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Prescoring narrows UORG cycle to 125 applications as staff warns $15–17M will stretch to meet demand
Summary
Program staff said 157 applications requesting about $40 million were screened down to 125 eligible applications requesting about $29 million; available funding is expected to be $15–17 million. Staff highlighted new requirements including a budget narrative, optional conflict form, and an AI-use question.
Noemi, a program staff member, told prescoring evaluators that staff had screened 157 initial applications — representing about $40,000,000 in requests — down to 125 eligible applications totaling roughly $29,000,000 after disqualifying submissions submitted in the wrong category or missing required budget information.
That narrowing matters because staff said the available award pool for the coming cycle will be roughly $15 million to $17 million, making the process highly competitive. "Before our staff review, we had 157 applications" and "about $40,000,000 in requests," Noemi said, adding that the team moved forward 125 applications for committee evaluation.
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