LIMITED SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY
05/29/2019
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Sponsor
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Required Notice of Intent
DEADLINE: 12:00 pm,
Monday, July 1, 2019

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please submit a one-page (maximum) notice of intent via the OSP online portal if you are interested in applying for this opportunity. You will need the following information: Lead PI and Co-PI(s) information, project title, and abstract.

No late submissions will be considered. 

You will be notified by Monday, July 8, 2019 if there is more than three interested faculty applications. If more than three interest are received, you will be given additional information regarding an internal pre-proposal process at that time.
Sponsor Deadline
Proposal Due: January 21, 2020
Institutional Limit
UNLV is limited to TWO (Track 1) and ONE (Track 2) pre-proposal application.
Award Information
Up to 150 awards are anticipated depending on the available budget and the number and quality of submissions.

Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will be competing for up to $75 million, pending availability of funds and numbers/quality of proposals, with approximately 1/3 of the available MRI funding expected to support Track 2 awards. NSF strongly encourage MRI proposals that seek to develop next-generation research instruments that open new frontiers of research; therefore up to 1/3 of the MRI awards are expected to support instrument development in either track; therefore within their submission limit organizations are encouraged to submit proposals for innovative development projects.
Title and Description
Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) Instrument Acquisition or Development

See Details at:
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=298447


The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. An MRI award supports the acquisition or development of a multi-user research instrument that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. MRI provides support to acquire critical research instrumentation without which advances in fundamental science and engineering research may not otherwise occur. MRI also provides support to develop next-generation research instruments that open new opportunities to advance the frontiers in science and engineering research.

Additionally, an MRI award is expected to enhance research training of students who will become the next generation of instrument users, designers and builders.

An MRI proposal may request up to $4 million for either acquisition or development of a research instrument. Beginning with the FY 2018 competition, each performing organization may submit in revised "Tracks" as defined below, with no more than two submissions in Track 1 and no more than one submission in Track 2.

  • Track 1: Track 1 MRI proposals are those that request funds from NSF greater than or equal to $100,0001 and less than $1,000,000.
  • Track 2: Track 2 MRI proposals are those that request funds from NSF greater than or equal to $1,000,000 up to and including $4,000,000.

30% cost sharing required.

Consistent with the America COMPETES Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-69), 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 the cost-sharing requirement and cannot include it. National Science Board policy prohibits voluntary committed cost sharing.

The MRI Program especially seeks broad representation of PIs in its award portfolio, including women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities. Since demographic diversity may be greater among early-career researchers the MRI program also encourages proposals with early-career PIs and proposals that benefit early-career researchers.