FederalOpenFixed dateNational Science Foundation

Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1

Awards $4,000,000 – $19,999,999 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Feb 8, 2027.

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Science, Technology, Research & Development

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Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 awards $4,000,000 – $19,999,999 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Feb 8, 2027.

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$100,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$19,999,999
Implementation projects may have a total project cost ranging from $4 million up to but not including $20 million. Design activities may request less than $4 million, with minimum request of $400,000.
Award floor
$4,000,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Feb 8, 2027
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Aug 20, 2024
Status
Open
Eligible entities
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
facilities · equipment · instrumentation · cyberinfrastructure · large scale datasets · personnel · design activities · upgrades to existing research infrastructure
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$100,000,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$19,999,999

Source wording: “Implementation projects may have a total project cost ranging from $4 million up to but not including $20 million. Design activities may request less than $4 million, with minimum request of $400,000.

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Source field: entity types
industry
demographic
early-career researchers, members of other groups underrepresented in STEM, persons with disabilities, women
Source field: demographics
use
cyberinfrastructure, design activities, equipment, facilities, instrumentation, large scale datasets, personnel, upgrades to existing research infrastructure
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: - Proposals may only be submitted by organizations located in the United States, its territories, or possessions, as follows. <ol> <li>Institutions of higher…

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When does it close?

Feb 8, 2027154 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

8 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
facilitiesequipmentinstrumentationcyberinfrastructurelarge scale datasetspersonneldesign activitiesupgrades to existing research infrastructure

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 field
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No

Common questions

6 questions
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How much can one applicant receive?
$4,000,000 – $19,999,999 per recipient. The source states: “Implementation projects may have a total project cost ranging from $4 million up to but not including $20 million. Design activities may request less than $4 million, with minimum request of $400,000.”.
How much funding is available in total?
$100,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?
Feb 8, 2027.
Who is eligible to apply?
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
What can the funding be used for?
facilities, equipment, instrumentation, cyberinfrastructure, large scale datasets, personnel, design activities, upgrades to existing research infrastructure, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

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Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-06
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-02

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