MRA Funding Opportunities

The Mississippi Research Alliance (MRA) is excited to share four new funding opportunities designed to enhance the capacity and capabilities of the State's research ecosystem.

Opportunities for funding through the MRA

Leading Mississippi

The MRA will help position Mississippi as a national front-runner in science and technology through making investments throughout the state’s research community. All academic institution granting four-year degrees are eligible to receive funding through the MRA through formal partnering with the program. Half of the funds are allocated to be awarded to emerging research institutions (ERIs), which are defined as an institution of higher education with an established undergraduate or graduate program that has less than $50,000,000 in federal research expenditures.

Budget

All budgets are to be submitted in NSF format. Budgets may include faculty salaries, postdoctoral salaries, graduate and undergraduate student salaries, fees, and tuition, supplies, contractual, equipment and travel. The budgets must include appropriate fringes on all personnel salary and must include F&A. No subcontracts are allowed.

Proposal Review

Proposals will be reviewed by external reviewers for scientific merit, appropriateness of budget, potential for future funding, utilization of MRA resources, and training opportunities for students. The reviewers will provide scientific review without funding recommendations and the Mississippi EPSCoR Jurisdictional Steering Committee will make the final funding decisions.