MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAM (MRI)
Instrument Development and Acquisition Solicitation (NSF 98-16)
(http://www.nsf.gov/od/osti/mri/mri.htm)
DEADLINE: January 30, 1998
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BACKGROUND
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to improve the
condition of scientific and engineering equipment and facilities for
research and research training in our Nation's academic institutions. 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.
Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will be
competing for about $50 million in Fiscal Year 1998. The overall proposal
funding rate for the FY 1997 MRI competition was approximately 33%.
Past experience has proven that the MRI program is an excellent opportunity
for NSF to partner with academic institutions for the acquisition of
state-of-the-art, high-cost, research instrumentation and for the
development of the next-generation research instrumentation. This
instrumentation *must* be accessible for *both* *research* and *research
training* purposes thus fostering NSF's core strategy of integrating
research and education.
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Recommendation:
To learn about additional cross-disciplinary activities, please follow the
OSTI information (http://www.nsf.gov/od/osti).
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