An institution that has received NCBiotech equipment grant funding within the past two years is ineligible to receive an IIG award for the purchase of similar equipment. 

A university research administrator must document the impact that the equipment will have on the university research infrastructure and in the local life sciences community in a required letter of support (see page 11 of the guidelines). 

The proposal must list the intended major users of the equipment along with an explanation of how the requested instrument will advance their projects’ research objectives. Major users may have university, industry, or government research affiliations within or outside of the PI’s institution. The number of major users who must be identified is dependent upon the size of the university or research institution. Requests from Duke University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest University (including WFU Health Sciences and WFIRM) require at least SIX major users.