A limited submission solicitation (RFA, RFP, etc.) places a cap on the number of proposals that Auburn may submit to a sponsor. Auburn coordinates limited submissions by sending out a notification via this newsletter and creating competitions in the Auburn University Competition Space (also known as InfoReady). To apply to any limited submission posted in this newsletter, click on the link below and search for your competition listed on the page. Please refer to the Limited Submission Procedures page for a general list of requirements. However, it is recommended that you go to the specific competition as soon as possible and review the requirements to ensure that you are preparing what is requested since the required information for competitions may vary.

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.

The Equipment Grants Program (EGP) serves to increase access to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for fundamental and applied research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs at institutions of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Systems.

EGP grants are not intended to replace requests for equipment in individual project applications. The program emphasizes shared-use instrumentation that will enhance the capabilities of researchers, educators, and extension specialists both within and outside the proposing organization.

Proposals to the EGP must involve acquisition of a single, well-integrated piece of

equipment/instrument. Well-integrated means that the ensemble of equipment that defines the instrument enables specific fundamental or applied research experiments in the food and agricultural sciences, including data science and data systems; separating or removing an element or component of such an integrated instrument would preclude that research from occurring or succeeding.

An instrument acquired with support from EGP is expected to be fully operational by the conclusion of the first year of the project.

Institutional Limit: 2

Track 1: Career Preparation and Student Success Pilots and

Track 2: Systemic Interventions and Policies.

Institutional Limit: 2

For additional information, please contact Sandy Krietemeyer in the Provost’s Office.

The purpose of the Daniel F. Breeden Endowed Grant Program is to encourage enhancement of teaching and learning through financial support of selected projects. Projects or travel should directly benefit the instructor, students, and the University’s overall teaching program.

Tenured/tenure-track faculty from any discipline, or faculty from the Lecturer or Clinician title series with appointments continuing through academic year 2024-2025, may apply for a Breeden Endowed Grant. Preference will be given to early career, pre-tenured faculty. Proposals for collaborative projects involving multiple faculty and departments are encouraged.

This event features EPSCoR Workshop Opportunities that focus on topics of regional or national importance relevant to building EPSCoR jurisdictions’ R&D capacity.

This event will be of particular interest to researchers, educators, and leaders within research administration in EPSCoR jurisdictions, who may be interested in developing a workshop or conference for the EPSCoR community.

EPSCoR Program Officers will also facilitate a Q&A session related to this funding opportunity.

Advance registration is required. Register here to receive the link for the session. Please use an institutional email address for registration.

A strong Data Management Plan (DMP) demonstrates how you will manage data generated over the course of your research project.

This session covers key components of Data Management Plans, in addition to providing tips for ensuring that you are putting in place a comprehensive and persuasive plan. Specifically covered is the new requirements for NIH plus other agency requirements.



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.

Hanover Research has developed a Grants Learning Center (GLC) on-demand grant development training portal that offers faculty enrollees the unique opportunity to receive targeted training in the form of self-paced, interactive modules with step-by-step guidance and templates for prospective applicants to develop compelling proposals. Auburn faculty interested in signing up for this training should contact Christine Cline for registration information.

Amazon is soliciting funding proposals related to foundation model (FM) development, including enhancements for dialogue, factual questioning and answering, text generation, document summarization, image generation, and more.

Proposals should be expanding the state of the art in terms of training methods, with a focus on one of the following areas: 1) to reduce incorrect or nonsensical answers, 2) to reduce the sensitivity to tweaks to the input prompt, 3) ask clarifying questions when facing ambiguous questions, 4) develop efficiency enhancements across the training and hosting FM lifecycle.

Amazon is inviting work that both critiques and enhances the state-of-the-art in FM, including but not limited to the following topics:

MCDC invites innovators to pitch and win funding at TechConnect World, furnished by Advanced Technology International (ATI) and the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC). Up to 25 finalists will pitch on-stage before a panel of judges to include federal funders, consortium managers, investors, and private corporations as well as a broader audience of attendees from the conference.

Areas of Interest:

Creative Capital is committed to groundbreaking ideas that challenge what art can be. Creative Capital invites artists to propose experimental, original, bold projects in the visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms which push boundaries formally and/or thematically.

Creative Capital invites artists to select a primary discipline for their proposals based on which experts are most suited and qualified to review the project proposal, with the understanding that radical art is often by nature interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, or antidisciplinary.

The Partnership to Advance Conservation Science and Practice (PACSP) program focuses on urgent biodiversity conservation problems and research that will make significant and impactful progress in advancing conservation science and practice. The program aims to fund integrative and transdisciplinary research, and projects must span both basic and applied conservation research endeavors.

Proposals submitted to the PACSP program can be in any area of basic research on organismal biology (e.g., physiological, behavioral, immunological, and developmental responses to a changing environment), ecology (e.g., dynamics of small populations, responses to changing community composition, including symbiotic interactions, or ecosystem-level function) or evolution (e.g., effects of low genetic diversity, selection and the consequences of maladapted phenotypes) that contributes to the development or implementation of science-based conservation plans. Similarly, proposals may focus on individual species, groups of species, communities, or ecosystems. Critically, the basic research component must be focused on a biodiversity conservation need in the US or associated territories.

AU Libraries has provided a new guide for grant and proposal development for faculty and staff. The LibGuide contains quick links to funding sources, data management resources, ORCID & SciENcv guides, Open Access policies and more.