Non-Federal Limited Deadlines
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.
Recordings at Risk
Council on Library and Information Resources
For the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. Eligible media include but are not limited to: magnetic audio and video tape, grooved discs, wax cylinders, wire recordings, and film (with or without sound). Projects will be evaluated on potential scholarly public significance, urgency, viability of long-term preservation plans, and approach to accessibility.
Collections proposed for preservation must be located in the United States or its
territories. All work must occur between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2026. Applicants
must create descriptive and technical metadata for all digitized content, and must
dedicate this metadata to the public domain.Register for webinars offered February
12 and 26.
Dartmouth may submit one proposal.
To apply for this opportunity, email the following to LimitedFunding@dartmouth.edu:
one-page description of your proposed project, including your funding request
current CV use "Recordings at Risk" as the subject line
Deadlines:
February 10 - internal application deadline
External Deadline: April 14, 2025
Exhibition Competition
Henry Luce Foundation
For scholarly loan exhibitions that contribute significantly to the study and understanding of art of the United States, including all facets of Native American art. The loan exhibition grants advance the Program’s efforts to empower art museums to reconsider accepted histories, foreground the voices and experiences of underrepresented artists and cultures, and welcome diverse collaborators and communities into dialogue.
Dartmouth may submit one exhibition per year.
To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea; total amount of your funding request; current CV. Use "Luce Exhibition Competition" as the email subject line.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to work with Dartmouth's Office of Corporate
and Foundation Relations, which has a strong relationship with the Henry Luce Foundation.
Deadlines:
February 10 - internal application deadline
External Deadline: April 26, 2025
Research Grants
Retirement Research Foundation
For research that seeks to identify interventions, policies and practices to improve
the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers. Preference for projects aimed
at generating practical knowledge and guidance that can be used by advocates, policy-makers,
providers, and the aging network. Areas of interest:
Interventional trials; translational studies; and health services and policy research
Projects that build on the investigator’s past studies
Proposals that include robust dissemination plans, if appropriate, to assure that
findings reach audiences positioned to act on them
Recent research grants have been as high as $217,000.
There are three annual deadlines for letters of inquiry: February 1, May 1 and November 1.
Dartmouth may submit one letter of inquiry per deadline.
To apply for this opportunity, email the following to LimitedFunding@dartmouth.edu
by February 24:
one-page description of your research proposal, including your funding request
current CV
use "Retirement Research Foundation" as the email subject line
Deadlines:
February 24 - internal application deadline
External Deadline: May 01, 2025
William T. Grant Scholars Program
William T. Grant Foundation
For early-career scholars in any discipline who have the potential to become influential
researchers. Support for five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly
expand the recipients' expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas. Research
plans must address questions of theory, policy and practice for youth ages 5–25 in
the United States, in one of these two focus areas:
1) Programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth outcomes;
2) Strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth.
Eligibility: tenure-track; no more than seven years since completion of terminal degree
or first residency.
2025 deadlines:
- March 1 for internal submission
- June 11 for external submission of mentor and letter of reference
- July 1 for external application
Arts & Sciences, Thayer, Geisel, Guarini and Tuck may each submit one application.
To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:
one-page description of your project idea; current CV. Use "William T. Grant Scholars
Program" as the email subject line.
Special Projects
Huo Family Foundation
For proposals that tackle key questions within the broad topic of the effects of usage of and exposure to digital technologies on brain development and function (including physiological responses), social behavior and interactions, and mental health of children and young people. The four-year grant amount is up to $390,000 per year.
Dartmouth may submit one application.
To apply for this opportunity, email the following to LimitedFunding@dartmouth.edu:
one-page summary of your research proposal
current CV
Use "Huo Family Special Projects" as the email subject line.
Deadlines:
March 17 for internal submission
External Deadline: May 25, 2025
Pew Biomedical Scholars
PEW Charitable Trusts
For early-career assistant professors with independent labs. Area of interest: science
research relevant to human health, with creative and pioneering approaches to basic,
translational, and applied biomedical research. No clinical trials. Candidates whose
work is based on biomedical principles but who bring in concepts and theories from
more diverse fields are encouraged to apply.
Eligibility:
doctorate in biomedical sciences, medicine, or a related field
full-time assistant professor
first assistant professor appointment on or after June 11, 2021 (exceptions apply)
The same person may only apply twice. This program is distinct from the Pew-Stewart
Scholars program, and no person can be nominated for both in the same year.
Key deadlines:
March 31: internal application deadline
May 14: institutional nomination deadline
June 11: application portal opens
September 3: external application deadline
Dartmouth College may nominate one candidate. To apply for this opportunity, email
the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:
one-page description of your research plan
current CV
Use "Pew Biomedical Scholars" as the email subject line.
Ph.D. Fellowship
Up to two years of financial support and Google Research mentor for Ph.D. students in computer science and related fields. Must have completed graduate coursework in the PhD by the academic award year when the fellowship begins.
Areas of interest:
Computer Architecture
Algorithms and Optimization
Health Research
Human-Computer Interaction
Machine Learning and ML Foundations
Machine Perception
Natural Language Processing
Privacy, Safety, and Security
Quantum Computing
Software Engineering and Programming Languages
Systems, Networking, and Cloud Computing
Dartmouth may nominate four students.
To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:
one-page description of your project and current CV. Use "Google PhD Fellowship" as the email subject line.
Key deadlines:
April 2 internal application deadline
May 15th: external application deadline
Science & Engineering Research
W.M. Keck Foundation
For high-risk, high-reward science and engineering research projects which would not otherwise receive support from traditional funding agencies, and which have the capacity to spur ground-breaking new territory in the field or open entirely new pathways of work. For fundamental/basic science. Collaboration with investigators from other universities is viewed favorably. Not relevant for projects that would be funded by governmental agencies. Please visit this link for further insights on Keck's expectations and priorities.
Dartmouth Corporate and Foundation Relations may submit up to four concept papers.
To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:
- one-page concept paper using the Foundation’s guidelines
- Attach to the concept paper examples of feedback from federal agencies indicating your project is: out of scope/too high risk/overly ambitious for federal funding.
- total amount of your funding request
- current CV
- use “Keck Foundation — Science and Engineering" as the email subject line
Key deadlines:
May 1, 2025 internal application deadline
There are two annual deadlines for submitting an *internal* application to be selected
as a Dartmouth nominee: May 7 and November 7.
Medical Research
W.M. Keck Foundation
For high-risk, high-reward medical research projects which would not otherwise receive support from traditional funding agencies, and which have the capacity to spur ground-breaking new territory in the field or open entirely new pathways of work. For fundamental/basic science. Collaboration with investigators from other universities is viewed favorably. Not relevant for projects that would be funded by governmental agencies. Please visit this link for further insights on Keck's expectations and priorities.
Dartmouth Corporate and Foundation Relations may submit up to four concept papers.
To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu:
- one-page concept paper using the Foundation’s guidelines
- Attach to the concept paper examples of feedback from federal agencies indicating your project is: out of scope/too high risk/overly ambitious for federal funding.
- total amount of your funding request
- current CV
- use “Keck Foundation — Medical" as the email subject line
Key deadlines:
May 1, 2025 internal application deadline
There are two annual deadlines for submitting an *internal* application to be selected
as a Dartmouth nominee: May 7 and November 7.