Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is announcing the restructured Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program, which consolidates three existing shared-use instrumentation programs. The program invites applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single state-of-the-art commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system. The instruments purchased through the SIG Program are required to be optimally shared among the users to ensure efficient and cost-effective research operations, enable rigorous and reproducible measurements, and encourage collaborative research and benefit broad research communities at large. The minimum award is $300,000, and the maximum award is $5,000,000.
Key aspects of the program include:
* The program aims to support research infrastructure and related research resource programs.
* The program requires cost sharing for premium instruments or special use instruments.
* The program has specific requirements for reporting, including annual progress reports and a final report.
* The program has a specific timeline, with applications due on July 27, 2026, and subsequent due dates in July of each year.