Funding Opportunity: NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program
NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-19-179.html
OBJECTIVES: The Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of expensive, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated systems. The minimum award is $50,000 of direct costs. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $600,000. Types of instruments supported include, but are not limited to: X-ray diffractometers, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance, spectrometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, electron and light microscopes, cell sorters, and biomedical imagers.
The SIG Program will not support requests for:
- An instrument with a base cost of less than $50,000;
- Multiple instruments bundled together;
- Purely instructional equipment;
- Instruments used for clinical (billable) care;
- Institutional administrative management systems, clinical management systems;
- Software, unless it is integrated in the operation of the instrument and/or necessary for the generation of high-quality output experimental data from the instrument;
- General purpose equipment or an assortment of instruments to furnish a research facility and equipment for routine sustaining infrastructure (such as standard machine shop equipment, standard computer networks, autoclaves, hoods, and equipment to upgrade animal facilities).
FUNDING INFORMATION: $50,000 to $600,000
ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS:
Multiple PDs/PIs are not allowed under the S10 mechanism.
Eligibility Note: The number of institutional submissions in not limited, however submissions must be scientifically distinct and must include an institutional support letter. Potential applicants must submit a proposal through InfoReady to ensure there is no overlap between proposals and to facilitate institutional support letters.
INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS:
Interested investigators should submit the following materials via InfoReady Review by DATE: 4/10/20
- Questions outlined in InfoReady Review application;
- A letter of recommendation from the appropriate department chair or dean
- A brief statement (up to 2 pages) by the candidate describing their scientific achievements and proposed instrumentation including a description of the user base;
- A brief budget outline for the proposal
- Up-to-date CV or biosketch.
A faculty committee drawn from both campuses will review internal proposals and select nominees.
DEADLINES:
Internal Materials Due: Friday, April 10, 2020
Sponsor Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2020