Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)

Examples of interest areas that ORIP may consider include:

• Support of alterations and renovations (A&R) of research facilities
• Purchase of instrument(s)/equipment critical for biomedical research
• Importation costs of a special collection to an ORIP supported repository

Principal Investigators are encouraged to speak to their eRA assigned Program Official before applying to discuss eligibility, need for the supplement, availability of funds, and application procedures.

General Inquiries:

Division of Comparative Medicine

[email protected]

• ORIP’s high-priority thematic areas for conferences and meetings are: 
  • Developing model resources to advance the study of human diseases 
  • Innovating cross-disciplinary research training in model systems 
• ORIP will only support research meetings that are held at domestic sites.
• For models-oriented conferences and meetings, proposals must be applicable to the research interests of two or more categorical NIH Institutes/Centers (ICs). 
  • Applications focused on a specific disease or category of research will not be accepted and should be proposed to the appropriate categorical IC of the NIH. 
  • Applications proposing conferences or scientific meetings that are predominantly of interest to one NIH IC and only peripherally of interest to other NIH ICs are not acceptable.
• For training-oriented conferences and meetings, applications with a primary focus on cross-disciplinary research training in model systems for early-career scientists will receive priority for consideration.

• Grants awarded by ORIP generally support only a portion of the entire cost of a conference or meeting. 
• ORIP typically provides nominal support between $5K and $10K for conferences or meetings.
• ORIP will consider support up to $75K only in highly compelling cases.
• Other ICOs may co-fund awards by ORIP for conferences or meetings above the support provided by ORIP.

• Applications can be submitted for any of the NIH standard due dates for R13 applications.

• ORIP typically accepts applications for up to 2 years of support across all areas of ORIP’s mission.
• ORIP will consider applications for up to 5 years of support only in highly compelling cases.

Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
Email: [email protected]

ORIP supports research projects to develop technology including, but not limited to, the following: 

• Create, characterize, or improve models of human disease; and develop new approach methodologies (NAMs) to complement or reduce the use of animal models in research. 
• Preservation, revival and monitoring of cells, tissue, organs or gametes from model systems. 
• Validate research models to enhance the rigor and reproducibility of pre-clinical studies. 
• Devices and technologies required for development and maintenance of conventional and NAM biological model systems, including those for advancing the care, welfare, housing, and management of these models; or sensor and monitoring technologies for the surveillance of models or environmental factors that lead to improved rigor and reproducibility for studies using these models.

General Inquiries:

ORIP Small Business

[email protected]