External Grants with Limited Submissions Allowed
Faculty and staff are responsible for notifying RSP Preaward staff as soon as possible if they intend to apply to any grant competition with a submission limit.
The following is a list of limited submission opportunities to which UNI regularly applies. This is not a comprehensive list. Deadlines are approximate; for current program deadlines consult the specific grant program website or guidelines.
Select Limited Submission Opportunities
Local and State Funding Opportunities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Funder & Program | Notes | Deadlines (Approx.) |
| Black Hawk County Gaming Association | Contact Hillery.Oberle@uni.edu | November 1, February 1, May 1, and August 1 |
| Humanities Iowa | UNI cannot have more than one HI grant at a time per academic department or administrative unit | Major Grants: May 1 and October 1 Mini Grants: Continuously |
Private Funding Opportunities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Funder & Program | Notes | Deadlines (Approx.) |
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation – Beckman Young Investigator Program | No more than two (2) candidates may apply from any one institution. | October 1 - not currently accepting applications |
| Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation – Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Program | Awardees are typically in departments that do not grant a doctoral degree. Institutions may submit only one Henry Dreyfus nomination annually. | May - August (varies) |
| American Honda Foundation | One proposal system wide may be submitted for each round. Only one project may be funded per year. | February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1 |
Federal Funding Opportunities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Funder & Program | Notes | Deadlines (Approx.) |
| U.S. Department of Education | ||
| Upward Bound Program (Includes Regular Upward Bound(UB), Veterans Upward Bound (VUB), and Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) | An applicant may submit more than one application, if each separate application describes a project that will serve students at different target schools and/or target populations. A secondary school applicant must submit a certification that there is no other eligible entity in the proposed target area that is capable of carrying out a UB program project. | November 1 (every four years) |
| National Endowment for the Arts | ||
| Funder & Program | Notes | Deadlines (Approx.) |
| Grants for Arts Projects | An organization may submit only one application per calendar year unless it qualifies as an independent component (GBPAC and the North American Review are independent components). | February and July |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | ||
| Funder & Program | Notes | Deadlines (Approx.) |
| Preservation Assistance Grants (for Smaller Institutions) | An institution may submit only one application per deadline for a Preservation Assistance Grant. | early May |
| Summer Stipends | Each college and university in the United States and its jurisdictions may nominate one faculty members. Each can be either a junior or a senior faculty member. | September/October (varies) |
| National Science Foundation (Select Programs for UNI) | ||
| Funder & Program | Notes | Deadlines (Approx.) |
| Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) | An institution may submit one proposal from each constituent school or college that awards degrees in an eligible field. | July 1 - letter of intent; August 1 - full proposal |
| Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program Instrument Development and Acquisition | An organization may submit or be included as a partner or subawardee in no more than three proposals. If an organization submits or is included as a partner or subawardee in three proposals, at least one of the three proposals must be for greater than $1,000,000. | November |