Closed · 13-517 · CFDA 47.041;47.049;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.076;47.078;47.079;47.080;47.081 · Discretionary
Major Research Instrumentation Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. National Science Foundation, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $4M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- -
- Close date
- 175
- Expected awards
The verdict
Major Research Instrumentation Program is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered Up to $4,000,000 across 175 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- up to $4M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 175
- expected awards
- 47.041;47.049;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.076;47.078;47.079;47.080;47.081
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Major Research Instrumentation Program - is cataloged under number 13-517 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 47.041;47.049;47.050;47.070;47.074;47.075;47.076;47.078;47.079;47.080;47.081, posted by U.S. National Science Foundation. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on November 23, 2012 and last updated on August 13, 2014. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $4,000,000. The agency has projected $90.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 175 awards. If the agency funds the expected 175 awards from the $90.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $514,000. Cost sharing or matching funds are required, meaning applicants must contribute a portion of the project budget from non-federal sources, factor this into your financial plan before drafting the proposal. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity is closed. Monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements in the next funding cycle. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Up to $4,000,000
Close Date
Not specified
This opportunity has been archived.
Posted
November 23, 2012
Est. Total Funding
$90,000,000
Expected Awards
175
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
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.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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