>SHARED INSTRUMENTATION GRANT PROGRAM (S10) > >http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-008.html > > >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. > >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. > >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. > >DEADLINE(S): January 31, 2013 (mandatory internal letters of intent due), >March 21, 2013 (full proposal due to NIH) > >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.