Federal Limited Opportunities

NSF 24-528: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows

EPSCoR RII: EPSCoR Research Fellows directly aligns with the NSF EPSCoR strategic goal of establishing sustainable Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professional development pathways that advance workforce development and effects engagement in STEM at national and global levels. EPSCoR RII: EPSCoR Research Fellows provides awards to build research capacity in institutions and transform the career trajectories of investigators and further develop their individual research potential through collaborations with investigators from the nation's premier private, governmental, or academic research institutions and/or centers. The fellowship provides opportunities to establish strong collaborations through extended or periodic collaborative visits to a selected host site. Through collaborative research activities with the host site, Fellows will be able to learn new techniques, develop new collaborations, advance existing partnerships, benefit from access to unique equipment and facilities, and/or shift their research toward potentially transformative new directions. The experiences gained through the fellowships are intended to have lasting impacts that will enhance the Fellows' research trajectories well beyond the award period. The benefits to the Fellows are also expected to improve the research capacity of their institutions and jurisdictions more broadly.

Dartmouth is limited to four applications for RII Track-4 to NSF only  (Dartmouth is not eligible to submit to RII Track-4: NASA)

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "EPSCoR" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline: January 16, 2026

Sponsor Application Deadline: April 14, 2026

NSF 25-514: NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)

The main goal of the S-STEM program is to enable academically talented, low-income students to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Ultimately, the S-STEM program seeks to increase the number of academically promising low-income students who graduate with an S-STEM eligible degree and contribute to the American innovation economy with their STEM knowledge. Recognizing that financial aid alone cannot increase retention and graduation in STEM, the program provides awards to institutions of higher education (IHEs) not only to fund scholarships, but also to adapt, implement, and study evidence-based curricular and co-curricular[a] activities that have been shown to be effective in supporting recruitment, retention, transfer (if appropriate), student success, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM.

To be eligible, scholars must be domestic low-income students with academic ability, talent, or potential and demonstrated unmet financial need who are enrolled in an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree program in an S-STEM eligible discipline. Proposers must provide an analysis that articulates the characteristics and academic needs of the population of students they are trying to serve. NSF is particularly interested in supporting the attainment of degrees in fields identified as critical needs for the Nation. It is up to the proposer to make a compelling case that such a field serves a critical need in the United States. 

LIMIT:  Two proposals allowed. Multiple proposals from an institution must not overlap with regard to S-STEM eligible disciplines

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "S-STEM" as the email subject line.

Internal Deadline: January 23, 2026

Sponsor Deadline: March 3, 2026

Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1 - Clinical Trial Optional)

NIH/NIGMS

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to support highly integrated research teams of three to six Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs) to address ambitious and challenging research questions that are within the mission of NIGMS. Project goals should not be achievable with a collection of individual efforts or projects. Collaborative program teams are expected to accomplish goals that require considerable synergy and managed team interactions. Teams are encouraged to consider far-reaching objectives that will produce major advances in their fields.

This FOA is not intended for applications that are mainly focused on the creation, expansion, and/or maintenance of community resources, creation of new technologies, or infrastructure development.

NIGMS intends to fund a limited number of applications. Therefore, consultation with relevant staff at least 10 weeks prior to the application due date is strongly encouraged.

Two applications per institution (with a Unique Entity Identifier ) and a unique NIH eRA Institutional Profile File (IPF) number) are allowed per review round.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Use "RM1" as the email subject line.

Internal Deadline: January 30, 2026

Sponsor Application Deadline:  May 27, 2026

NSF 26-503: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service

The goals of the CyberAI SFS Program are to: (1) increase the number of CyberAI experts and support their placement and retention in the mission of government organizations; and (2) enhance the national capacity for the education and training of AI and cybersecurity professionals, educators, and researchers.

Proposals must include discussion of how the proposed project will address one or more of the following measures of success: (1) improvements in student educational outcomes, (2) support undergraduates, graduates, and postdoctoral fellows, (3) training for undergraduate and graduate students in a specific critical area, (4) curriculum developed and shared, (5) participants hired into a STEM related field, and (6) publications from research.

The CyberAI SFS program supports student scholarships for service (Scholarship Track) and educational innovations (Innovation Track).

There is no restriction for the Innovation Track.

For the Scholarship Track, Dartmouth is limited to one (1) proposal.

