What is the purpose of the ARI-R2 program?
The purpose of this program is to provide one-time assistance in modernizing the Nation’s existing shared research facilities where sponsored and/or unsponsored research activities and research training take place. It is limited to research facilities located at institutions of higher education (including both two-year and four-year institutions) and other non-profit research institutions or consortia. Ideally, facilities for research should be shared by a number of research groups, and not just used by a single researcher and his or her research group. Facilities for research training should support a continuing program that engages a persistent flow of students. The ARI-R2program focuses on the repair, renovation or, in exceptional cases, replacement of existing physical, mobile or virtual research space, the mechanical and cyberinfrastructure systems of buildings or mobile facilities that are specific to the research purpose of the facility, and fixed equipment that is built into an
