At a glance
The Shared Instrumentation Grant Program funds a single expensive, commercially available research instrument or integrated system for shared use in NIH-supported biomedical or biobehavioral research. Eligible applicants include U.S. higher education institutions and certain nonprofit and other organizations, but foreign organizations and foreign components are not eligible to apply. Awards are one year only, with a minimum of $50,000 and a maximum of $750,000, and indirect costs are not allowed. No cost sharing is required. Applications must request only one type of instrument, and the proposal must have at least three Major Users with substantial need for the instrument.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-priced, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated instrumentation system. The minimum award is $50,000. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $750,000. Instruments supported include, but are not limited to: light microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, flow cytometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, and X-ray diffractometers.
Who can apply
- 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