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National Science Foundation

 

Academic Research Infrastructure Program; Notice of Competition

    The National Science Foundation announces the FY-1994 competition 
for the Academic Research Infrastructure Program. This program is 
designed to improve the condition of research equipment and facilities 
in our Nation's academic institutions in all areas of science 
traditionally supported by the National Science Foundation. One of the 
goals of the program is to assist graduate and undergraduate academic 
institutions, including those that historically have received limited 
Federal research and development funds, to improve their academic 
science and engineering infrastructure. The Program consists of two 
components: instrumentation and facilities modernization. The former 
provides support for the acquisition or development of major state-of-
the-art research instrumentation. The latter provides support for the 
renovation and/or repair of existing science and engineering research 
and research training facilities. In FY-1994, separate competitions 
will be held for instrumentation and facilities modernization.
    The Program expects to allocate approximately $50 million in FY-
1994 for instrumentation and $50 million for facilities modernization. 
Previous proposal success rates for the program have been 26% for 
instrumentation and 30% for facilities modernization respectively. 
Awards for instrumentation will range from $100,000 to $2 million with 
a required matching/cost sharing at the level between 30-50% for all 
institutions. Awards for facility renovation/repair projects will range 
from $100,000 to $2 million with a required 50% matching/cost sharing 
on the part of the submitting institution from Ph.D.-granting 
institutions or at a level between 20% and 50% from non-Ph.D.-granting 
institutions. It is not the intent of the program to fund new 
construction or expansion of existing facilities. Proposals may be 
submitted by institutions of higher education, independent nonprofit 
research institutions, research museums, and legally incorporated 
consortia thereof. Proposals for Instrumentation must be received by 
March 15, 1994, and proposals for Facilities Modernization must be 
received by April 5, 1994. For additional information and proposal 
guidelines, call the Office of Science and Technology Infrastructure at 
(703) 306-1040, or write to: the National Science Foundation, OSTI, 
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, or send email requests to: 
ari@nsf (BITNET) or [email protected] (INTERNET).

    Dated: January 27, 1994.
Sherrie Blevins Green,
Program Manager for Academic Research Infrastructure.
[FR Doc. 94-2286 Filed 2-1-94; 8:45 am]
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