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National Center for Research Resources (NCRR): Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10) PAR-09-028

Internal Competition Completed

Principal Investigators Selected:

• Jonathan Art, Associate Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology, College of Medicine
• Marcelo G. Bonini, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, College of Medicine
• Wonhwa Cho (2 proposals), Professor, Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Xiaoping Du, Professor, Pharmacology, College of Medicine
• David Geenen, Assistant Professor, Cardiology, College of Medicine
• Richard Gemeinhart, Associate Professor, Biopharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
• Jie Liang, Professor, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
• Xianghong Luan (2 proposals), Assistant Professor, Oral Biology, College of Dentistry
• Jose Oberholzer, Associate Professor, Surgery, College of Medicine
• Jimmy Orjala, Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy 
• Jasti Rao (2 proposals), Professor, Program Director, and Head, Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, College of Medicine - Peoria Campus
• Bernard Santarsiero, Research Professor, Center for Biopharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy
• Alexander Schilling, Director, Proteomics and Informatics Services Facility, RRC
• Alexander Zagariya, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, College of Medicine
• Xiaofeng Zhou, Assistant Professor, Center for Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases, College of Dentistry

Program Summary

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to continue the competitive National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program initiated in Fiscal Year 1982.   Results of the most recent study, “The National Survey of Academic Research Instruments and Instrumentation,” published in 1997 identified bioanalytical equipment of the type provided through this Program as the top most priority.  The objective of the program is to make available to institutions expensive research instruments that can only be justified on a shared-use basis and for which meritorious research projects are described.  The SIG Program provides a cost-effective mechanism for groups of NIH-supported investigators to obtain commercially-available, technologically sophisticated equipment costing more than $100,000.

This program is designed to provide for the acquisition or updating of expensive shared-use instrumentation not generally available through other NIH mechanisms, such as the regular research project, program project, or center grant programs. Proposals for research on advancing the design or for the development of new instrumentation will not be considered.
Types of instrumentation supported include, but are not limited to, nuclear magnetic resonance systems, electron and confocal microscopes, mass spectrometers, protein and DNA sequencers, biosensors, x-ray diffractometers and cell sorters. Support will not be provided for general purpose equipment or purely instructional equipment, personal computers, personal workstations, printers, and Ethernet interfaces. Proposals for "stand alone" computer systems will only be considered if the instrument is solely dedicated to the research needs of a broad community of NIH-supported investigators.

For purpose 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.
UIC is not limited to the number of applications as long as the applications are for different types of equipment.

Additional Information 
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-028.html

Deadlines

Letter of Intent

1. By submitting this form, applicant attests that s/he has read and meets the sponsor's eligibility criteria for this program.  The LOI can be emailed to RDS@uic.edu, Attn: Chang Lee.
2. OVCR may reserve submission slots for previously submitted but unfunded proposals that received highly competitive ratings from the external sponsor.    These will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Vice Chancellor.  For consideration, scanned copies of your complete reviews (not just summary) must be included with LOI.

LOI form: http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/funding/forms/0600.doc

Depending upon the number of LOIs submitted, OVCR might be required to facilitate an internal peer review process to select UIC’s submission(s) to this program.  White paper instructions will be issued to those submitting LOIs, if necessary.    

Please contact Chang Lee at clee10@uic.edu or 6-1961 with any questions.

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