[Bnc-faculty-all-list] LIMITED SUBMISSION: Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program

[Jeff Goecker]

This email is being sent on behalf of Sue Grimes
> 
>Dear Deans, Department Heads, and Center Directors:
>The National Science Foundation has issued its new RFP for the Major Research 
>Instrumentation (MRI) program.  The MRI program assists with the acquisition or 
>development of shared research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly 
>and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. For the purposes 
>of the MRI program, proposals must be for either acquisition or development of a 
>single instrument or for equipment that, when combined, serves as an integrated 
>research instrument (physical or virtual). Instrument acquisition or development 
>proposals that request funds from NSF in the range $100,000-$4 million will be 
>accepted from all eligible organizations. The full program announcement may be 
>found at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11503/nsf11503.htm.
>
>
>Limited Submission numbers and deadlines:
>As in previous solicitations, an institution may submit no more than a total 
>of three proposals, at least one of which must be for instrument development.  
>Faculty from an institution may not participate in proposals led by other 
>institutions beyond the three allowed.  Therefore, Purdue West Lafayette faculty 
>may not participate in any (funded) way in instrument acquisition or development 
>proposals led by other institutions, including Purdue regional campuses, outside 
>of the three proposals selected through Purdue’s limited submission process.
>Internal deadlines are as follows:
>Monday, November 15: Letters of Intent due to the OVPR (Please indicate 
>acquisition or development in the title).
>Monday, December 6: Preproposals due to the OVPR.
>Thursday, December 9: Rankings due to the OVPR.
> 
>Wednesday, January 27, 2011: NSF deadline.
> 
>Please note:  Letters of intent, preproposals, and rankings to the OVPR should 
>be e-mailed to OVPRlimited at purdue.edu.  Purdue's limited submission policy and 
>template for letters of intent may be found 
>at http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi.  For any case in which the 
>number of internal letters of intent received is no more than the number of 
>proposals allowed by the sponsor, the OVPR will notify the PI that an internal 
>preproposal will be unnecessary.
> 
>We appreciate your sharing this information with your faculty.  Please contact 
>Cris King (hcking at purdue.edu) if you have questions about the limited submission 
>process or this competition.
> 
>Best wishes,
>Sue
> 
>________________________________
>Sue Grimes
>Assistant Director of Research Development Services
>Office of the Vice President for Research
>Hovde Hall, Room 321
>610 Purdue Mall
>West Lafayette, IN 47907-2040
>(765) 494-5858
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