Limited Submission: NSF MRI Program
On July 1, 2025, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced that it will not accept new proposals for the NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program during the previously scheduled FY 2026 submission window (October 15 – November 14, 2025).
Any proposals submitted during this period will be returned without review. NSF currently has many meritorious proposals from the FY 2025 submission window (October 15 – November 15, 2024). Subject to the availability of funds, NSF will instead consider funding additional awards from this cohort in FY 2026. The NSF MRI program anticipates accepting new proposals again during the next submission window, scheduled for October 15 – November 16, 2026.
Other Resources
For further information or questions regarding the competition, please contact siueresearch@siue.edu.
Previous Awardees
Gordon, Christopher, Jie Gong, Gary Mayer, Gregory Vogel, Kurt Schulz. "MRI: Acquisition of a 3D Laser Scanner to Support Multi-disciplinary Research in Data-driven Management of Cultural, Physical, and Biological Resources." September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012. $100,000.
Cho, Sohung, H. Felix Lee, Kevin Hubbard, Luis Youn. "MRI: Acquisition of Major Components Required for Constructing Supply Chain Test-bed." September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010. $169,347.
Zimmermann, Julie, Michael Shaw, Luci Kohn, Cory Willmott, Huichun Zhang. "ARRA: MRI-R2: Acquisition of Raman and Infrared Microscopes for Interdisciplinary Research." February 10, 2010 - February 10, 2011. $572,417.
Shaw, Michael, Eric Voss, Paul Wanda. "MRI: Acquisition of an EPR Spectrometer for Teaching and Research." September 01, 2008 - August 31, 2009. $173,865.
