This category includes funding opportunities for technical equipment and information systems. This type of support, which may supplement the basic funding received by research institutions or infrastructure facilities, also promotes the creation of coordinated systems of research and information infrastructures. Proposals are evaluated primarily on the basis of the technical quality of the equipment and information systems and their contribution to improving cross-location or non-location-dependent infrastructure.

• Core Facilities
• Major Instrumentation Initiatives
• Major Research Instrumentation
• National Research Data Infrastructure
• State Major Instrumentation