At a glance
This program funds national or regional shared resources that provide state-of-the-art technologies, methods, expertise, equipment, software, or specialized research materials to a large number of investigators, typically more than 100. It is for established resources or new ones created by consolidating existing facilities, and it does not support synchrotron-based resources, stand-alone data repositories, or clinical biospecimen repositories. Eligible applicants include many kinds of U.S. organizations, including nonprofits, universities, governments, small businesses, and tribal organizations, but foreign organizations and foreign components are not eligible. There is no cost-sharing requirement, budgets are not limited but must fit the project, and awards may be requested for up to five years. Applicants must be domestic and the resource must provide open access, with priority for NIH-funded and other U.S.-based academic researchers and at least 75% of active instrument time dedicated to open access use.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages applications for support of resources that will provide access to state-of-the-art equipment, technologies, research tools, materials, organisms, software, and/or services to a substantial regional (multi-state) or national user base. Only those resources with technical capabilities that fall within the NIGMS-supported program areas are eligible for awards. The resources should already be established or may be formed through consolidation of existing local or regional facilities. The intent is to provide resource access to investigators without regard to the specific biomedical focus of their research, while not duplicating or replacing resources supported by sources such as other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) or host institutions. The resource is expected to be maintained or upgraded to current best practices, make its capabilities and availability known to the biomedical research community through a robust web presence and outreach activities, and provide user training and support.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments