Description
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)
The 2025 Institutional S10 Equipment Grant Usage Table can be downloaded from here.
IMPORTANT UPDATE
SIG S10 award increasing by $150K range is now: $50,000 - $750,000
HEI S10 award range is now: $750,001 - $2,000,000
- Notice of Changes to the PAR-22-080, Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (NOT-OD-23-121)
Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Notice of Changes to the PAR-22-079, High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (NOT-OD-23-122)
Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Major Research Instrumentation Program
Department of Defense (DoD)
- University Research Instrumentation Program
EXAMPLES from UCSF:
("Examples" are being updated - stay tuned)