Grants on the Edge
Funds Texas A&M faculty strengthening previously reviewed projects to improve future funder alignment.
The Grants on the Edge (GOTE) program, part of the Targeted Proposal Teams (TPT) suite at Texas A&M University, provides bridge funding to faculty whose extramural grant proposals received favorable reviews from external agencies but fell short of the funding threshold. The program enables principal investigators to address reviewer panel comments, generate additional preliminary data, and undertake other activities aimed at improving resubmission prospects. The extramural proposal must have been submitted to an external funding agency and formally reviewed since 2023, and Texas A&M University, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, or the Texas Engineering Experiment Station must be the prime recipient — subaward-only roles do not qualify.
Award amounts are tiered by the budget size of the original extramural proposal: proposals with a total budget at or below $2 million are eligible for up to $25,000 in bridge funding, while proposals exceeding $2 million in total budget are eligible for up to $50,000. Both tiers carry a 12-month performance period, and approximately 8–10 awards are made per call. Unlike the sibling Collaborative Seed Grants program, GOTE allows single-PI submissions — no interdisciplinary collaboration is required. The FY2027 application deadline is September 4, 2026, at 5:00 PM CST, through the InfoReady platform (tamu.infoready4.com).
GOTE is precisely targeted at TAMU researchers who came close in a recent federal or private grant competition and have concrete reviewer feedback to address. The program is most valuable when the original proposal scored just below the funding line, reviewer concerns are actionable, and a clear resubmission window exists. Faculty in biomedical sciences, engineering, agriculture, defense-related research, or environmental sciences with a recent scored-but-unfunded NIH, NSF, DOE, or DOD proposal are archetypal applicants. Contact: TAMU Division of Research, (979) 845-8585.
Funds TAMU faculty to address reviewer comments and collect additional preliminary data for extramural proposals that were reviewed but not funded since 2023, with awards up to $50K based on external proposal budget.
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