The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program at the National Science
Foundation assists organizations in the acquisition or development of
major research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly for
support through other NSF programs.
The deadline for proposals is Thursday, 27 January 2005. The solicitation has
been revised since its last issuance. Please see NSF 05-515 for more
information http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05515.
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) at the National Science
Foundation 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 by organizations that is, in general, too
costly for support through other NSF programs. Proposals may be for a
single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple
instruments that share a common or specific research focus.
The goals of the MRI program are to:
Support the acquisition, through purchase, upgrade, or development, of
major state-of-the-art instrumentation for research, research training,
and integrated research/education activities at organizations;Improve access to and increase use of modern research and research
training instrumentation by scientists, engineers, and graduate and
undergraduate students;Enable academic departments or cross-departmental units to create
well-equipped learning environments that integrate research with
education;Foster the development of the next generation of instrumentation for
research and research training;Promote partnerships between academic researchers and private sector
instrument developers.
The deadline for proposals is Thursday, 27 January 2005. Please see the
full text of the solicitation NSF 05-515 at
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05515 for complete program
information and updates to the previous solicitation.
The representative from the Arctic Sciences Section to the MRI program
is Dennis Conlon. He may be contacted at dconlon [at] nsf.gov or 703-292-8029
for information relating to proposals to the MRI program to support
arctic research.