Our editorial team is keeping abreast of the current status of federally funded opportunities. Such opportunities advertised here, to our knowledge at time of publication, are active. However, please continue to check solicitation websites for updates to U.S. Government opportunities of interest.

What is a Limited Submission?

A limited submission solicitation places a cap on the number of proposals Auburn may submit to a sponsor. Auburn coordinates limited submissions with notifications via this newsletter and competitions created in the Auburn University Competition Space (InfoReady). To apply to any limited submission posted in this newsletter, click on the link within the announcement. Please refer to the Limited Submission Procedures page for a general list of requirements.

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.

NIH: Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations (S15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

This NOFO invites eligible academic or research institutions to apply for funding support to purchase latest scientific equipment that will enhance and modernize research-supporting operations of existing shared biomedical research facilities. Targeted are laboratory research core facilities, animal research facilities, and other similar shared-use research spaces. The equipment must be placed in a core facility, an animal research facility, or other shared used space to ensure that it supports research-related needs of a broad institutional research community. The goal of this NOFO is to strengthen research-auxiliary activities of biomedical research facilities and to enhance the efficiency of their operations.

The NOFO does not support the purchase of scientific research instruments or their components, nor components of building-level infrastructure equipment that indirectly support research activities. 

Institutional Limit: One (1) Proposal

Internal Deadline: July 9, 2025, 4:45pm

Funder Deadline: September 25, 2025, 5:00pm CT

Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program: Instrument Acquisition or Development

This MRI award supports the acquisition of a multi-user research instrument that is commercially available through direct purchase from a vendor, or for the personnel costs and equipment that are required for the development of an instrument with new capabilities, thereby advancing instrumentation capabilities and enhancing expertise for instrument design and fabrication at academic institutions.

MRI provides support to acquire critical research instrumentation for advances in fundamental science and engineering research which may not otherwise occur. MRI also provides support to obtain next-generation research instruments by developing instruments with new capabilities that open new opportunities to advance the frontiers in science and engineering research. Additionally, an MRI award is expected to enhance research training of students who will become the next generation of instrument users, designers and builders.

An MRI research instrument need not be physically located in a conventional laboratory setting, nor does an instrument need to be "physical" at all. MRI continues to support distributed/networked instruments and cyberinstrumentation that is not appropriate for support through other NSF programs.

• Track 1: Proposals are those that request funds from NSF greater than $100,000 and less than $1,400,000; two (2) submissions allowed.
• Track 2: MRI proposals are those that request funds from NSF greater than or equal to $1,400,000 up to and including $4,000,000; one (1) submission allowed.
• Track 3 (Consistent with section 10373 of the "CHIPS and Science Act of 2022"): Proposals that request funds from NSF greater than or equal $100,000 and less than or equal to $4,000,000 that include the purchase, development, installation, operation and maintenance of equipment and instrumentation to conserve or reduce the consumption of helium; one (1) submission allowed.

*Please Note Funder’s Limitations for Subawardees:

The NSF announcement stipulates an institution’s inclusion as a funded subawardee on a development proposal at a level in excess of 20% of the total budget requested from NSF, or as a funded subawardee on any acquisition proposal will be counted against an organization's proposal submission limit in Tracks 1 and 2. If collaborating on another (lead) institution’s proposal at the aforementioned funding levels, that proposal should be entered into this internal submission competition as it could count as one of Auburn’s four (4) allowed submissions. An unfunded collaboration does not count against the submission limit.

Institutional Limit: Four (4) Proposals 

Internal Deadline: July 18, 2025, 4:45pm

Funder Deadline: November 14, 2025, 5:00pm CT

Funding Opportunities

Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease

This program provides opportunities for assistant professors to bring multidisciplinary approaches to studying human infectious diseases. The program aims to provide accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level with opportunities to study what happens at the points where the systems of humans and potentially infectious agents connect. The program supports research that sheds light on the fundamentals that affect the outcomes of these encounters: how colonization, infection, commensalism, and other relationships play out at levels ranging from molecular interactions to systemic ones.

LOIs Due: July 17, 2025, 3:00pm ET

Beckman Young Investigator Program

The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science.

The BYI program is open to those within the first four years of a tenure-track position, or an equivalent independent research appointment, at a U.S. academic or non-profit institution that conducts research in chemical and life sciences. Tenure-Track dates for the 2026 program must start after 1/1/2021, and on or before 8/1/2025. Applicants can have no more than $225,000 in direct, annualized external funding grants during any BYI Program Year (Aug-July) at time of LOI application due date and Full Application due date (if invited).

LOIs Due: August 1, 2025, 5:00pm PT

NSF: Decision, Risk and Management Sciences

DRMS supports research that increases understanding of how individuals, organizations and societies make decisions. Areas include judgment, decision analysis and aids, risk analysis and communication, public policy decision making and management science. DRMS funds disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIGs) and conferences in the following areas: judgment and decision making; decision analysis and decision aids; risk analysis, perception and communication; societal and public-policy decision making; management science and organizational design.

Proposals Due: August 18, 2025, 5:00pm CT

Morris Animal Foundation: Wildlife Fellowship Training Grant

Designed to support the next generation of wildlife health experts, Fellowship Training grants provide salary support within a structured, high-quality mentoring environment to help launch successful scientific careers.

