NSF MRI

NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)

National Science Foundation

Award amount
Track 1: $100k–$1.4M · Track 2: $1.4M–$4M
Deadline
Annual — limited submission
Who can apply
Early-career / assistant professor · Faculty / independent investigators
Region
US

About this grant

Instrument acquisition or development, including cryo-EM. Institutions are capped on the number of proposals they may submit, so internal coordination is required.

Eligibility details

Limited submission — check your institution's internal coordination process early.

Research areas

instrumentationcryo-EM
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Related funding

NCCAT — Free Krios access & training
NIGMS / New York Structural Biology Center
Free
PNCC — Free cryo-EM data collection & compute
NIGMS / OHSU + PNNL
Free
S²C² — Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center (free access)
NIGMS / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Free
NIH S10 High-End Instrumentation Grant (HEI)
NIH ORIP
$750,001 – $2,000,000 (1 year, no indirect costs)
NIH S10 Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG)
NIH ORIP
$50,000 – $750,000 (1 year, no indirect costs)
W. M. Keck Foundation — Research Program
W. M. Keck Foundation
Typically $1M+

Verified best-effort. Amounts, deadlines, and eligibility change — always confirm on the funder's own page before applying.