High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Program (PAR-09-118)
· Purpose. The NCRR High-End Instrumentation Grant (HEI)
Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to
purchase a single major item of equipment to be used for biomedical research
that costs at least $600,000. There is no upper limit on the cost of the
instrument, but the maximum award is $8 million. Additionally, it is expected
that the funds will be expended expeditiously, within 18 to 24 months from the
date of the award. Instruments in this category include, but are not limited to,
structural and functional imaging systems, macromolecular NMR spectrometers,
high-resolution mass spectrometers, cryoelectron microscopes and
supercomputers.
Note: Applications submitted for equipment under PAR-09-028 cannot also
be submitted under this RFA.
· Letter of Intent Submission/Receipt Date. April 6, 2009 (not
required and not binding).
· Application Submission/Receipt Date. May 6, 2009.
· Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. The NCRR
intends to commit approximately $160 million in FY 2010 to fund approximately 40
new awards.
· Budget and Project Period. Awards are for one year and for
direct costs only. Cost sharing is not required.
· Eligible Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs).
Eligible principal investigators include any technically qualified research
scientist. To be eligible to apply, three or more NIH-funded investigators
(principal investigators of active P01, R01, U01, R35, R37, DP1 or DP2 research
grants) who will be users of the requested instruments must be identified.
· Number of PDs/PIs. Multiple PDs/PIs are not allowed.
· User Group. For purposes of eligibility, a major user group
of three or more investigators must be identified. A minimum of three major
users must be principal investigators on NIH peer-reviewed research grants at
the time of the application and award. For purposes of this program, research
grants are defined as those grants awarded with the following activity codes:
P01, R01, U01, R35, R37, DP1 and DP2. The application should also show a clear
need for the instrumentation by projects supported by multiple NIH peer-reviewed
research grants (including, but not limited to, those listed above) and
demonstrate that these projects will require at least 75 percent of the total
usage of the instrument. Major users can be individual researchers, or a group
of investigators within the same department or from several departments at the
applicant institution. NIH extramural awardees from other nearby institutions
may also be included.
· Number of Applications. There is no limit on the number of
applications an institution may submit, provided the applications are for
substantially different types of equipment. If you plan to submit an
application, please check back to this site in a couple of days for a link to a
survey. We will use the survey data to facilitate the submission of
nonduplicative applications.
· Resubmissions. Applicants may submit a resubmission
application, but such application must include an introduction addressing the
previous peer-reviewed critique (Summary Statement). See new NIH policy on
resubmission (amended) applications
NOT-OD-09-003
and
NOT-OD-09-016.
· Renewals. Renewal (formerly “competing continuation” or “Type
2”) applications are not permitted.
· Review
Criteria. Enhanced
Review Criteria will be used.
Please click here for the full program announcement.