Funding-NIH High End Instrumentation and Required Information for Letter of Institutional Commitment; May 3, 2013

The NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) has announced the High-End Instrumentation Grant program for major research equipment costing at least $750,000.  ORIP intends to commit approximately $20 million in FY2014 to fund approximately 10-15 new awards. The NIH deadline is September 13, 2013.

Complete Program Announcement:  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-101.html

The guidelines require significant institutional support and the Office of the Vice President for Research must address these requests in a letter of institutional commitment.

Researchers interested in submitting a proposal to the High-End Instrumentation Grant program are asked to submit the following information electronically to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Friday, May 3, 2013:

· Name and department of PI

· Instrument requested and approximate cost

· Proposed user group (a minimum of 3 NIH-funded investigators is required)

· If the instrument is intended to be part of an existing service core (recharge center), identify which one; if a new recharge center is being proposed, provide proposed name and location

· A detailed financial plan for long-term operation and maintenance of the instrument.  Pertinent data on user charges, salaries of technical support personnel, maintenance contracts, instrument upgrades, shop charges and other expenses should be included. Specify the sources and amounts of additional needed funds.

· Letter from the PI’s Dean indicating support for the instrumentation and the value to the College’s strategic plan/mission.

Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663.)  Potential applicants can contact the Office of the Vice President for Research to discuss financial aspects of running a cost-recovery core facility if they need more information. 

To identify NIH-funded investigators, researchers may contact the Proposal Development Office (PDO@uky.edu) or search SPIFi, the database of UK funded projects (http://www.research.uky.edu/ospa/info/spifi.html).