{"id":21763,"date":"2020-03-06T12:19:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T17:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-ashley.cms-devl.bu.edu\/researchsupport\/?p=21763"},"modified":"2020-03-06T12:19:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T17:19:49","slug":"funding-opportunity-nih-shared-instrumentation-grant-sig-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/id-demos.cms-devl.bu.edu\/bu-filtering\/2020\/03\/06\/funding-opportunity-nih-shared-instrumentation-grant-sig-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Opportunity: NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NIH <\/strong><strong>Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>URL: <\/strong><span>https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/pa-files\/PAR-19-179.html<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>OBJECTIVES<\/strong>: The 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 instruments or integrated systems. The minimum award is $50,000 of direct costs. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $600,000. Types of instruments supported include, but are not limited to: X-ray diffractometers, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance, spectrometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, electron and light microscopes, cell sorters, and biomedical imagers.<\/p>\n<p>The SIG Program will\u00a0not\u00a0support requests for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An instrument with a base cost of less than $50,000;<\/li>\n<li>Multiple instruments bundled together;<\/li>\n<li>Purely instructional equipment;<\/li>\n<li>Instruments used for clinical (billable) care;<\/li>\n<li>Institutional administrative management systems, clinical management systems;<\/li>\n<li>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;<\/li>\n<li>General purpose equipment or an assortment of instruments to furnish a research facility and equipment for routine sustaining infrastructure (such as standard machine shop equipment, standard computer networks, autoclaves, hoods, and equipment to upgrade animal facilities).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FUNDING INFORMATION<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> $50,000 to $600,000<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Multiple PDs\/PIs are not allowed under the S10 mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Note: <\/strong>The number of institutional submissions in not limited, however submissions must be scientifically distinct and must include an institutional support letter. Potential applicants must submit a proposal through InfoReady to ensure there is no overlap between proposals and to facilitate institutional support letters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested investigators should submit the following materials via <a href=\"https:\/\/bu.infoready4.com\/\">InfoReady Review<\/a> by <strong>DATE: 4\/10\/20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Questions outlined in InfoReady Review application;<\/li>\n<li>A letter of recommendation from the appropriate department chair or dean<\/li>\n<li>A brief statement (up to 2 pages) by the candidate describing their scientific achievements and proposed instrumentation including a description of the user base;<\/li>\n<li>A brief budget outline for the proposal<\/li>\n<li>Up-to-date CV or biosketch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A faculty committee drawn from both campuses will review internal proposals and select nominees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEADLINES:<\/strong><br \/>\nInternal Materials Due: Friday, April 10, 2020<br \/>\nSponsor Deadline: Monday, June 1, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEADLINE: APRIL 10, 2020. 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