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.

NEA: Grants for Arts Projects

Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) provides funding for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. GAP funds arts projects in the following disciplines: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Film & Media Arts, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, and Visual Arts.

A 1:1 cost-share/match required. Sources may include both cash and in-kind.

Institutional Limit: One (1) Proposal

Internal Deadline: May 22, 2025, 4:45pm

Funder Deadline: July 22, 2025, 11:59pm ET

NSF: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence (E-RISE)

The E-RISE program is designed to provide EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions with funding to support the ability to competitively engage in high quality research in a scientific field. It also incubates novel, leading-edge ideas that will lead to increased research capacity and competitiveness in the topical area and sustainable improvements in the jurisdiction's academic research infrastructure and human networks related to the chosen topical area.  E-RISE aims to support EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions to:

1. Build a jurisdiction-wide network of teams of researchers and sectors that conduct and develop high-quality research in a defined STEM disciplinary area or topic of choice that is aligned with jurisdictional priority areas and EPSCoR's mission and goals.
2. Develop high quality hypothesis or problem-driven research projects, including projects that explore emerging or interdisciplinary research areas with high potential impact, and that will sustain project outcomes beyond the E-RISE funding.
3. Develop effective STEM education and workforce development opportunities within the research topic(s) that engage a breadth of audiences across the jurisdiction and establish meaningful partnerships at the individual and institutional levels both within the jurisdiction and beyond.

E-RISE projects are intended to result in sustainable infrastructure in a jurisdiction that positions research teams to be leaders in a STEM topical area at a national and/or international level.

Institutional Limit: One (1) Proposal

Internal Deadline: May 27, 2025, 4:45pm

Funder Deadline: August 12, 2025, 5:00pm CT

Biggio Center AUX: Immersive Learning Experiences Grant

The Biggio Center and the Office of Information Technology invite faculty (or faculty teams) to submit proposals that advance multi-course or multidisciplinary learning and teaching, create innovative learning experiences with augmented or virtual reality, equitably increase access to immersive technologies to a broad audience, or create repeatable processes for content creation and deployment. All projects will engage in research to increase understanding of the effectiveness of extended reality in education.

RFP

Proposals Due: May 27, 2025, 4:45pm

Funding Opportunities

NSF: Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise - Indicators, Statistics, and Methods

The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) invites proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, conferences, experimental research, survey research and data collection, and dissemination projects The Center would like to enhance its efforts to support analytic and methodological research in support of its surveys as well as promote the education and training of researchers in the use of large-scale nationally representative datasets.

Proposals Due: June 17, 2025, 5:00pm CT

National Geographic Society: The Big Questions (Media/Art)

The National Geographic Society seeks innovative photography, short film, writing, data visualization and other storytelling proposals to help people consider some of the greatest questions of our time. These projects should in some way work to explore one of the following questions:

1. What does it mean to be human?

2. Curiosity: What are the boundaries of Earth, or more precisely, what are the limits to what we can understand?

3. Human/Nature: What is the relationship between the human and natural worlds?

• Level I Grants are only available to individuals who are new to the National Geographic Society network, as well as individuals already in the network who are not yet Explorers
• Anyone can apply for a Level II Grant, including National Geographic Explorers as well as those new to Nat Geo community. Although applicants must be 18 or older at the time they submit their application, there are no restrictions related to minimum years of experience in their discipline.

Applications Due: June 24, 2025, 11:59pm ET

Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award

The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award is designed to provide support for the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with “high-risk/high-reward” ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our understanding of and/or approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer.

The Innovation Award is specifically designed to provide funding to extraordinary early career researchers who have an innovative new idea but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. It is not designed to fund incremental advances. The research supported by the award must be novel, exceptionally creative and, if successful, have the strong potential for high impact in the cancer field.

