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Archaeometry
Awards
Funding Agency: NSF Directorate of Social, Behavioral
and Economic Sciences, Archaeology
Due: October 31
The Archaeology Program recognizes three broad classes
of archaeometric proposals: (1) proposals to support
laboratories which provide archaeometric services; (2)
proposals to develop and refine archaeometric techniques;
and (3) proposals to apply existing analytic techniques
to specific bodies of archaeological materials. "Laboratory
support" and "technique development"
projects are included within the Archaeometry competition.
"Technique application" proposals are best
evaluated in a more strictly archaeological context
and therefore should be submitted to the "senior"
research competition.
Astronomical
Sciences Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (ATI)
Funding Agency: NSF MPS Directorate, Division of Astronomical
Sciences
Due: Not specified
Supports the development and construction of state-of-the-art
detectors and instruments for the visible, infrared,
and radio regions of the spectrum; interferometric imaging
instrumentation; adaptive optics; and the application
of new hardware and software technology and innovative
techniques in astronomical research. Proposals should
identify clearly the astronomical measurement objectives
that will be enabled and include a brief task implementation
plan with milestones, schedules, and costs.
Chemistry
Research Instrumentation and Facilities
NSF Directorate for MPS, Division of Chemistry
Instrument Development (CRIF:ID)
Due: Annually, Fourth Tuesday in January
The Instrument Development component of CRIF (CRIF:ID) provides funds for the design and construction of instruments that will enable new chemical measurements or will significantly broaden the use of chemical instrumentation.
Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation (CRIF:MU)
Deadline Date: June 23, 2009
Fourth Tuesday in June, Annually Thereafter
The Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation component of CRIF (CRIF:MU) provides funds to universities, colleges, and consortia thereof for the purchase of multi-user instruments. The maximum request is $500,000 for instrumentation. Up to an additional $100,000, including indirect cost, may be requested for personnel who are needed to support cyber-enhanced projects if the instrument is cyber-enabled.
Course,
Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Deadline: Phase I: May 21, 2009; Phase 2 and 3: January
13, 2010
The Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement
(CCLI) program seeks to improve the quality of science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education
for all undergraduate students. The program supports
efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning
materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise,
implement educational innovations, assess learning and
evaluate innovations, and conduct research on STEM teaching
and learning. The program supports three types of projects
representing three different phases of development,
ranging from small, exploratory investigations to large,
comprehensive projects. Includes some instrumentation
funding.
Earth
Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities (EAR/IF)
NSF Directorate for Geo-sciences, Division of Earth
Sciences
Target Date: July 8, 2009. February 10, 2010
EAR/IF will support meritorious requests within and
across a broad range of fields in the Earth sciences
including but not necessarily limited to: biogeoscience,
geology, geochemistry, geodesy, geodynamics, geomorphology,
geophysics, hydrology, limnology, mineral physics, mineralogy,
paleorecords research, paleontology, petrology, remote
sensing, sedimentology, seismology, stratigraphy, structural
geology, tectonics and volcanology. The program will
consider proposals for: (1) the acquisition or modernization
of research equipment, (2) the development of new instrumentation,
analytical techniques and/or software that extend current
research capabilities in the Earth sciences, (3) the
support of shared facilities that make complex and expensive
instrument systems available on a national or regional
basis, (4) support of research technicians, and 5) development
of Cyberinfrastructure for the Earth Sciences (Geoinformatics)
that will enable transformative advances in Earth science
research and education through novel application, development
or adaptation of information technologies.
Improvements
in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological
Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML)
Funding Agency: NSF, Directorate of Biological Sciences
Due: March 5, 2010; First Friday in March, annually
NSF invites proposals that address these general goals
of improvement of Biological Field Stations and Marine
Laboratories (FSMLs), which are off-campus facilities
for research and education conducted in natural habitats
of terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Requests
may include improvements in the physical plant of the
FSML, equipment purchase, improvements in data management
and communication systems and institutional planning.
Instrument
Development for Biological Research (IDBR)
NSF Directorate of Biological Sciences
Due: Aug. 28, 2009; last Friday in August, annually
thereafter
The Instrument Development for Biological Research
(IDBR) Program supports the development of novel instrumentation
or instrumentation that has been significantly improved
by at least an order of magnitude or more in fundamental
aspects. Supported instruments are expected to have
a significant impact on the study of biological systems
at any level. The development of new instrumentation
must be firmly based in biological research need. Proposals
are encouraged for instrumentation that does not currently
exist in the form of a working prototype. In the selection
of projects for funding, the program does not support
the development of biological instrumentation that would
be used for clinical or biomedical applications.
Instrumentation
for Materials Research (IMR)
NSF Division of Materials Research
Due: January 14, 2010
The IMR Program supports the acquisition and/or development
of research instruments that will provide new capability
and/or advance current capability to: (1) discover fundamental
phenomena in materials; (2) synthesize, process, and/or
characterize the composition, structure, properties,
and performance of materials; and (3) improve the quality,
expand the scope, and foster and enable the integration
of research and education in research-intensive environments.
Designed to provide advanced capability to the nation's
scientists and engineers who are endeavoring to conduct
research and educational activities in all areas normally
supported by DMR.
Instrumentation
for Materials Research – Major Instrumentation
Projects (IMR-MIP)
NSF Directorate MPS, Division of Materials Research
Due: June 29, 2009
The Instrumentation for Materials Research - Major Instrumentation Project (IMR-MIP) program in the Division of Materials Research provides support for the design and construction of major instruments costing more than $4 million but less than $20 million. The program also supports the development of detailed conceptual and engineering design for new tools for materials preparation or characterization at major user facilities. Such instruments may include, for example, neutron beam lines, synchrotron beam lines, and high field magnets, as well as development of detectors and preparation environments necessary to support materials research.
Major
Research Instrumentation Award (MRI)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Due: Fourth Thursday in January,
Annually
Supports the acquisition, through purchase, upgrade,
or development, of major state-of-the-art instrumentation
for research, research training, and integrated research/education
activities at institutions. Proposals will be considered
for instrumentation used for any NSF-supported field
of science, mathematics, and engineering. Two types:
acquisition and development.
ARRA Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI-R²)
National Science Foundation
Due: August 10, 2009
The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program is announcing a call for proposals that is separate from the standard January submission deadline. Awards made in response to this solicitation will be funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Public Law 111-5), and have special award conditions. Unless otherwise specified, ARRA funding should be considered one-time funding.
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education, museums and science centers, and not-for-profit organizations. This program especially seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, by providing shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments.
Research
at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Supports research by faculty members of predominantly
undergraduate institutions through the funding of (1)
individual and collaborative research projects, (2)
the purchase of shared-use research instrumentation,
and (3) Research Opportunity Awards for work with NSF-supported
investigators at other institutions.
Funding: Primarily to fund student research at the
undregraduate level, but within such a proposal, equipment in
the range of $10-30K may be funded
Deadline: Proposals accepted anytime, in accordance
with the target dates or deadlines, if any, of the NSF
disciplinary program in the proposed research area.
Scientific
Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical
Sciences (SCREMS)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Deadline: Fourth Thursday in January,
Annually
Scientific Computing Research Environments for the
Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS) proposals are for computing
environments dedicated to research in the mathematical
sciences. Proposals may request support for the purchase
of computing equipment and limited support for professional
systems administrators or programmer personnel for research
computing needs. These grants are intended to support
research projects of high quality that require access
to advanced computing resources. Requests for routine
upgrades of standard desk-environment workstations or
laptop computers are not appropriate for this program. |
