MURI focuses on high-risk basic research aimed at achieving unprecedented advancements. The program has produced significant scientific breakthroughs with far reaching consequences to the fields of science, economic growth, and revolutionary new military technologies. Communication with program staff is strongly encouraged, and whitepapers are due May 2, 2025.
The Foundation's mission is to help infants and young children, focusing on projects that improve their health, nutrition, and protect them from environmental dangers. There are larger grants for faculty and smaller awards for trainees. Concept papers are due May 15 and November 15 of each year.
Description: The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations.
Limitation: four applications per institution. See InfoReady for more details. Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025 Sponsor Deadline: Friday, November 14, 2025
Funding Focus is a weekly email alerting faculty and staff researchers and scholars about limited submission funding opportunities available to the University of Iowa.
Please be aware that we make every effort to identify and post limited competitions. If you know about a funding opportunity with a limited submission requirement that is not listed, or if you are interested in applying for a limited submission grant but the internal deadline has passed, please email vpr-limsubs@uiowa.edu.
