(DBWORLD) US Researchers: REMINDER, 2 NSF deadlines 1/30/98

Maria Zemankova (mzemanko@nsf.gov)
Sat, 10 Jan 1998 18:42:21 -0500

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Office of Science & Technology Infrastructure (OSTI)

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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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

The following document (nsf9838) is now available from
the NSF Online Document System

Title: FY-1998 Combined Research-Curriculum Development (CRCD)
Program: Program Announcement and Guidelines
Type: Program Announcements & Information
Subtype: Computer/Information Sciences, Engineering

It may be found at:

http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf9838

STATEMENT OF INTENT DEADLINE: January 30, 1998

PROPOSAL DEADLINE: March 31, 1998

Introduction

Preeminence in science and technology has been a foundation of this
Nation's strength for much of its history. Throughout its own history,
the National Science Foundation (NSF) has strived to enable the Nation to
uphold a position of world leadership in all aspects of science,
mathematics, and engineering by promoting the discovery and use of new
knowledge in service to society along with excellence in education
at all levels. The Foundation has served as the catalyst for the pursuit of
excellence in research and education by U.S. academic institutions
and has provided leadership and stewardship for institutions engaged in
learning and discovery. Now, new challenges must be addressed by
the research and education communities, challenges that can only be
successfully addressed and met through partnerships that build on and
integrate the strengths of each community. The Foundation's role in this
process will continue to stimulate the pursuit of excellence through
the implementation of four core strategies: developing intellectual
capital, strengthening the physical infrastructure, integrating research
and education, and promoting partnerships.

The Combined Research-Curriculum Development (CRCD) Program, a joint
initiative of the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) and the
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE),
reflects all four of these core strategies in pursuit of the goal of
achieving for the Nation, engineering and computer and information science
education that is dynamic, relevant, and connected to the
changing needs of industry and society and to emerging technology areas.

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Recommendations:

To learn about additional NSF-wide cross-disciplinary activities, please
follow the OSTI information (http://www.nsf.gov/od/osti).

The Division of Experimental and Integrative Activities (EIA)
(http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/index.html) supports experimental research in
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) areas as well as
interdisciplinary and integrative research activities that are CISE
Directorate- or NSF-wide.

You are encouraged to subscribe to the NSF Custom News Service
http://www.nsf.gov/home/cns/start.htm
and receive the program annoucements and other information of interest to
you as soon as these are released.

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