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Instrumentation Grants

NIH S10 Instrumentation Program

  • Description:聽ORIP’s S10 Instrumentation Grant Programs support purchases of state-of-the-art commercially available instruments to enhance research of NIH鈥揻unded investigators. Instruments that are awarded are typically too expensive to be obtained by an individual investigator with a research project grant. Every instrument awarded by an S10 grant is used on a shared basis, which makes the programs cost-efficient and beneficial to thousands of investigators in hundreds of institutions nationwide. S10 awards are made to domestic public and private institutions of higher education, and non-profit domestic institutions such as hospitals, health professional schools, and research organizations. To be eligible for an S10 award, an institution must identify three or more Principal Investigators with active NIH research awards who demonstrate the substantial need for the requested instrument. Awards are issued for one year, and matching funds are not required. However, ORIP expects institutions that compete for S10 awards to provide an appropriate level of support for associated infrastructure, such as space to house the instrument, technical personnel, and post-award service contracts for instrument maintenance and operation.
  • Important Notes; NIH S10 submissions must be first applied for as a limited submission at 黑料网 Chapel Hill. We encourage you to reach out to your departmental grants manager sand the early to聽 discuss the application process and meet all necessary internal deadlines.
  • 聽$50,000 – $750,000
  • 聽$750,001 – $2,000,000
  • Deadline for Submission: June 3, 2024

 

NCBC Innovation Impact Grant

  • Description: The Innovation Impact Grant (IIG)聽program supports the purchase of shared-use research equipment聽for core facilities at academic or nonprofit institutions that foster innovation within North Carolina鈥檚 life sciences ecosystem.Priority will be given to proposals that will have a high impact at the applicant institution and the broader life sciences research community. Institutional matching funds are required. Maximum award amount is $150,000
  • Deadline for Submission: October 2, 2024
  • Information:

 

NIMH Instrumentation Grant

  • Description: Modern mental health-related research can require expensive instruments that are often hard to obtain through traditional funding mechanisms. The goal of the NIMH Instrumentation Program is to make such instruments available to either individual laboratories or core facilities that conduct mental health-related research and who serve NIMH-funded researchers. These instruments can be commercial instruments or collections of components that others have already described how to assemble into a working instrument. Upgrades of existing instruments can also be requested. The maximum award amount is $600,000.
  • Letter of Intent Due Date: September 9, 2024
  • Deadline for Submission: October 9, 2024
  • Information:

 

NIH R24 Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations

  • The R24 program support the acquisition of latest, technologically advanced equipment needed to advance the operational efficacy, productivity, and throughput; improve energy efficiency, enhance or streamline operating processes and procedures in core laboratories, animal research facilities, or other shared-use research support space. Providing access to such equipment can also expand the capacity of essential support services for evolving and emerging research programs. This award is strongly suited to animal-related cores for needs including
    • Multi-functional ventilated cages and/or cage racks for small animals
    • Specialized caging system for large animals
    • Aquatic animal systems equipped with water quality assessment sensors
    • Automated feeding or watering systems to aid in consistency and accuracy of animal care
    • Robotics and automations for animal facility operation
    • Advanced, environmental-friendly, high performing or high-throughput systems such as cage, rack, bottle, and tunnel washers
    • Veterinary聽care devices and veterinary diagnostic systems
    • Telemetry equipment to monitor cage conditions and/or animal well-being for purposes of animal husbandry (not experimental data collection)
    • Environmental management devices that assist in the monitoring and customizing of environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, air flow, and lighting\
  • More information:
  • The R24 program official NOFO (Notice of Funding Opportunity) was not released until a month before the application deadline in 2022 and 2023. In 2023, it was announced in October with a due date in November. If you are considering this award please check the website frequently or reach out to the program officer listed on the website to enquire about future dates.
  • Award Range: $50,000 – $350,000
  • Deadline for Submission: last due date was November 15, 2023

