The Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-priced, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated instrumentation system. The minimum award is $50,000. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $750,000. Instruments supported include, but are not limited to: light microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, flow cytometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, and X-ray diffractometers.
For this S10 opportunity, there is no limit on the number of applications an institution may submit. However, NIH will not accept duplicate or highly overlapping applications under review at the same time. For this reason, interested applicants can reach out to sohini.sengupta@duke.edu of OCRD as early as possible with the name of their instruments to minimize/prevent duplicate or overlapping applications being submitted.
Deadlines:
- Application Due Date: June 2, 2025; June 1, 2026; June 1, 2027
PAR-24-265 Expiration Date June 02, 2027
There is no restriction on the number of applications an institution (as identified by a specific UEI number) can submit to the SIG and/or High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Programs each year, provided the applications request different types of equipment. However, only one application to the Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program is allowed per receipt date. Concurrent SIG, HEI or BIG applications for the same instrument (or the same type of instrument with added special accessories – for example, to meet the HEI budget requirement) are not allowed unless documentation from a high-level institutional official is provided, stating that this is not an unintended duplication, but part of a campus-wide instrumentation plan. Applicants are advised to discuss with the SIG Scientific/Research Contact (Section VII) potential duplicates before submitting two applications for the same type of instrument.
A single application requesting more than one type of instrument (for example, a mass spectrometer and a confocal microscope) is not responsive to this FOA and will not be reviewed.
Applications will be accepted that request a single, commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system. The minimum award is $50,000. There is no upper limit on the cost of the instrument, but the maximum award is $750,000. Since the cost of each instrument varies, it is anticipated that the amount of the award will also vary. S10 awards do not allow indirect costs.
It is expected that applicants will employ the most economical approaches, including securing academic discounts, to formulate a cost-effective budget while meeting users' scientific needs.See Section IV. 6. Funding Restrictions Funding Restrictions for additional details.