NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program
FAS/SEAS Pre-Proposal Deadline: September 27, 2018 by 5:00PM
Award Amount: Up to $4,000,000. Cost sharing of 30% of the total project costs is required.

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.

This is a limited submission opportunity and Harvard may submit up to three proposals in the “tracks” as defined below, with no more than two submissions in Track 1 and no more than one submission in Track 2.

• Track 1: Proposals requesting funds from NSF greater than or equal to $100,000 and less than $1,000,000. Proposals that request funds from NSF less than $100,000 may also be accepted for the disciplines of mathematics or social, behavioral and economic sciences.
• Track 2: Proposals requesting funds from NSF greater than or equal to $1,000,000 up to and including $4,000,000.