Multiple funding agencies offer grants to purchase instrumentation. The document linked here (UCSF MyAccess required) provides a comprehensive summary of the following instrumentation grants:
National Institute of Health (NIH)
- High-End Instrumentation (S10)
- Shared Instrumentation (S10)
- Shared Instrumentation for Animal Research (S10)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Major Research Instrumentation Program
Department of Defense (DoD)
- University Research Instrumentation Program