Federal Limited Opportunities
Below is a list of upcoming programs with proposal submission restrictions. Please make sure to check each individual opportunity announcement for eligibility, specific deadline and submission information. This is not a comprehensive list of all limited submission proposals, and while this page will be updated regularly, it should be used in conjunction with other grant information resources available from individual funding agency websites. *Important: If a program has a limited submission requirement and you do not see it on the list below, please notify limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu and follow the procedure outlined here.
*Please note that NIH COBRE funding opportunities are most often limited submissions. Please monitor this website and news updates for calls concerning deadlines for which Dartmouth is eligible to apply directly. Notwithstanding, please note that NIH also limits the number of subcontracts that Dartmouth can receive from another COBRE (non-Dartmouth grant). As such, any researcher contemplating participation in a non-Dartmouth COBRE application should also contact the limited email as soon as possible and no later than 30 days prior to the deadline.
NSF 26-513: U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence
Infrastructure Hubs:
Expanding Access to Compute for Scientific Discovery (AI Infrastructure Hubs)
National Science Foundation
Synopsis of Program:
The NSF State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs program aims to expand access to the compute required for AI-enabled scientific discovery and to transform the research, education, and training opportunities offered by institutions of higher education. AI Infrastructure Hubs will connect researchers to new compute infrastructure that leverages contributions from state governments, research institutions, industry, and philanthropy, accelerating AI-enabled discovery across science and engineering and developing a skilled technical workforce for AI use in the scientific enterprise.
The program responds to a core tenet of Science: A New Golden Age to renew America's research and development (R&D) for changes in today's scientific enterprise, including the role of AI in laying the foundation for a new era of scientific discovery and the growing role of industry and philanthropy in funding R&D. In response, the Administration's FY28 R&D Priorities Memorandum called for investing in AI for science as a national mission and expanding the scale of, and flexible access to, advanced compute and data infrastructure that researchers now require for frontier scientific discovery.
Each AI Infrastructure Hub will be organized as a flexible state or regional consortium of state and local governments, research institutions, philanthropies, and the private sector. Consortia will be responsible for all funding for new or expanded computing, data, and AI resources, whether on-premises or cloud-based. NSF will fund each Hub's consortium coordination, AI infrastructure workforce development, and faculty training and coursework development in leveraging AI for science.
Submission Limit per Institution: 1
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) or biosketch
Internal Deadline: September 8, 2026
Sponsor Application Deadline: November 04, 2026
Seed Instrumentation Support (SIS) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH
Through the Seed Instrumentation Support (SIS) Program, NIH supports the purchase of a single commercialized research instrument that is currently unavailable to the applicant institutions. Like a seed, the instruments are expected to help promote new research opportunities, expand existing research capabilities, foster collaboration and training, and support the growth of future research activities.
Modern research instruments are essential for generating high quality and reproducible
data that drive innovations in biomedical and biobehavioral research in all institutions,
including low-resource ones. Instruments funded through this program will be shared
among users to promote cost-effective research for reproducible biomedical data generation.
Hence, the instrument is expected to be placed in a safe and accessible shared resource
to maximize collaboration. This NOFO encourages different outcomes based on institutional
type: (i) For research-intensive institutions, emphasis is placed on acquiring new
or emerging technologies that enable innovative and novel research; and (ii) For low-resource
institutions (e.g., R15-eligible institutions that have not received more than $6
million per year in NIH funding in 4 of the last 7 federal fiscal years), the focus
is on building foundational research capacity, expanding the biomedical research workforce,
and supporting sustainable, long-term research programs. Institutions applying under
this category will clearly justify their low-resource status in the application.
Eligible instruments include, but are not limited to, mass spectrometers, cell sorters,
bioimagers, DNA and protein sequencers, light microscopes, 3D printers, and high-performance
computers. Applications for general purpose computer systems (computer clusters and
data storage systems) will only be considered if the system is solely dedicated to
biomedical research.
Foreign-made instruments are allowed. However, the reasons for choosing foreign-made
instruments over domestically manufactured instruments will be justified. NIH urges
that every effort should be made to give preference to domestically manufactured instruments
to the maximum extent possible. Additionally, requesting funds towards purchasing
an instrument under a lease agreement is strongly discouraged.
Applications will be accepted that request a single, commercially available instrument.
The minimum award is $50,000. There is no upper limit on the cost of the instrument,
but the maximum award is $400,000.
Applicant organizations may submit only one application, provided that the type of instrument does not currently exist in
the applicant organization (identified by UEI).
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)
Internal Deadline: January 29, 2027
Sponsor Deadline: July 1, 2027