
• to develop, maintain, and renew scientific human and physical resources that will ensure the Nation's capability to prevent disease;
• to expand the knowledge base in medical and associated sciences in order to enhance the Nation's economic well-being and ensure a continued high return on the public investment in research; and
• to exemplify and promote the highest level of scientific integrity, public accountability, and social responsibility in the conduct of science.

Proposals Due: February 16, 2025, 5:00pm CT

NSF: Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)



The MCA program offers an opportunity for scientists and engineers at the mid-career stage to substantively enhance and advance their research program and career trajectory. The MCA program provides protected time, resources, and the means to gain new skills through synergistic and mutually beneficial partnerships, typically at an institution other than the candidate's home institution. Partners from outside the PI's own sub-discipline or discipline are encouraged, but not required, to enhance interdisciplinary networking and convergence across science and engineering fields. Research projects that envision new insights on existing problems or identify new problems made accessible with cutting-edge methodology or expertise from other fields are encouraged.

PIs must be at the Associate Professor rank or equivalent and at that rank for at least 3 years by the proposal submission date. PIs must have current or proposed research that falls within the purview of a participating disciplinary program.

Proposals Due: March 1, 2025, 5:00pm CT

Kress Foundation: Digital Art History Grants



The Digital Art History Grants program is intended to foster new forms of research and collaboration as well as new approaches to teaching and learning. Support may also be offered for the digitization of important visual resources (especially essential art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history.

LOIs Due: March 1, 2025, 5:00pm ET

NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Amplifying STEM Education Investments in and with Rural and Remote Areas and Communities

The Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) seeks new proposal submissions to continue its support for science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science education innovations, research, capacity, and workforce development in and with rural and remote communities. Through this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), EDU acknowledges welcomes proposals that meet the specific needs that leverage the wide-ranging assets and opportunities of rural and remote communities (such as EPSCoR jurisdictions).

All Four Divisions in EDU are participating in and seeking responses to this DCL through their individual programs: Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES); Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL); Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE); Division of Graduate Education (DGE).

For inquiries and submission times, EDU recommends that proposers interested in responding to this DCL visit the Division webpage linked above that aligns most closely with their work.

Important Updates

Hanover Research Webinars

Major Changes for NIH Grantseekers

Thursday, January 30, 2025

11:00am CT

In early 2025, NIH will be implementing multiple changes to the review process.This session will cover the key considerations for faculty planning to submit to NIH after January 2025, including the simplified review process for most research project grants, changes to the fellowship application, and more.

Register Here.

• Upcoming Webinars in 2025
• Recently posted to the archives: Communicating the Impacts of Your Research

2025 Annual CCTS Bioethics Forum

AI in Action: Navigating Ethics and Opportunities in Healthcare

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Auburn Marriott Opelika Resort & Spa

This year’s forum explores the real-world applications of AI in medicine, balancing innovation with ethical considerations like data privacy, accountability, and equity. Don’t miss this vital discussion on shaping a safer, more equitable future for healthcare.

Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference

March 5 - 7, 2025

Callaway Resort & Gardens

Join researchers from across the region to present the best new health-related preclinical, clinical, implementation, and population-based research and build collaborative relationships.

Register.

Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability

Slots available January 24, 2025 - April 18, 2025

In order to provide resources for faculty and staff, Auburn University has partnered with Hanover Research for a number of grant development solutions including Pre-proposal Support; Proposal Development; and Capacity Building. Their full-service grant development solutions are available to set goals, build strategies to achieve key grant-seeking objectives, and develop grant proposals that are well-planned, researched, and written. 

For information regarding Hanover’s core capabilities and project timelines, click here. If you are interested in a slot in the queue, please e-mail Tony Ventimiglia.

Research Development and Grantwriting Newsletter

This online publication is a great source for current STEM and Humanities funding opportunities, tips and resources. Published by Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC, access is available only for Auburn University faculty, staff and students with a valid user ID.



In December's Issue:

• Topics of Interest URLs

• December 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News

• Does Your Humanities Proposal Have Inside and Outside Appeal?

• Funding: Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Work

• Changes to EPA Notices of Funding Opportunity

• NSF Funding for AI Education, Training and Broadening Participation

• NIH’s New Science of Science Scholars Program Pilot

• In Proposals, Less is Often More

• Research Grant Writing Web Resources

• Agency News, Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps

• New Funding Opportunities