PAR-24-265: Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Closed
This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-27-022). Status: Due dates in the notice, expires July 1, 2028. It is in our archive of National Institutes of Health notices from 2024.
National Institutes of Health offered grants to nonprofits and colleges and universities. Applications closed on July 16, 2026.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed July 15, 2026. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award amountsNot given on Grants.gov
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeGrant
About this NIH notice
- Activity codeS10
- Clinical trialsNot allowed
- Funded byOD
- Median yearly award$522,056
- Typical project length1 year
- S10, Shared Instrumentation Grant. Expensive research instruments shared by several NIH-funded investigators. Other open S10 notices.
Projects funded under PAR-24-265 were run by NIH Office of the Director (OD, 68 projects). Contact the program officer at the institute that fits your project before you apply; the notice lists them.
Application due dates, page limits and budget limits are set in the notice. Read PAR-24-265 in the NIH Guide.
Other notices with this title
| Notice | Posted | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAR-27-022 | June 25, 2026 | Due dates in the notice, expires July 1, 2028 | Open |
| PAR-22-080 | January 7, 2022 | Closed June 3, 2024 | Closed |
| PAR-21-127 | February 8, 2021 | Closed June 15, 2021 | Closed |
Key dates
| Posted | October 29, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | July 16, 2026 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | August 15, 2026 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.
- 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) ; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) 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.
Is this a realistic fit?
- Most of the money in the 6 programs behind this notice (75% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
The Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-priced, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated instrumentation system. The minimum award is $50,000. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $750,000. Instruments supported include, but are not limited to: light microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, flow cytometers, DNA and protein sequencers, biosensors, and X-ray diffractometers.
Funded under PAR-24-265 so far
NIH funded 68 projects under PAR-24-265 in fiscal 2026, at 42 institutions. The median yearly award was $522,056.
| Project | Institution | Fiscal year | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biacore 1S+ Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument | UT Southwestern Medical Center | 2026 | $471,712 |
| High-Throughput Automated Patch Clamp Instrument | University of Maryland Baltimore | 2026 | $750,000 |
| Equipment Upgrade for a 7T Preclinical MRI Scanner at UC Davis | University of California at Davis | 2026 | $703,623 |
| Application for a 120kV TEM for the Center for Advanced Microscopy | Northwestern University | 2026 | $607,409 |
| Dual laser scanning ophthalmoscope and optical coherence tomography scanner with adaptive optics | Washington University | 2026 | $606,434 |
| Oxford Nanospore Technologies PromethlON 24 for long-read sequencing and direct nucleic acid modification detection | Ohio State University | 2026 | $433,700 |
| Pannoramic 250 Flash III Digital Scanner | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | 2026 | $395,745 |
| 500MHz NMR Console and Probe | University of California Los Angeles | 2026 | $731,708 |
Who has won Aging Research grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Aging Research (93.866) awarded $19 billion across 11,026 grant awards, an average of $1.7 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco | California | 337 | $575 million |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | 242 | $574 million |
| University of Southern California | California | 203 | $572 million |
| The Washington University | Missouri | 210 | $556 million |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | 232 | $538 million |
Who has won Biomedical Research and Research Training grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Biomedical Research and Research Training (93.859) awarded $15 billion across 11,631 grant awards, an average of $1.3 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Leland Stanford Junior University | California | 186 | $290 million |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | 226 | $268 million |
| University of California, San Diego | California | 198 | $264 million |
| Yale Univ | Connecticut | 195 | $250 million |
| University of Wisconsin System | Wisconsin | 169 | $241 million |
Who has won Mental Health Research Grants grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Mental Health Research Grants (93.242) awarded $8.8 billion across 6,785 grant awards, an average of $1.3 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Univ | Connecticut | 185 | $371 million |
| University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | Pennsylvania | 200 | $297 million |
| University of California, Los Angeles | California | 176 | $234 million |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York | 144 | $212 million |
| The Washington University | Missouri | 149 | $211 million |
Other programs behind this notice
- Vision Research
- Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health
- Research Infrastructure Programs
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, PAR-27-022, which is open now.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is PAR-24-265 still open?
No. It closed on July 16, 2026. A newer notice is open: PAR-27-022, due dates in the notice, expires July 1, 2028.
Who can apply for Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) 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 Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)?
Closed July 16, 2026. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.
Who has been funded under PAR-24-265?
NIH RePORTER lists 68 projects funded under PAR-24-265 in fiscal 2026, at 42 institutions. The most were at Yale University, University of Maryland Baltimore, Northwestern University.
Who has won Mental Health Research Grants grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Yale Univ, University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of California, Los Angeles. The program made 6,785 awards worth $8.8 billion in that time.
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