Grants & Funding

National Institutes of Health/NIH

Published Date: January 21, 2010

Program Information

Program Name:

Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)

Program URL:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-082.html

Program Year:

Program Description:

The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Shared Instrument Grant program encourages applications from groups of National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of expensive, specialized, commercially available instrumentation or an integrated system that costs at least $100,000. The maximum award is $600,000. Types of instruments supported include (1) confocal and electron microscopes, (2) biomedical imagers, (3) mass spectrometers, (4) DNA sequencers, (5) biosensors, (6) cell sorters, (7) X-ray diffraction systems, and (8) nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, among others.

This funding opportunity will use the NIH S10 mechanism. NCRR intends to commit approximately $43 million in fiscal year 2011, 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.

Program Restrictions:

Under the general research support authority of Section 301(a) (3) of the Public Health Service Act, Shared Instrumentation Grant awards are made to public and non-profit domestic institutions only. These institutions include health professional schools, other academic institutions, hospitals, health departments, and research organizations. Note that federal institutions, foreign institutions, and for-profit institutions are not eligible to apply. A Federal institution is defined by the NIH as a Cabinet-level department or independent agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government or any component organization of such a department or agency.

Eligible principal investigators include any technically qualified research scientists. To be eligible to apply, three or more NIH funded investigators (Principal Investigators of active P01, R01, U01, R35, R37, DP1 or DP2 research grants) who will be users of the requested instruments must be identified.

There is no limit on the number of applications an institution may submit provided the applications are for different types of equipment.

Applicants may submit a resubmission application, but such applications must include an Introduction addressing the previous peer review critique (Summary Statement). See new NIH policy on resubmission (amended) applications (NOT-OD-09-003, NOT-OD-09-016).

Renewal (formerly "competing continuation" or "Type 2") applications are not permitted.

Public Contact Information

Supported Components and Scientific Fields

Supported Components:

Equipment

General Fields Supported:

None provided

Specific Fields Supported:

Instrumentation

Program Eligibility Requirements

Who can apply?

Public Organizations, Private Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations

If organizations may apply, check which ones:

2-Year Colleges, 4-Year Colleges, Universities, Medical Schools

If students may apply, check which ones:

None provided

Are awards targeted to a specific population group?

No

If yes, check those that apply:

None provided

Is this program limited to organizations or residents within the United States?

Yes

Are awards targeted to people in specific U.S. states?

No

If yes, check those that apply:

None provided

Are awards targeted to a specific region within a state?

No

If yes, specify

Application Process and Program Award Term

Application Process, Initial Contact or Approach:

Other (specify): Application

Application Details:

Prepare all applications using the SF424 (R&R) application forms for this FOA through Grants.gov/Apply and in accordance with the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/index.htm). . The SF424 (R&R) Application Guide is critical to submitting a complete and accurate application to NIH. Some fields within the SF424 (R&R) application components, although not marked as mandatory, are required by NIH (e.g., the "Credential" log-in field of the "Research & Related Senior/Key Person Profile" component must contain the PD/PI's assigned eRA Commons User ID). Agency-specific instructions for such fields are clearly identified in the Application Guide. For additional information, see "Frequently Asked Questions - Application Guide, Electronic Submission of Grant Applications." The SF424 (R&R) application has several components. Some components are required, others are optional. The forms package associated with this FOA in Grants.gov/APPLY includes all applicable components, required and optional

Application Deadline(s)?:

Yes

If yes, date(s):

03/23/2010

Deadline Comments:

Award Duration:

Fixed

Program Competition Information

Year (last reported competition)  

	Number of Applicants	Number of Awards	Total Funding Dollars	Range of Awards
Other Applicants:
Individual Award Rates:
Institutional Award Rates:

Sample of Recent Grantees

Grantee	Award Year	Award