Eligible applicants must hold a DVM or PhD, or be enrolled in a PhD program with at least two years completed by the project’s start date. They must dedicate at least 75% of their time to the research.

Application Deadline: August 20, 2025, 4:59pm ET

Sleep Research Society Foundation: Career Development Award

The goal of this mentored award is to invest in promising early career researchers and assist with their transition into independence as junior investigators. This opportunity supports researchers in exploring innovative studies on sleep, circadian rhythms, and related disorders, facilitating their transition to independent investigators. Emphasis is placed on groundbreaking research in sleep science and circadian biology.

You must be an active member of the Sleep Research Society to apply.

Applications Due: August 24, 2025, 11:59pm CT

NSF: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce) invites innovative proposals that address the critical need for recruiting, preparing, and retaining highly effective elementary and secondary mathematics and science teachers and teacher leaders who persist as classroom teachers in high-need Local Education Agencies. To achieve this goal, Noyce supports talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers.

Noyce offers four program tracks: Track 1: The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarships and Stipends (S&S) Track, Track 2: The NSF Teaching Fellowships (TF) Track, Track 3: The NSF Master Teaching Fellowships (MTF) Track, and Track 4: The Noyce Research Track. In addition, Capacity Building proposals are accepted from proposers intending to develop a proposal in any of the program's tracks. 

Proposals Due: August 26, 2025, 5:00pm CT

CCTS: Clinical & Translational Science Research Program

The CCTS Partner Network invites applications for its CTS Research Program, designed to overcome key barriers in translating proven innovations into real-world practice. Projects may address EHR integration, decentralized trials, remote monitoring, health communication, and more.

Pre-applications Due: September 19, 2025, 11:59pm CT

Important Updates

Hanover Research Webinars

Federal Funding Priorities in FY2026

Thursday, June 26, 2025

11:00am CT

In this webinar, Hanover will review key insights from our analysis of the FY 2026 budget request, providing information on major federal agency priorities along with details of individual grant programs or funding areas that may be impacted by the proposed changes.

Register Here.

• Upcoming Webinars in 2025
• Recently posted to the archives: Strategies for Successful Interdisciplinary Collaborations

UAB-HudsonAlpha Genomic Medicine Postdoctoral Training Program

This NHGRI-funded, NRSA training grant (T32) prepares postdoctoral trainees for academic careers in genomic medicine. This fellowship accepts applications year-round. Candidates will have the opportunity to work either at The University of Alabama at Birmingham or HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology at Huntsville. Click here for more information.

CWMD & MCDC Consortiums Annual Membership Meeting

July 23-24, 2025

Baltimore Convention Center



Registration is currently open for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Consortium and the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC) upcoming 2025 Annual Membership Meeting. There will be representatives (JPEO-CBRND, DTRA/JSTO, DEVCOM CBC, and others) to offer insight into strategic priorities and discuss potential upcoming opportunities. 

Register Here

See Agenda

Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability

Slots available after August 18

Auburn University has partnered with Hanover Research for a number of grant development solutions including Pre-proposal Support; Proposal Development; and Capacity Building. Hanover's 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.

Council on Government Relations (COGR) Resource Page

This resource page offers continually updated information concerning the 2025 Administration Transition in regards to federal funding.

Hanover GLC Modules for NIH, NSF-CAREER & Grant Development

The Hanover Research Grants Learning Center (GLC) on-demand grant development training portal offers faculty enrollees the unique opportunity to receive targeted training through self-paced, interactive modules with step-by-step guidance and templates for prospective applicants to develop compelling proposals. In addition to NIH and NSF-CAREER modules, AU faculty now have access to a variety of new modules on grant seeking, development and revisions.

Auburn faculty interested in signing up for this training should contact Christine Cline for registration information.

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 the June Issue

• Topics of Interest URLs

• June 2025 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News

• NEH Grant Opportunities for the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of

Independence (2026)

• Statement of NSF priorities, Updated June 14

• What NSF Plans to Fund in 2026

• Funding in the News

• Introduction To Grant Writing: A Collection of Essays

• New Funding Opportunities

Free CITI Training Modules

Auburn subscribes to several training modules via the CITI Program website that may be of interest to researchers and research administrators. Each module is self-paced and can be finished in one or multiple sessions. Click on the link above to read descriptions.



• Essentials of Grant Proposal Development
• Essentials of Research Administration

AU Consortiums Offer Unique Funding Opps and Services

Auburn University is a member in three biomedical/health consortiums that offer unique funding opportunities and benefits to member organizations:

• Advanced Research Projects Agency Network for Health (ARPANET-H)
• Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC)
• Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)

Besides solicitations for specialized funding mechanisms, these consortiums also offer networking opportunities and research-projects matchmaking services. Please note there may be funding stipulations and fees and that access to each consortium is obtained through designated AU personnel.

Click here for a closer look at these consortiums.

The federal funding landscape is changing daily, necessitating extra due diligence on the part of funding seekers. When perusing a solicitation, 1) make sure you are viewing the latest version, 2) read all notes in the headers and margins, and 3) follow provided links to ensure a solicitation is still active and accepting applications.