Investigators are encouraged to include undergraduate and especially graduate students in the research. Start Date CMI funds are scheduled to be available starting July 1, 2001. Please indicate a desired start date. Project Duration Projects extending over several years may be proposed with justification. Multiple year proposals should provide a budget breakdown for each year.
Cost sharing is on the basis of the total cost of a study.
The source of match for MMS funds must be from a non-Federal source, and the same funds cannot also be used to meet matching requirements of other Federal funding agencies. The usual Federal procurement restrictions apply to the CMI program. No CMI funds may be used to build facilities, obtain vessels or purchase major capital equipment. Requests for scientific equipment will be considered if fully justified, and must be agreed to by MMS before purchase. Title for equipment purchased with MMS funds vests with the Federal government.