Certain funding organizations limit the number of proposals that UH Mānoa can submit for a particular extramural research opportunity.
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship (OVPRS) oversees the internal selection process to identify the strongest candidates for these limited submission opportunities.
The OVPRS is responsible for coordinating the timely review of internal candidates and for notifying all applicants of the outcomes. Applicants will be asked to submit pre-proposal information to assist in the selection process.
The OVPRS monitors the recurring funding opportunities that limit the number of applications per application cycle. The list provided below as a service to PIs, but is not comprehensive. If you are aware of an upcoming opportunity that limits the number of applicants but is not listed, please notify the OVPRS.
Disclaimer on LSO approvals
The VPRS or AVPRS may approve certain LSO requests on a first-come-first serve basis where circumstances prevent an internal competition from being held, such as, but not limited to less than 20 working days to the agency submission deadline, or a LSO with very specific requirements on eligibility where they may be only one candidate. Proposals received by the OVPRS for unannounced LSO’s after UHM has reached its maximum number of submissions will be rejected and cannot be submitted.
The following guidance applies to all limited submission opportunities regardless of sponsor (Federal, Foundation, etc.).
If the limited submission restriction is a “per campus” limitation and there are more interested submitters than there are slots available, an internal competition for the UHM PIs will be held by the OVPRS at the UHM.
If the limited submission restriction is a “per institution” (i.e., one per all ten campuses) limitation and there are more interested submitters than there are slots available, a systemwide competition will be held by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI). The UHM OVPRS contact, Dr. Chad Walton will coordinate obtaining notices of interest from each interested UHM PI (but the UH System will run the competition). For more information please contact Dr. Chad Walton.
For limited submissions that do not have eligibility that is “Campus or System” please refer to the OVPRI Research Lifecycle – Proposal Development for guidance.
UH Limited Submission Funding Opportunities
Solicitation: NSF National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes
UH System Internal Deadline: 12:00PM, Oct 2, 2023
Sponsor Deadline: October 31, 2023 5:00pm
Status*: Active Solicitation
Campus or System: UH System
How to apply: InfoReady
Solicitation: Simons Collaborations in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences 2023
Internal Deadline: 4:30PM, Oct 5, 2023
UH Foundation Deadline: Oct 13, 2023
Status*: Active Solicitation
How to apply: InfoReady
Solicitation: NSF’s Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative
UH System Internal Deadline: 2:00PM, Oct 6, 2023
Sponsor Deadline: October, 2023 (each type has a different date, consult the solicitation)
Status*: Active Solicitation
Campus or System: UH System
How to apply: InfoReady
Solicitation: NSF Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research
UH System Internal Deadline: 2:00PM, Oct 6, 2023
Sponsor Deadline: October 31, 2023 (Category II)
Status*: Active Solicitation
Campus or System: UH System
How to apply: InfoReady
Solicitation: Moore Inventor Fellows Program 2023
Internal Deadline: 4:30PM, Oct 23, 2023
UH Foundation Deadline: Oct 31, 2023
Status*: Active Solicitation
How to apply: InfoReady
Solicitation: Mathers Foundation Grant Program 2023
Internal Deadline: 4:30PM, Nov 7, 2023
UH Foundation Deadline: Nov 17, 2023
Status*: Active Solicitation
How to apply: InfoReady
*Active solicitation means there is an active solicitation.
Pending solicitation means a new solicitation is anticipated.
Archived solicitation means there is no current solicitation. These LSO’s may appear in the table for planning purposes.