Current Limited Competitions
Limited Competition Instructions
NSF Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
URI Internal Deadline: May 17, 2012
NSF HRD Design Project Proposals For A Broadening Participation In STEM Resource Network Deadline: July 12, 2012
NSF AGEP Transformation Deadline: September 28, 2012
NSF AGEP-KAT and AGEP-BPR Deadline: October 30, 2012
NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program--CIF21 Track (IGERT-CIF21)
URI Internal Deadline: May 10, 2012
NSF IGERT-CIF21 Letter of Intent Deadline: June 4, 2012
NSF IGERT-CIF21Application Deadline: August 6, 2012
USAID Higher Education Solutions Network
URI Internal Deadline: February 22, 2012
USAID Mandatory Concept Paper Deadline: March 22, 2012
USAID Full Application Deadline (by invitation): July 17, 2012
NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
URI Internal Deadline: February 15, 2012
NSF Letter of Intent Deadline: May 1, 2012
NSF Full Proposal Deadline: July 2, 2012
Limited Competitions
A limited competition is a grant program in which the sponsor restricts the number of applications that can come from a single institution. It is the institution’s responsibility to ensure that it does not exceed the permitted number of applications.
To that end, the Office of Research Development watches Grants.gov and other sources for announcements of limited competitions. When we identify one, we post a notice to RESRCH-L, the listserv maintained by the Office of Research Development. We also post it to a running list of limited competitions that we keep on our website.
The notice contains brief information about the grant program and includes a deadline by which investigators who want to apply must notify the Office of Research Development of their interest. Investigators usually have a week to decide whether they want to pursue an opportunity.
If the number of investigators wishing to apply to a program does not exceed the number of applications the university is permitted to submit, all can go forward with their proposals. The Office of Research Development will notify those who expressed interest that they can begin to prepare full proposals.
If the number of investigators wishing to apply to a program exceeds the number of applications the university is permitted to submit, the office conducts an internal selection process. Investigators who want to apply are asked to prepare a one- to two-page preproposal. These preproposals are reviewed by an ad hoc subcommittee of the Council for Research. The council examines the program review criteria and selects the applications it believes best meet those criteria.
The Office of Research Development then informs investigators of the council’s decision. Those selected can begin preparing a full proposal at that time.
Please note that the list of limited competitions compiled by the Office of Research Development is not exhaustive. Anyone who wants to apply to a limited competition not posted on the list should contact the Office of Research Development so it can post the opportunity and conduct this process.
