Limited submission programs are those for which funding agencies restrict the number of nominations or proposals a university may submit for consideration for an award. The University of Texas at Austin, therefore, must internally screen all eligible and interested nominees to determine which will represent the university in the regional, national or international competitions.
Below is a list of limited submission programs in which UT currently competes. Included are deadlines for internal review and the final deadlines of the awarding agency. Researchers must contact their Dean’s or ORU Director’s office to ensure that deadlines at that level of review are met. Please note: This list is not exclusive nor exhaustive, since new programs are developed and existing programs change.
Documents required by the Vice President for Research Office (VPR) are listed for each internal competition. Potential nominees must ensure that they are aware of any additional requirements and eligibility guidelines of the awarding body beyond the VPR internal competition. In all cases, requirements for internal review will mirror the requirements of the awarding body to reduce duplication or extraneous paperwork. Unless stated otherwise, all required documentation should be submitted electronically (preferably as a .pdf) liza@austin.utexas.edu by the posted deadline.
Every effort will be made to maintain current and accurate information within this list; however, the awarding agency’s posted information remains the final authority.
Visit the Office of Sponsored Projects Web site for a list of limited submission programs. If a UT researcher intends to submit for a limited submission program not on this list, he/she must contact Courtney Frazier in the Office of Sponsored Projects to secure authorization to submit on behalf of The University of Texas at Austin.
For VPR-administered award, fellowship and grant programs, visit the Awards, Fellowships and Grants page.
All Programs Organized by Deadline Dates
| Programs | VPR Internal Deadline | Funding Agency Deadline | Nominee(s) Selected to Advance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Solicitations | |||
| Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry | 1/3/12 | 2/1/12 | Dr. Arumugam Manthiram |
| National Medal of Science | 1/23/12 | 3/31/12 | Dr. Luis Caffarelli |
| Enrico Fermi Award | 2/1/12 |
3/15/12 11 p.m. ET |
Dr. Allen Bard |
| Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award | 2/1/12 | 3/15/12 | none |
| International Balzan Foundation | 2/1/12 | 3/15/12 | Dr. Z. Jeffrey Chen and Dr. Gary J. Jacobsohn |
| Raymond & Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences (Physics) | 2/1/12 | 3/15/12 | |
| National Medal of Technology & Innovation | 2/15/12 | 3/31/12 | |
| Japan Prize | 2/23/12 | 2/29/12 | |
| ORAU Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates (Graduate Students) | 11/11/11 | 11/15/11 | Rachel Buchanan, Biomedical Engineering; Thomas Lewis, Chemical Engineering; Cory Nelson, Physical Chemistry; Cody Schoener, Chemical Engineering; Zachary Smith, Chemical Engineering; Richelle Thomas, Chemical Engineering |
| Not Currently Accepting Nominations | |||
| The Edith and Peter O'Donnell Awards: The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) | -- | 4/30/11 | |
| King Faisal Foundation | n/a | 5/1/11 | |
| SURA Distinguished Friend of Science Award | 4/30/10 | 5/7/10 | Dr. Susan Hovorka |
| Japan Society for the Promotion of Science’s International Prize for Biology | 5/11/10 | 5/14/10 | None |
| NSF - Alan T. Waterman Award | 11/6/11 | Multiple nominees selected to advance. | |
| Luce Scholars Program |
10/15/10
Contact Mary Alice Davila, Office of Graduate Studies (OGS), madavila@mail.utexas.edu or 512-232-3603. |
11/1/10 | |
| NSB’s Vannevar Bush Award | not accepting additional nominations | 11/3/10 | Raymond Orbach |
| Sackler Prize in Biophysics | 2/7/11 | 3/1/11 | |
| The Wolf Prizes | 7/29/11 | 8/31/11 | Professor Adam Heller, Professor Eric Pianka and Professor George Sudarshan |
| Hackerman Award in Chemical Research (Welch Foundation) | 8/1/11 | 9/15/11 | |
| Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement | 8/16/11 | 9/14/11 | Dr. Eric Pianka, Integrative Biology; Dr. Tadeusz Patzek, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering; Dr. John Goodenough, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering; Clinton Dawson, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics |
| NEH Summer Stipends |
11/7/11
Contact Mary Alice Davila, Office of Graduate Studies, madavila@mail.utexas.edu or 512-232-3603. |
12/1/11 | |
| HHMI International Student Research Fellowships |
The Graduate School has an earlier deadline in order to select the seven nominees to forward to HHMI. This year our deadline was Nov. 7. Contact Mary Alice Davila, Office of Graduate Studies (OGS), madavila@mail.utexas.edu or 512-232-3603. |
12/1/11 | |
| Beckman Scholars Program | Contact Ruth Shear, College of Natural Sciences, drruth@mail.utexas.edu, 512-471-5755. | TBA | 2010-11 Beckman Scholars: Danny Tabor (Chemistry-Honors); Aaron Seo (Biology-Honors) and Plan II; 2011-12 Beckman Scholars: Samuel Bienvenu (Physics-Honors) and Yafei Ouyang (Biomedical Engineering-Honors) |
| SURA Distinguished Scientist Award | -- | 12/30/11 | Dr. Mary F. Wheeler, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Mathematics |
