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Opportunity Summary:

The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation opportunity (CRIFMU), run by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, was designed to strengthen the research and education infrastructure used by chemistry departments and related academic units. In practical terms, it focused on helping departments acquire shared, multi-user research instruments that would be broadly accessible to multiple investigators, research groups, and students. The larger Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) program exists so the Division of Chemistry can respond flexibly to infrastructure needs that support areas of chemistry typically funded by NSF, with CRIFMU serving as the instrument-purchase track aimed at department-level capability.

Funding under this solicitation supported the purchase of multi-user instrumentation, with an award ceiling of $500,000 for the instrument itself. For projects where the instrument was "cyber-enabled" and the work genuinely required additional technical or professional support tied to cyber-enhanced functionality, proposals could request up to an additional $100,000 (including indirect costs) for personnel needed to support those cyber-enhanced efforts. The program did not require cost sharing or matching. NSF anticipated making about 20 awards, with an estimated total funding level of $6.8 million under the referenced cycle.

Eligibility was limited to U.S. academic institutions: accredited universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) that have a campus located in the United States, as well as eligible U.S. territories. Proposals could also be submitted by consortia of such institutions. A notable leadership requirement was that the principal investigator had to be the chemistry department chair or an equivalent departmental leader, reflecting the program's departmental, shared-infrastructure emphasis and the expectation that the instrument would be managed and prioritized at the department level. While other investigators could come from a broad range of organizations, including other U.S. academic institutions, nonprofit research organizations, industry, government laboratories, or international institutions, the solicitation explicitly stated that no CRIFMU award funds could go directly to industry, government laboratories, or international institutions. In other words, collaborations could be part of the project narrative and user community, but the federal funds were intended to flow to, and be administered by, the eligible academic institution(s).

The opportunity was offered as a discretionary grant within the "Science and Technology and other Research and Development" activity category, under CFDA 47.049 (Mathematical and Physical Sciences). The original posting date was March 19, 2009, with a full proposal deadline of June 23, 2009, described as the fourth Tuesday in June annually thereafter. The listing is now archived, with an archive date of March 17, 2011, meaning it is no longer an open competition in this form, but it remains a useful reference for understanding NSF's historical approach to departmental-scale, shared chemistry instrumentation investments.

For access and submission-related issues, the notice directed applicants to NSF Grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov, and it referenced NSF Publication 09-546 as the full program announcement.

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