Major Research Instrumentation Program

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Major Research Instrumentation Program: The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our Nation's organizations of higher education, research museums, and non-profit research organizations. This program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. The MRI program encourages the development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use and in concert with private sector partners. The MRI program assists in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly for support through other NSF programs. For proposals over $2 million, requests must be for the acquisition of a single instrument. For proposals requesting $2 million or less, investigators may seek support for instrument development or for acquisition of a single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple instruments that share a common or specific research focus.
Federal Grant Title: Major Research Instrumentation Program
Federal Agency Name: National Science Foundation
Grant Categories: Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: 08-503
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 47.04147.049
CFDA Descriptions: Engineering Grants 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Current Application Deadline: No deadline provided
Original Application Deadline: Jan 24, 2008 Letter of Intent Due Date (required)
Posted Date: Oct 24, 2007
Creation Date: Nov 19, 2008
Archive Date: Nov 19, 2008
Total Program Funding: $110,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $4,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $100,000
Expected Number of Awards: 225
Cost Sharing or Matching: 47.050 -- Geosciences
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
*Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: --US colleges, universities and organizations of higher education located in the US, its territories and possessions. --US independent research museums located in the US, its territories and possessions. --US independent nonprofit research organizations located in the US, its territories and possessions, including consortia whose members consist only of organizations described in items (1) and (2). (Requests for instrumentation that will be located at a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) must be submitted as consortium proposals. This is the only mechanism by which instrumentation, whether purchased or developed, can be placed at an FFRDC.) --US small businesses located in the US, its territories and possessions are eligible for instrument development support as private sector partners with submitting organizations; they may not submit proposals as a lead organization. Organizations that are eligible to submit proposals to NSF's MRI Program are divided into three categories: Ph.D. granting organizations, non-Ph.D. granting organizations, and non-degree granting organizations. --Ph.D. granting organizations are academic organizations that have produced more than 20 Ph.D.s or D.Sci.'s in all NSF-supported fields of science, mathematics or engineering during the previous two academic years (please review NSF's Guide to Programs for NSF supported fields of science, mathematics and engineering: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/browse_all_funding.jsp. --Non-Ph.D. granting organizations are two- and four- year colleges and universities that have produced 20 or fewer Ph.D.s or D.Sci.’s in all NSF-supported fields of science, mathematics, and engineering during the previous two academic years. --Non-degree granting organizations are independent nonprofit research organizations, research museums, and consortia of eligible organizations.
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