Limited Submissions

Two types of grant proposals require additional institutional approval beyond the chair and dean, and these must be discussed with the Office of Research prior to submission.

(1) Limited Submission Grants

A limited submission grant is a funding program for which the sponsor has restricted the number of applications or proposals an institution can submit in response to that program. KSU determines which proposals can move forward through a mandatory internal competition.

Responsibility of the PI:

The principal investigator (PI) must check InfoReady, which contains an up-to-date, curated list of limited submission competitions. Typically, the competition deadline will be one to two months before the sponsor deadline, depending on the length of the proposal.
If InfoReady does not contain a competition for the limited submission opportunity of interest, the PI must email us so we can set up a competition.

(2) Program Implementation Grants

Program Implementation Grants include scholarship programs for students (NSF, NRC, DOE), college readiness programs for local area high school students, and other programs where KSU is providing a program for either KSU or external constituents. Proposals for such programs must be approved by the university because they represent KSU and often only one proposal from KSU will be considered, although there is no official limitation on the number of proposals from an institution.

Responsibility of the PI:

The PI must email us if a proposal is being developed for any program that requires this additional institutional approval from KSU.