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Major Research Instrumentation ## Office of Integrative Activities (OD/OIA) * Integrative Research and Incubation * Research Capacity and Competitiveness * Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering * Growing Convergence Research * Major Research Instrumentation * Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure (R1) * Science and Technology Centers ## Updates and announcements ### NSF Major Research Instrumentation presentation slides for FY 2026 The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) catalyzes new knowledge and discoveries by empowering the Nation's scientists and engineers with state-of-the-art research instrumentation.
The MRI Program enables research-intensive learning environments that promote the development of a diverse workforce and next generation instrumentation, as well as facilitates academic/private sector partnerships.
Among the goals of the MRI Program are: * Supporting the acquisition of major state-of-the-art instrumentation, thereby improving access to, and increased use of, modern research and research training instrumentation by a diverse workforce of scientists, engineers, and graduate and undergraduate students; * Fostering the development of the next generation of instrumentation, resulting in new instruments that are more widely used, and/or open up new areas of research and research training; * Enabling academic departments, disciplinary and cross-disciplinary units, and multi-organization collaborations to create well-equipped research environments that integrate research with research training; * Supporting the acquisition and development of instrumentation that contributes to, or takes advantage of, existing investments in cyberinfrastructure, while avoiding duplication of services already provisioned by NSF investments; * Promoting substantive and meaningful partnerships for instrument development between the academic and private sectors.
Such partnerships have the potential to build capacity for instrument development in academic settings and to create new products with wide scientific and commercial MRI Town Hall – September 2023 Play Skip Backward Skip Forward Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE * descriptions off, selected * captions settings, opens captions settings dialog Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen Beginning of dialog window.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: : Proposals may only be submitted by the following: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of sub-awards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus. Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities. Tribal Nations: An American Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges as a federally recognized tribe pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994, 25 U.S.C. §§ 5130-5131. Who May Serve as PI : There are no restrictions or limits. Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization : There are no restrictions or limits. Limit on Number of Proposals Per PI or Co-PI : There are no restrictions or limits. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $100,000 - $4,000,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) are due January 29, 2027. This is an annual program. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
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