January 28, 2010, is the deadline for the next National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program competition.The NSF/Major Research Instrumentation Program is an excellent opportunity for EMU to secure scientific research instrumentation, and ORD would like to support at least two high-quality proposals each year. The NSF guidelines limit an institution to two proposals for equipment acquisition and one proposal for instrumentation development.

The next deadline for the Major Research Instrumentation Program submissions is January 28, 2010, not far away. ORD must have your intent-to-submit declaration by November 16.
The goals, among others, are to:

1) Support the acquisition of major new instrumentation to improve access to and increase use of modern research and training instrumentation by a diverse workforce of scientists, engineers, and undergraduate and graduate students;

2) Enable academic departments and cross-disciplinary units and collaborations to create well-equipped environments that integrate research and education; and

3) Support acquiring and developing instrumentation that uses or contributes to existing investments in cyberinfrastructure.

More information about this funding opportunity can be found by clicking the NFS Funding Opportunity link below. Contact your ORD project officer by clicking the Contact ORD link below or at 487-3090 by November 16 for more details and your intent to submit a proposal.