April 26, 2023
- January 7, 2022 - High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). See NOFO PAR-22-079.
Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Purpose
The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of change to PAR-22-079, “High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)”, the minimum award budget has been changed $600,001 to $750,001, beginning with the June 1, 2023 application due date.
The following sections of PAR-22-079 - High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) have been modified.
Currently Reads:
Part 1. Overview Information
Funding Opportunity Purpose
The High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-end, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated systems. The minimum award is $600,001. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $2,000,000. Instruments supported include, but are not limited to, X-ray diffractometers, high throughput robotic screening systems, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, electron and light microscopes, flow cytometers, and biomedical imagers.
Part 2. Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
The HEI Program will not support requests for:
- An instrument with a base cost of less than $600,001.
- Multiple instruments bundled together.
- Purely instructional equipment other than under the conditions of SUI – see Section III.3.
- Instruments that are not commercially available and do not have a manufacturer warranty.
- Institutional administrative management systems or clinical management systems.
- Instruments to be used for clinical (billable) care, other than under the conditions of SUI – see Section III.3.
- Software, unless it is integrated in the operation of the instrument and/or necessary for the generation of high-quality output experimental data from the instrument.
- Additional stand-alone workstations for data processing, licenses, and duplicate software items.
- General purpose equipment (such as standard machine shop equipment), instruments to furnish a research facility (such as autoclaves, hoods, equipment to upgrade animal facilities), and equipment for routine sustaining infrastructure (such as standard computer networks or data storage systems).
- Disposable devices, office furniture, and supplies.
- Alteration or renovation of space to house the instruments.
Part 2. Section II. Award Information
Award Budget
Applications will be accepted that request a single, commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system. The minimum award is $600,001. There is no upper limit on the cost of the instrument, but the maximum award is $2,000,000. Since the cost of the various instruments will vary, it is anticipated that the amount of the award will also vary. S10 awards do not allow indirect costs.
Modified to Read (changes shown in bold italics):
Part 1. Overview Information
Funding Opportunity Purpose
The High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-end, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated systems. The minimum award is $750,001. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $2,000,000. Instruments supported include, but are not limited to, X-ray diffractometers, high throughput robotic screening systems, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, electron and light microscopes, flow cytometers, and biomedical imagers.
Part 2. Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
The HEI Program will not support requests for:
- An instrument with a base cost of less than $750,001.
- Multiple instruments bundled together.
- Purely instructional equipment other than under the conditions of SUI – see Section III.3.
- Instruments that are not commercially available and do not have a manufacturer warranty.
- Institutional administrative management systems or clinical management systems.
- Instruments to be used for clinical (billable) care, other than under the conditions of SUI – see Section III.3.
- Software, unless it is integrated in the operation of the instrument and/or necessary for the generation of high-quality output experimental data from the instrument.
- Additional stand-alone workstations for data processing, licenses, and duplicate software items.
- General purpose equipment (such as standard machine shop equipment), instruments to furnish a research facility (such as autoclaves, hoods, equipment to upgrade animal facilities), and equipment for routine sustaining infrastructure (such as standard computer networks or data storage systems).
- Disposable devices, office furniture, and supplies.
- Alteration or renovation of space to house the instruments.
Part 2. Section II. Award Information
Award Budget
Applications will be accepted that request a single, commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system. The minimum award is $750,001. There is no upper limit on the cost of the instrument, but the maximum award is $2,000,000. Since the cost of the various instruments will vary, it is anticipated that the amount of the award will also vary. S10 awards do not allow indirect costs.
Xiang-Ning Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
National Institute of Health
Telephone: 301-435-1744
Email: xiang-ning.li@nih.gov
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