Online Survey Software | Qualtrics Survey Solutions

TRACK 3
NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)

LIMITED SUBMISSIONS INTERNAL APPLICATION

Limited Submissions are funding opportunities in which the sponsor only allows a specific and limited number of proposals from a given institution. This limitation may result in an internal competition to select the project(s) that will move forward to represent OU.

Please use this form to submit your internal application for the TRACK 3 NSF MRI limited submission.

After submission, a copy of the form will be emailed to the PI's listed email.

This form is NOT the Infosheet for the Office of Research Services. That form can be found at: https://ors.ou.edu/proposal/infosheet/infotype/CMSInfosheet.asp

TRACK 3 NSF MRI

Principal Investigator: Name and Title

PI Email Address (please double-check this... your confirmation will be emailed to this email address):

Proposal Title: (Include Acquisition or Development, as appropriate):

Total Project Costs

List the entire MRI team (names, titles, department), including Instrument Manager.

List the record of NSF funding for the PI and named co-PIs (5 individuals total)(prior and current)

Verify that this proposal is not for equipment excluded from the MRI program (see MRI solicitation).

Please upload the following documents as a single PDF.

One page NSF project summary
NSF 2-page biographical sketch for the PI and each of the 4 named co-PIs (biosketches for the senior personnel are not required for the internal application)

Please upload your answers to the following questions as a single PDF Document. (no more than 3 pages)

1.  Describe the science associated with the research supported by the proposed instrumentation, the level of innovation of the science, and the importance of the science. Do not just describe the science enabled by the instrumentation, but why the instrumentation is essential to accomplishing the science.

2.  Describe the impact of this proposed instrumentation on research at OU. Describe how the instrumentation differs from existing equipment at OU, in the state or in the region, or improves access to instrumentation.

3.  Describe how the instrumentation will be available for shared use and to whom (individuals or departments/colleges/other units).

4. Describe any organizational commitments with respect to space, operating costs and maintenance costs that may be necessary for the proposed instrument.

Have you submitted a proposal for this equipment to the NSF MRI program in the past? If so, please upload the NSF reviews as a single PDF.