NIH/NCRR Shared Instrumentation Grant
(PAR 09-028)
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National Center for Research Resources
Program Announcement
NIH website
Deadline: March 23, 2009 via grants.gov
**Reminder--internal deadline policy--you must be ready to submit your application by March 16, 2009 (5 working days prior to the sponsors' deadline) to your institutional representative (ie., RPM, ERA, OSR).
RPM department assignments:
Unlimited #'s of applicants permitted . No internal
selection process is required.**
Per guideliness:
*There is no restriction on the number of applications an institution can submit to the SIG program each year provided the applications request different types of equipment.
However, if two or more applications are submitted for similar equipment (for example, two 600 MHz NMR spectrometers) from the same institution, documentation from a high level institutional official must be provided stating that this is not an unintended duplication, but part of a campus wide institutional plan**. An application requesting more than one type of instrumentation will not be considered responsive to this announcement and will be returned without review."
**Required for faculty in ALL schools:
In order to keep track of possible duplicate instrumentation requests, please send the type of instrumentation you plan to propose to: Jeanne Heschele jheschele@stanford.edu by March 2, 2009.
The objective of the program is to make available to institutions expensive research instruments that can only be justified on a shared-use basis and for which meritorious research projects are described. The SIG Program provides a cost-effective mechanism for groups of NIH-supported investigators to obtain commercially available, technologically sophisticated equipment costing more than $100,000. The maximum award is $500,000.
This program is designed to provide for the acquisition or updating of expensive shared-use instrumentation not generally available through other NIH mechanisms, such as the regular research project, program project, or center grant programs. Proposals for research on advancing the design or for the development of new instrumentation will not be considered.
Types of instrumentation supported include, but are not limited to:
confocal and electron microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, DNA sequencers, biosensors, cell sorters, X-ray diffraction systems, and NMR spectrometers. Support will not be provided for general purpose equipment or purely instructional equipment, personal computers, personal workstations, printers, and Ethernet interfaces.Proposals for "stand alone" computer systems will only be considered if the instrument is solely dedicated to the research needs of a broad community of NIH-supported investigators.
- Stanford faculty with PI eligibility
- For purpose of eligibility, a major user group of three or more investigators must be identified. A minimum of three major users must be Principal Investigators on NIH peer reviewed research grants at the time of the application and award. For purposes of this program, research grants are defined as those grants awarded with the following activity codes: P01, R01, U01, R35, R37, DP1, and DP2. The PI need not be an NIH grantee. Note: the PI does not have to be an NIH grantee.
- The application should also show a clear need for the instrumentation by projects supported by multiple NIH peer review research grants (including, but not limited to those listed above) and demonstrate that these projects will require at least 75 percent of the total usage of the instrument. Major users can be individual researchers, or a group of investigators within the same department or from several departments at the applicant institution. NIH extramural awardees from other nearby institutions may also be included.
- If the major user group does not require total usage of the instrument, access to the instrument should be made available to other users upon the advice of the internal advisory committee. These users need not be NIH awardees, but priority should be given to NIH-supported scientists engaged in biomedical/behavioral research. To promote cost effectiveness, to encourage optimal sharing among individual investigators, research groups and departments, and to foster a collaborative multidisciplinary environment, the instrument should be integrated into a central core facility, whenever possible.
Mechanism of Support/Amount of funding
This RFA will use the SIG mechanism (S10). SIG provides support for expensive state-of-the-art instrumentation utilized in both basic and clinical research. Applications are limited to instruments that cost at least $100,000 per instrument or integrated instrument system. There is no upper limit to the cost of the instrument, but the maximum award is $500,000.
Since the nature and scope of the instruments that may be requested will vary, it is anticipated that the size of an award will vary also. Awards will be made for the direct costs only.
The institution must meet those costs (not covered in the normal purchase price) required to place the instrumentation in operational order as well as the maintenance, support personnel, and service costs associated with maximum utilization of the instrument.
Grants will be awarded for a period of one year and are not renewable. Supplemental applications will not be accepted.
The program does not provide facilities and administrative (F&A) costs or support for construction or alterations and renovations Matching funds are not required However, commitment of an appropriate level of institutional support to ensure the associate infrastructure is expected (building alterations, or renovations, post-award service contracts and technical personnel). If the amount of funds requested does not cover the total cost of the instrument, the application should describe the proposed source(s) of funding for the balance of the cost of the instrument. Documentation of the availability of the remainder of funding, signed by an appropriate institutional official, must be presented to NCRR prior to issuance of award.
Principal Investigator/Advisory Committee (highlights from program
announcement)
Each applicant institution must propose a Principal Investigator who can assume administrative/scientific oversight responsibility for the instrumentation requested.
The PI need not be an NIH grantee.
An internal advisory committee must be named to assist the Principal Investigator in administering the grant and overseeing the responsibility for the instrument. The membership of this committee should be broadly based and include members without a conflict of interest who can resolve disputes if they arise. The Principal Investigator and the advisory committee are responsible for the development of guidelines for:
For maximum utilization of the instrument, including time allocation.
A detailed plan for the day-to-day management and safe operation of the instrument.
If appropriate, a plan to ensure that access to the instrument is limited to users whose projects have received approval by institutional human subjects, animal welfare or biosafety committees.
A financial plan for the long term operation and maintenance of the instrument during the post award period.
The relocation of the instrument within the institution if the major user group is significantly altered.
