<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">National Science Foundation (NSF)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)*</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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, 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. Development and
acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or
intra-organizational use are encouraged, as are development efforts that
leverage the strengths of private sector partners to build instrument
development capacity at academic institutions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">URL: <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5260" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5260</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">*Please
Note: This is a limited submission program. Documentation (Project
Summary, Biographical Sketch, and Current and Pending Support) should be
submitted to the Chair, Dean, and DOR by the internal due date of
September 17, 2012. VP/Deans consideration period will be September 18 -
29, 2012. Notification will be sent to all candidates on October 1,
2012. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
University can submit three proposals to NSF. At least one of the
proposals must be an instrument development proposal. The other two can
be for instrument acquisition or instrument development.</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></i></b></p><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In
order to maximize the University of Houston’s investment in matching
costs for the NSF/MRI program, faculty interested in pursuing an NSF/MRI
grant are encouraged to pursue the DOR Core Facilities Program: </span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.research.uh.edu/Forms/Internal-Awards" target="_blank"><b><i>http://www.research.uh.edu/Forms/Internal-Awards</i></b></a><b><i>.</i></b></span><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Fritz Claydon Ph.D.<br>Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>Associate Dean of Administration and Research<br>University of Houston<br>Cullen College of Engineering<br>713.743.4204<br><a href="mailto:fclaydon@uh.edu" target="_blank">fclaydon@uh.edu</a><br>
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