Institutional Nominations and Internal Competitions
Sponsors may limit the number of applications that an institution may submit for a particular grant program. The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) will coordinate these submissions for research opportunities by determining whether multiple candidates wish to apply and organizing an impartial review to select the most competitive proposal(s) to send forward to the funding agency. Coordination of opportunities that have narrow target research areas will be delegated to the School/College or Department involved in those areas. The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research encourages applications from all interested candidates, especially from those of underrepresented backgrounds and women.
Click here for previous year's competitions.
Click here to learn more about the "Procedure for research grant programs that limit the number of proposal submissions per campus".
Given the competitive nature of selecting the limited number of UW-Madison submissions, the OVCR is often forced to choose from several worthy submissions. Therefore, a decision to not advance a specific application does not necessarily reflect any specific deficits of that application. Faculty whose nominations are not selected to advance are encouraged to work with their mentoring committee to review their nomination packages along with the program requirements and priorities, with the goal of fine tuning the nomination for future submission.
Current competitions
NEA Grants for Arts Projects 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: January 22, 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: January 17, 2025
NSF Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: January 15, 2025
Steenbock Professorship in Behavioral & Neural Sciences 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: February 10, 2025
Steenbock Professorship in Biological Sciences 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: February 10, 2025
Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards Program 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: January 07, 2025
Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: January 06, 2025
NSF 25-508: Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)
Deadline for Internal Review: December 13, 2024
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: December 03, 2024
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate + Health Excellence (CHEX) Centers 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: January 31, 2025
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: November 05, 2024
NSF Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: October 30, 2024
Vallee Scholars in Biomedical Research 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: October 18, 2024
Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: October 09, 2024
Keck Foundation Science and Engineering Research Program 2025
Deadline for Deadline for Internal Review: October 31, 2024
Keck Foundation Medical Research Program 2025
Deadline for Deadline for Internal Review: October 31, 2024
NSF Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships 2025
Deadline for Internal Review: September 20, 2024