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Description of Modification
updated 4.26.13--rc;
Document Type:
Modification to Previous
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
13-517
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Nov 23, 2012
Creation Date:
Apr 26, 2013
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 21, 2013
Full Proposal Deadline(s):
February 21, 2013
January 23, 2014
Fourth Thursday in January, Annually Thereafter
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Jan 23, 2014
Full Proposal Deadline(s):
February 21, 2013
January 23, 2014
Fourth Thursday in January, Annually Thereafter
Archive Date:
Feb 23, 2014
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
175
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$90,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$4,000,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
47.041
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Engineering Grants
47.049
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Mathematical and Physical Sciences
47.050
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Geosciences
47.070
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Computer and Information Science and Engineering
47.074
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Biological Sciences
47.075
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Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
47.076
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Education and Human Resources
47.078
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Polar Programs
47.079
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International Science and Engineering (OISE)
47.080
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Office of Cyberinfrastructure
47.081
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Office of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
See full solicitation for details
Agency Name
National Science Foundation
Description
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education, and not-for-profit museums, science centers and scientific/engineering research organizations. This program especially seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, by supporting proposals for shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments. Each MRI proposal may request support for the acquisition (Track 1) or development (Track 2) of a single research instrument for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use; development efforts that leverage the strengths of private sector partners to build instrument development capacity at MRI submission-eligible organizations are encouraged.To accomplish the program's goals, the MRI program assists with the acquisition or development of a shared research instrument that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. The instrument is expected to be operational for regular research use by the end of the award period. For the purposes of the MRI program, a proposal must be for either acquisition (Track 1) or development (Track 2) of a single instrument or for equipment that, when combined, serves as an integrated research instrument (in contrast to requests for multiple instruments that enable research in a common or focused research domain, which MRI does not support). The MRI program does not support the acquisition or development of a suite of instruments to outfit research laboratories/facilities or that will be used to conduct independent research activities simultaneously. Instrument acquisition or development proposals that request funds from NSF in the range $100,000-$4 million may be accepted from any MRI-eligible organization. Proposals that request funds from NSF less than $100,000 may also be accepted from any MRI-eligible organization for the disciplines of mathematics or social, behavioral and economic sciences and from non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education for all NSF-supported disciplines. Cost-sharing of precisely 30% of the total project cost is required for Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education and for non-degree-granting organizations. Non-Ph.D.-granting institutions of higher education are exempt from cost-sharing and cannot include it. National Science Board policy is that voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited.Please see the solicitation text for definitions of organizational types used by the MRI program.
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