CEDAR email: FW: NSF/AGS Update - Significantly revised Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) solicitation released

[Huang, Tai-Yin]

From: AS Email List <AS-AGS at LISTSERV.NSF.GOV> On Behalf Of Anderson, Nicholas F.
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 4:02 PM
To: AS-AGS at LISTSERV.NSF.GOV
Subject: NSF/AGS Update - Significantly revised Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) solicitation released

Colleagues,

This is a quick note to let you know that the new Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) solicitation<https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/major-research-instrumentation-program-mri> has been released.  While the full solicitation text is not available for another day or two, the high-level summary and updates are.  There are several very significant changes to the solicitation:


  *   Per the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, cost sharing requirements for new awards in the MRI Program are waived for a period of 5 years beginning with the FY 2023 MRI competition.
  *   Correspondingly, the Track request limits have changed, with Track 1 proposals requesting from $100,000 to less than $1,400,000 and Track 2 from $1,400,000 to $4,000,000.
  *   Also per the CHIPS and Science Act, a third track has been added to specifically encourage the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of equipment and instrumentation to conserve or reduce the consumption of helium.  Track 3 proposals can range from $100,000 to $4,000,000.
  *   Institutional limits remain, and are as follows:  Two Track 1 proposals, One Track 2 proposal, and One Track 3 proposal.
  *   The proposal window for the 2023 solicitation is January 16th to February 21st.  After the upcoming proposal window, the MRI submission period will shift to the Fall.  The Fall 2023 window will run from October 16th to November 15th.

If you have questions about the solicitation or MRI in general, please feel free to contact Nick Anderson (nanderso at nsf.gov<mailto:nanderso at nsf.gov>).  Thank you.

Best regards,



Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
Directorate for Geosciences
National Science Foundation
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