>SHARED INSTRUMENTATION GRANT PROGRAM (S10)
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>http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-008.html
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>PROGRAM SYNOPSIS: 
>Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program encourages applications from groups
>of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of
>expensive, specialized, commercially available instrumentation or an
>integrated system that costs at least $100,000. The maximum award is
>$600,000. Types of instruments 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 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometers
>among others.
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>For eligibility, a major user group of three or more investigators who
>are Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) on active NIH research
>grants with the following activity codes, P01, R01, U01, R35, R37, DPI
>and DP2 must be identified. Once this eligibility requirement has been
>met, additional users with other types of active NIH research grants
>(such as but not limited to R03, R21, R55, P30, P41, P50) mechanisms can
>be added as major or minor users. NIH training grants and contracts are
>not eligible. To demonstrate the clear need for the requested
>instrumentation, the projects supported by NIH research grants should
>together require at least 75 percent of instrument time. The major user
>group should require at least 35 percent of total usage time.
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>Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided
>that each application is scientifically distinct. Thus, this is a limited
>submission initiative at NU and there is an internal vetting process for
>this program. Investigators interested in submitting a proposal to NIH
>are required to follow the instructions in the attached document. No
>proposal will be submitted by OSR that has not followed these procedures.
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>DEADLINE(S): January 31, 2013 (mandatory internal letters of intent due),
>March 21, 2013 (full proposal due to NIH)
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>COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES:
>The Office of Research Development offers assistance in identifying and
>facilitating collaborations, putting together interdisciplinary teams,
>programmatic and administrative development of large, cross-school
>proposals, and leveraging institutional resources for outreach and
>education. Contact Fruma Yehiely ([log in to unmask]), Director of
>ORD, for more information.