Applications Due: July 1, 2025, 4:00pm ET

Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Research Grants

From transplanting cells and regenerating damaged nerve fibers to designing adaptive canoe seats, the PVA Research Foundation supports innovative research and fellowships that improve the lives of those with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D).The grant funds the following categories:

• Basic Science - laboratory research in the basic sciences to find a cure for SCI/D
• Clinical - clinical and functional studies of the medical, psychosocial and economic effects of SCI/D, and interventions to alleviate these effects.
• Design and Development - of new or improved rehabilitative and assistive technology/devices for people with SCI/D to improve function, which also includes improving the identification, selection and utilization of these devices.
• Fellowships - for postdoctoral scientists, clinicians and engineers to encourage training and specialization in the field of spinal cord research.

Applications Due: July 1, 2025, 5:00pm ET

Survey: Fall Team Science Series Event

Leadership Workshops

Planning for the fall semester Team Science Series: Leadership Workshops is underway and your feedback is wanted to shape a series that meets the real needs and interests of our faculty research community.

To ensure the workshops are relevant, timely, and impactful, please complete this brief survey to gather your suggestions on potential topics, as well as your preferences for scheduling. We want to hear what leadership areas in Team Science matter most to you – and when you’re most likely to attend.

Please complete the survey by Friday, May 16, 2025.

Important Updates

Hanover Research Webinars

Strategies for Successful Interdisciplinary Collaborations

Thursday, May 29, 2025

11:00am CT

Effective interdisciplinary collaboration is increasingly essential for securing funding for large-scale projects. In this webinar, Hanover will explore the art of working with experts beyond your field — from identifying and reaching out to potential collaborators to navigating each phase of developing a competitive grant proposal.

Register Here.

• Upcoming Webinars in 2025
• Recently posted to the archives: Creative Grant Seeking in a Challenging Landscape

GRAD 7200: Introduction to Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research Available for Summer and Fall 2025!

Faculty are strongly encourage to direct their graduate students to enroll in GRAD 7200. This essential course is designed to enhance professional development and equip graduate students with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the complex ethical landscape of research.

Five sections of GRAD 7200 will be offered during the Summer and Fall 2025 semesters. 

• Summer 2025: 2 sections available (CRNs 32337 and 32338)

• Fall 2025: 3 sections available (CRNs 16041, 16042, and 16043)

For more information, please contact course coordinators Dr. Carey Andrzejewski, Karoline Austin, or Milly Tye.

Reminder: Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Required for All Research Personnel

The CITI RCR training meets federal requirements for institutions that receive federal research awards. As a recipient of federal research funding, the university requires all research personnel - faculty, postdocs, students and staff engaged in research & research administration - to complete this training, regardless of whether projects are federally funded or not.

IMPORTANT: You must access CITI through AUthenticate using your Auburn username and password. After login, verify that your Auburn email address (not an alias) is the primary CITI account email. If your account is not properly associated with your Auburn email address, your training completion will not be reflected in our reports or Endeavor ERA. Access the AU CITI Training page for more information.

University of South Florida 2025 Summer Grant Writing Workshops

The USF Summer Grant Writing Workshop is an 8-week certificate program designed to help early career faculty and doctoral students craft funding proposals and win support from government agencies, philanthropic foundations and other sources. It is designed to guide grant seekers through the basics of the application process to develop competitive proposals. Participants will be provided access to the Research Resources that include grant templates and sample proposals, as well as the updated Training Activity Guide (TAG). 

This workshop has a fee.

More Registration Information Here

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New Hanover Non-Federal Funding Resources Page

Hanover has released a Non-Federal Funding Resources page within the Grants Learning Center. This resource guide on non-federal funding provides a range of helpful documents and training materials focused on funding available through private foundations, corporations, and other non-governmental entities.

To access this page, contact Christine Cline.

Hanover Research Queue Proposal Review Availability

Slots available after June 24

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.

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

Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA): Alabama Research and Development Enhancement Fund (ARDEF) Programs

This program seeks to encourage new and continuing efforts to conduct research and development activities within Alabama to improve employment opportunities and products and services available to the citizens of Alabama. Successful applicants will describe in detail research and development activities to be performed and potential impacts in terms of job creation and economic development.

*Required matching funds shall be cash, grants, or contracts specifically provided for the proposed research project. Ineligible sources of match include state funds and in-kind cost share.

Applications Due: July 29, 2025, 11:59pm CT