NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant Program
The NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) released the FY07 Shared Instrumentation Grant Program announcement which can be viewed at
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-105.html.
Program Announcement (PA) Number: PAR-07-105
Deadline: March 21, 2007
Application should be submitted electronically through grants.gov. Please make sure you download the most recent application package through the above URL.
Below is a short snapshot of the program requirements:
- Purpose. The NCRR Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program solicits applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade commercially available instruments that cost at least $100,000. The maximum award is $500,000. Types of instruments supported include confocal and electron microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, DNA sequencers, biosensors, cell sorters, X-ray diffraction systems, and NMR spectrometers among others.
- Mechanism of Support. This funding opportunity will use the NIH S10 mechanism.
- Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. The NCRR intends to commit approximately $43 million in FY2008 to fund approximately 125 new awards. Since the cost of the various instruments will vary, it is anticipated that the size of awards will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend on the funds available for the SIG program.
- Budget and Project Period. Awards are for one year and for direct costs only. Cost sharing is not required.
- Eligible Institutions/Organizations. Eligible institutions include domestic non-profit organizations, public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges and hospitals. To be eligible to apply, three or more NIH funded investigators (Principal Investigators of active P01, R01, U01, R35, or R37 research grants) who will be users of the requested instruments must be identified.
- Eligible Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs): Eligible principal investigators include any technically qualified research scientists.
- Number of Applications. There is no limit on the number of applications an institution may submit provided the applications are for different types of equipment.