 

NIH R24 Resource-Related Research Projects for Development of Animal Models and Related Materials

  • Purpose: ORIP鈥檚 intent with this FOA is to support resource-related research projects that are aimed at developing and characterizing new animal-based resources, improving existing resources, or acquiring deep understanding of a model system to improve the utilization, accessibility and translational values of animal models to the research community. The NIH-wide mission of ORIP is to support all NIH ICs that fund basic, preclinical, and translational research by strengthening their existing programs, developing research resources, advancing areas of emerging science, and developing new initiatives to move biomedical research forward. Therefore, proposed studies, models, technologies, and biological materials must be applicable to two or more NIH ICs and must explore multiple body systems or evaluate diseases and processes that impact multiple body systems.
  • More Information::
  • Award Amount: Not limited, but applications requesting $500,000 or more need special approval from the R24 program. See website for more information.
  • Deadline: September 25, 2024; January 25, 2025

NIH R24 Technology Development Research for Establishing Feasibility and Proof of Concept

  • Purpose:

    This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports exploratory research leading to the development of innovative technologies for biomedical research that is relevant to the NIGMS mission or that of other NIH Institutes or Centers (ICs) participating in this FOA. Projects should entail a high degree of risk and/or novelty, which will be offset by a high future potential impact in biomedical research. Outcomes or products of the proposed project, which should significantly advance the current state of the art, may include, but are not limited to:

    • laboratory instruments and other devices,
    • algorithms and software,
    • chemical reagents and processes,
    • biological molecules or systems that have been modified by human intervention to become research tools.

    The goal of this FOA is to support proof of concept, high-risk and potentially high-reward studies for feasibility and exploratory technology development. Due to the constraints that would be imposed on broad utility, this FOA does not support technology development that is narrowly focused on addressing specific biological questions. Rather, applications should propose development of innovative tools that can potentially benefit a broad spectrum of biomedical research. Moreover, feasibility of the proposed technology must not have already been established in the literature or with preliminary data. Applications that are focused on technology development to address specific biological questions and/or include unpublished or published data that provide proof of concept are not responsive to this FOA and will be administratively withdrawn without review.

  • More Information::
  • Award Amount: $200,000 in one year or $275,000 over two years
  • Deadline: June 16, 2024, October 16, 2024, February 16, 2025

 

Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)

  • DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment. This award provides support to purchase instrumentation in support of research in areas of interest to the DoD, including areas of research supported by the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Areas of research interest are published at the following websites, but are updated annually.
    • Army Research Office
    • Office of Naval Research聽
    • Air Force Office of Scientific Research聽
  • Award Ceiling: $1,500,000
  • Deadline for submission: February 16, 2024

 

NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)

  • The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program (聽serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation’s institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. An MRI award supports the acquisition of a聽multi-user聽research instrument that is commercially available through direct purchase from a vendor, or for the personnel costs and equipment that are required for the development of an instrument with new capabilities, thereby advancing instrumentation capabilities and enhancing expertise for instrument design and fabrication at academic institutions. MRI instruments are, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs.
  • Information:
  • Track 1: Track 1 MRI proposals are those that request funds from NSF greater than or equal to $100,000[1]聽and less than $1,400,000.
  • Track 2: Track 2 MRI proposals are those that request funds from NSF greater than or equal to $1,400,000 up to and including $4,000,000.
  • Important Notes; There are multiple tiers of funding, but within those tears, the number of grants submitted from a single institution is limited. If you intend to apply for an NSF MRI we encourage you to reach out to your departmental grants manager sand the early to determine eligibility and discuss the application process.
  • Next Submission Window: October 14, 2024 – November 14, 2024

NSF Instrumentation and Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/IF)

