Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program
Funds a shared, state-of-the-art research instrument or system, from $300,000 up to $5,000,000, consolidating three older instrumentation programs.
NIH used to run three separate shared-use instrumentation programs — the Shared Instrumentation Grant, the High-End Instrumentation Grant, and the Basic Instrumentation Grant. This notice folds all three into one.
What it buys is a single state-of-the-art, commercially available research instrument, or an integrated instrumentation system, for a group of NIH-supported investigators rather than on…
Purchase or upgrade of a single state-of-the-art, commercially available research instrument or integrated instrumentation system for groups of NIH-supported investigators, optimally shared to ensure efficient, cost-effective, reproducible research. Cost sharing applies to premium or special-use instruments.
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