# High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/par-21-126-high-end-instrumentation-hei-grant-program-s10-clinical/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/331368

> National Institutes of Health offered grants of up to $2.0 million to nonprofits and colleges and universities. It expected to make about 25 awards worth $30.0 million in total. Applications closed on June 15, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | PAR-21-126 |
| Agency | National Institutes of Health |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 15, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $2.0 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 25 |
| Total funding | $30.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.351, 93.859 |

## Who can apply

- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

## What the grant funds

The High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-end, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated systems. The minimum award is $600,001. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $2,000,000. Instruments supported include, but are not limited to, biomedical imagers, high throughput robotic screening systems, X-ray diffractometers, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, electron and light microscopes, and cell sorters.

## Questions people ask

### Is PAR-21-126 still open?

No. It closed on June 15, 2021.

### Who can apply for High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)?

National Institutes of Health accepted applications from nonprofits and colleges and universities. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)?

Closed June 15, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $2.0 million each. About $30.0 million in total across about 25 awards.

### Who has been funded under PAR-21-126?

NIH RePORTER lists 46 projects funded under PAR-21-126 in fiscal 2022 to 2023, at 39 institutions. The most were at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr & Res Inst, University of California Berkeley, Vanderbilt University.

### Who has won Research Infrastructure Programs grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of California, Davis, Oregon Health & Science University, University of Washington. The program made 1,102 awards worth $1.4 billion in that time.