Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations (NIH PAR-24-259)

Sponsor: NIH
Internal Deadline: 08/19/2024
Institutional Submission Limit: 1
Sponsor Deadline: 09/25/2024
Program Website

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) provides funding support to purchase the latest scientific equipment that will enhance and modernize research-supporting operations of existing shared biomedical research facilities. Targeted are laboratory research core facilities, animal research facilities, and other similar shared-use research spaces. The goal of this NOFO is to strengthen research-auxiliary activities of biomedical research facilities and to enhance the efficiency of their operations.
 
The NOFO does not support the purchase of scientific research instruments that acquire experimental data or any other instrument directly involved in experimental processes that lead to data collection, nor components of building-level infrastructure equipment that indirectly support research activities. See guidelines for details.
 
Internal deadline (details below):
   1.  Email of intent by 9am Thursday August 15th
   2.  Internal application due 5pm August 19th
NIH deadline: September 25, 2024

Program Eligibility note: Only one application per institution (normally identified by having a unique entity identifier (UEI) or NIH IPF number) is allowed. An institution that received an award under this NOFO in the immediate past fiscal year is not eligible to apply for this NOFO unless the previous award has been fully closed out by the date of submission. Specifically, an institution that received an award under PAR-24-028 is not eligible to apply for this NOFO for the September 25, 2024 due date. In other words, only one active equipment award is permitted at a time. 

 

Submission Process

Limited submissions MUST be coordinated with the Office of the Vice President for Research.

If interested in applying for this opportunity

1. By 9am Thursday August 15th, email a simple message to resdev@mailbox.sc.edu indicating your interest in applying (need only PI/co-Is name(s), department(s), with subject line or note indicating this grant NIH PAR-24-259/Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities)
   
   
2. By 5pm on Monday August 19th please prepare and email the following as a single PDF to resdev@mailbox.sc.edu:

• Cover page stating grant program: NIH PAR-24-259, your project title, PI (name, department/unit, & email), and list of co-PIs/key collaborators (name & department/unit)
• a two-page project abstract addressing key components/criteria for this specific grant program (see below)
• a 2-3 page CV/biosketch for the PI (SCiENcv preferred)

The internal application must address the following related items (from NOFO):

• how the proposal equipment will benefit the larger biomedical research enterprise at the applicant institution and represent a technological step forward.
• demonstrate that the request for the equipment is driven by the demands of active areas of biomedical research at the institution.
• how the requested equipment will enable new and advanced capabilities, offer innovative technological solutions, or enhance support operations, as well as benefit the user community and multiple research projects of many investigators.