The following programs provide funding or support specifically for equipment or instrumentation. Consult each program’s web page for more detailed information and current deadlines.
Find more opportunities by using Pivot and selecting “Equipment and Materials or Facility Use and Construction ” under “Funding Type.”
Program |
Deadline |
Program Synopsis |
Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program |
campus limited submission: approximately November |
MRI provides organizations with opportunities to acquire major instrumentation that supports the research and research training goals of the organization and that may be used by other researchers regionally or nationally. |
Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (ATI) |
November 15 |
The ATI program provides grants to support the development and construction of state-of-the-art astronomical detectors and instruments for the visible, infrared, submillimeter, and radio regions of the spectrum. |
Archaeometry Awards, SBE Archaeology and Archaeometry |
varies |
The Archaeology Program recognizes three broad classes of archaeometric proposals: proposals to support laboratories which provide archaeometric services; proposals to develop and refine archaeometric techniques; proposals to apply existing analytic techniques to specific bodies of archaeological materials. Laboratory support awards provide “core” funding that permits laboratories to increase analytical capacity through the addition and/or replacement of equipment and retention of key personnel. |
Capacity: Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML) |
open |
Supports major improvements to biological field stations or laboratories in any terrestrial, marine, estuarine, or freshwater environment for research and education. |
Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) |
to be determined |
CRIF provides funds to research institutions and consortia thereof for the purchase of multi-user instruments and for the establishment and support of multi-user research facilities in the chemical sciences. NSF has temporarily suspended the CRIF program. |
CISE Community Research Infrastructure (CCRI) |
December for letters of intent |
The program drives discovery and learning in the core CISE disciplines of the three participating divisions by funding the creation and enhancement of world-class research infrastructure. |
Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities (EAR/IF) |
open |
This program supports: Acquisition or Upgrade of Research Equipment; Development of New Instrumentation, Analytical Techniques or Software; Support of National or Regional Multi-User Facilities; Support for Early Career Investigators. |
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1), Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 (Mid-scale RI-2) |
varies |
The Mid-scale Research Infrastructure Big Idea funds experimental research capabilities in the mid-scale range between the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program and Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) thresholds. |
Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support |
December 15 |
These awards are made for the procurement, conversion and/or up-grade, enhancement or annual operation of platforms in the ocean, coastal, near-shore and Great Lakes. |
Sustaining Infrastructure for Biological Research |
open |
Supports the continued operation of existing research infrastructure that advances contemporary biology. |