The National Science Foundation (NSF) Mid-scale Research Infrastructure (Mid-scale RI) Big Idea is intended to provide an agile, Foundation-wide process to fund experimental research capabilities in the mid-scale range ($6 million to $100 million), between the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) and Major Facilities thresholds.
Recently, Solicitation for the Mid-scale RI-2 program (total project cost of $20 million to under $100 million) was released. This is one of two NSF-wide funding opportunities that support NSF Mid-scale RI, the other being Solicitation for the Mid-scale RI-1 program.
Solicitation NSF 21-537 for Mid-scale RI-2 has the following deadlines:
- Letters of Intent (required), February 03, 2021
- Preliminary Proposals, March 05, 2021
- Full Proposals (by invitation), September 20, 2021
NSF will host outreach webinars with information about the Mid-scale RI-2 funding opportunity on Wednesday, January 6 and Thursday, January 7, 2021. Each session will begin at 1:00 p.m. (EST). A general Mid-scale RI-2 information session (1:00 p.m. -1:40 p.m. Eastern) with Q&A will be followed by Directorate-specific breakouts (1:45 p.m. 鈥� 2:30 p.m. Eastern) where more technical questions will be addressed. Information on Day 1 will be repeated on Day 2, using the same Zoom meeting information.听
To access the main webinars and follow-on directorate-specific breakouts:
Webinar 1 & 2
Event:听Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure (Mid-scale RI-2): NSF 21-537 Q&A 鈥� Main meeting
Date/Time:听Wednesday, January 6, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. Eastern Time and repeated
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Webinar ID: 161 297 6668
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- You听will enter through a waiting room and be let in by an NSF staff member.
- Questions:听 Please submit questions via Chat during the webinar. There will be no participant audio-enabled questions or screen sharing.
Directorate Breakouts:听Wednesday, January 6, 2021 from 1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time and
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- You听will enter through a waiting room and be let into the breakout by an NSF staff member.
- Please submit questions via Chat during the webinar. There will be no participant audio-enabled questions or screen sharing.
Mid-scale RI-2 BIO Breakout
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Mid-scale RI-2: CISE Breakout
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Mid-scale RI-2: EHR & SBE Breakout
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Mid-scale RI-2 ENG Breakout
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Mid-scale RI-2 GEO Breakout
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Mid-scale RI-2 MPS Breakout
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