NIH Instrumentation Grant Programs: FAS/SEAS Statement of Intent Deadline

Date: 

Monday, March 5, 2018 (All day)

NIH Instrumentation Grant Programs
FAS/SEAS Statement of Intent Deadline: March 5, 2018 by 5:00PM
Sponsor Deadline: May 31, 2018
Award Amount: Up to $2,000,000
Target Applicants: Groups of three or more PIs on active, distinct NIH research awards

The objective of the NIH Instrumentation Grant Programs is to make available to institutions expensive research instruments that can only be justified on a shared-use basis and that are needed for NIH-supported projects in basic, translational or clinical areas of biomedical and bio-behavioral research. The program provides funds to purchase or upgrade a single item of expensive, state-of-the-art, specialized, commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system. Open funding announcements include the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program ($50,000-$600,000), High End Instrumentation Grant Program ($600,001-$2,000,000), and Shared Instrumentation for Animal Research Grant Program ($50,000-$750,000).

While there is no restriction on the number of applications an institution can submit for these opportunities, there are restrictions on applications submitted for similar equipment from the same institution. In order to determine if there are any overlapping requests within Harvard, potential applicants from FAS and SEAS are asked to submit a brief statement of intent to Erin Hale at erin_hale@fas.harvard.edu no later than March 5, 2018.

The statement of intent should include the following:

  • PI Name
  • Brief description of the proposed instrument (one brief paragraph)
  • Major User group (three or more investigators who are Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) on three distinct active NIH research grants)
  • Proposed location of the instrument, if funded