  • The Instrumentation and Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/IF) supports meritorious requests for infrastructure that promotes research and education in areas supported by the Division. EAR/IF will consider proposals for the acquisition or upgrade of research equipment that will advance laboratory and field investigations, and student research training opportunities in the Earth sciences.
  • Award Ceiling: $500,000
  • 滨苍蹿辞谤尘补迟颈辞苍:听
  • Deadline for submission: Rolling

 

Infrastructure Grants

NSF Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (ICBR)

  • Supports projects that specifically enable increased access to state-of-the-art instrumentation in support of the biological sciences. The program will support activities that enhance access to and dissemination of innovative instrumentation, and promote and enable access to existing instrumentation facilities (ie. imaging, genomics, proteomics, etc.) at the regional or national level.
  • 40-60 awards made from a total budget of $16 million – $18 million
  • 滨苍蹿辞谤尘补迟颈辞苍:听
  • Deadline: Rolling

 

NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1)

  • Within Mid-scale RI-1, proposers may submit two types of projects, “Implementation” and “Design”. Design and Implementation projects may comprise any combination of equipment, infrastructure, computational hardware and software, and necessary commissioning. Design includes planning (preliminary and final design) of research infrastructure with an anticipated total project cost that is appropriate for future Mid-scale RI-1, Mid-scale RI-2 or MREFC-class investments. Mid-scale RI-1 uses an inclusive definition of implementation, which can include traditional stand-alone construction or acquisition and can include a degree of advanced development leading immediately to final system acquisition and/or construction. Implementation projects may support new or upgraded research infrastructure.
  • Amount $400,000 – $20million
  • 滨苍蹿辞谤尘补迟颈辞苍:听
  • Deadline: May 5, 2023.

 

NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 (Mid-scale RI-2)

  • The NSF Mid-scale RI-2 program supports implementation of projects that comprise any combination of equipment, instrumentation, computational hardware and software, and the necessary commissioning and human capital in support of implementation of the same. Mid-scale RI-2 projects will directly enable advances in any of the research domains supported by NSF, including STEM education. Mid-scale RI-2 will support projects in high states of readiness for implementation, i.e., those that have already matured through previous developmental investments. Projects may also include upgrades to existing research infrastructure.
  • Amount: $20 million – $100 million
  • Deadline: December 18, 2023

 

CISE Community Research Infrastructure (CCRI)

  • The CRI program drives discovery and learning in the core CISE disciplines of the three participating CISE divisions by supporting the creation and enhancement of world-class research infrastructure that will support focused research agendas in computer and information science and engineering.
  • Award Ceiling: $5,000,000
  • Deadline for submission: September 13, 2024
  • 滨苍蹿辞谤尘补迟颈辞苍:听

 

Other Grants of Interest

NCI Research Specialist

  • Purpose: This notice of funding opportunity 聽(NOFO) invites grant applications for the Research Specialist Award (R50) in any area of NCI-funded cancer research. This NOFO is specifically targeted toward laboratory-based scientists.The Research Specialist Award is designed to encourage the development of stable research career opportunities for exceptional scientists who want to continue to pursue research within the context of an existing NCI-funded basic, translational, clinical, or population science cancer research program, but not serve as independent investigators. These non-tenure track scientists, such as researchers within a research program, are vital to sustaining the biomedical research enterprise.It is anticipated that only exceptional scientists who want to pursue research within the context of an existing NCI-funded cancer research program, but not serve as independent investigators, will be competitive for this award.
  • Application budgets may request the following two expenses in direct costs per year:
    • 1) salary support for the Research Specialist commensurate with their level of funded effort (not less than 聽6 person-months) on NCI-funded research grants during:
      • Federal Fiscal Year 2023 for a November 2023 submission
      • Federal Fiscal Year 2024 for a November 2024 submission
      • Federal Fiscal Year 2025 for a November 2025 submission
    • 2) travel costs to attend research meetings/conferences not to exceed $2,500 per year.
  • More Information: https://www.cancer.gov/grants-training/grants-funding/funding-opportunities/r50
  • Deadline: November 1, 2024