For the Scholarship Track, an individual must not participate as PI, Co-PI, or Senior Personnel on more than one (1) proposal submitted for the same competition date.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Biosketches for key personnel 

Internal Deadline: February 28, 2026 
Sponsor Deadline: April 03, 2026

Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships

Department of Energy - Office of Science/ DE-FOA-0003615

DOE’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for Building EPSCoR-State/DOE-National Laboratory Partnerships. These partnerships advance understanding of the physical world by supporting fundamental, early-stage energy research collaborations with the DOE National Laboratories (https://www.energy.gov/national-laboratories). Participation by undergraduate students, graduate students, or postdoctoral fellows is required. Early career faculty from EPSCoR jurisdictions are encouraged to apply. Utilization of DOE user facilities is encouraged, if appropriate for the scope of proposed research (https://science.osti.gov/User-Facilities/User-Facilities-at-a-Glance; https://nsuf.inl.gov). While the academic, non-profit and industrial research communities are welcome to lead or to participate in applications, applications must include an academic institution and a strong component of student participation in research is required for all applicants.

Dartmouth is limited to *two* lead submissions for each of the 13 designated DOE program areas.

• Advanced Scientific Computing Research
• Basic Energy Sciences
• Biological and Environmental Research
• Fusion Energy Sciences
• High Energy Physics
• Isotope R&D and Production
• Nuclear Physics
• Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
• Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response
• Office of Electricity
• Office of Environmental Management
• Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
• Office of Nuclear Energy

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

• Short Project Abstract and indicate program area (one page maximum)
• List of Collaborators
• CV in any format

*Internal Deadline: Monday March 02, 2026*
*Pre- Application Sponsor Deadline March 18, 2026 (must be submitted by Office of Sponsored Projects)

Full Application Deadline: May 21, 2026

NSF 25-544: Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)

Scope. The IDSS program supports national-scale performant operational systems and services that broadly facilitate open, data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation, and education. IDSS projects should be aimed to broadly impact the science and engineering research and education community in a transdisciplinary and demonstrably multi-disciplinary way, enabling researchers and educators from diverse domains and disciplines to utilize research data, integrate data, and connect data sources with other scientific resources such as computing resources, facilities, instrumentation and repositories. Projects that aim to primarily benefit a single science discipline, domain, project, or application are not supported. 

IDSS offers the following three categories of proposals: 

Category I. Development, deployment, and operation of novel national-scale integrated data systems and services, which may include interfacing with or leveraging other existing capabilities, systems and services as appropriate to the project. 
Between $10 million to $30 million for up to 5 years. Potentially renewable.

Category II. Transition of established smaller scale, regional, pilot, or prototype data-focused systems and services to national-scale production/operational quality/level. This may also include enhancement and expansion of existing national-scale data-focused operational systems and services. 
Up to $9 million for up to 3 years. Potentially renewable.

Category III. Planning grants for future potential development/deployment or transition/enhancement IDSS projects. 
Up to $500,000 for up to 2 years. Not renewable. 

An organization may submit only one proposal as lead institution for each of Category I and Category II for each solicitation deadline but may be a subawardee on other Category I and II proposals responding to this solicitation. 

Category III. There are no restrictions or limits. 

To apply for this opportunity for Category I or Category II, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Applicants should identify the category

Internal Deadline: March 20, 2026 
Sponsor Deadline: July 28, 2026

National Institute of General Medical Sciences Predoctoral Basic Biomedical Sciences Research Training Program (T32)

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

The goal of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Basic Biomedical Sciences Research Training Program is to develop a diverse pool of well-trained scientists available to address the nation’s biomedical research agenda. Specifically, this funding announcement provides support to eligible, domestic organizations to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical graduate training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the biomedical research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the nation. 

LIMIT: Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is distinct with respect to the scientific area of research training. Through this funding announcement, NIGMS will accept predoctoral training grant applications to enhance graduate research training in 12 broad areas of basic biomedical sciences. NIGMS will support only one training program in a basic biomedical science research training area per applicant organization (normally identified by having a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and a unique NIH eRA Institutional Profile File (IPF) number).

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu

Overview/abstract of proposal (one page maximum)
Total request amount
Leadership Biosketches 

Applicants must identify one of the eleven(11) areas listed below under which the proposal will be submitted.

1 BBS: Behavioral-Biomedical Sciences Interface
2 BS: Biostatistics
3 BT: Biotechnology
4 CBM: Cellular, Biochemical, and Molecular Sciences
5 CBI: Chemistry-Biology Interface
6 CBB: Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Data Science
7 GEN: Genetics
8 MB: Molecular Biophysics
9 MM: Molecular Medicine
10 PS: Pharmacological Sciences
11 SIB: Systems and Integrative Biology

Internal Deadline: April 25, 2026 

Sponsor Deadline: September 25, 2026