Many federal agencies and foundations offer funding opportunities that limit the number of applications that can be submitted per institution. To facilitate proposals that are as competitive as possible for these limited submission opportunities and to ensure fairness in the selection process, the Office of Research Development develops internal proposal competitions to review and select proposals to be submitted to the sponsor.
Faculty and staff who intend to apply to limited submission opportunities should notify the Office of Research Development at ord@niu.edu as soon as possible.
Wherever possible, an internal competition will be held to select proposals for submission to the sponsor. When circumstances do not allow for a full competition, proposals may be selected on a first come, first submit or another basis at the discretion of the interim associate vice president for research and innovation partnerships and the director of research development.
Active internal competitions can be accessed via the NIU InfoReady internal competition portal.
For technical assistance with the InfoReady portal, please email era@niu.edu.
NSF has cancelled the 2025 competition and we will update if we learn more.
Watch for our upcoming opportunities.