ARRA OPP #5: Core Facility Repair & Improvement

Recovery Act Limited Competition: Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement (G20)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-007.html

Application Due Date(s): September 17, 2009

This FOA issued by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, solicits applications from institutions that propose to renovate, repair, or improve core facilities.  For the purpose of this FOA, a core facility is defined as a centralized shared resource that provides access to instruments or technologies or services, as well as expert consultation to investigators supported by the core.  The major objective of this FOA is to upgrade core facilities to support the conduct of PHS supported biomedical and/or behavioral research.  Support can be requested to alter and renovate (A&R) the core facility as well as to improve the general equipment in the core facility or to purchase general equipment for specialized groups of researchers.

Budgets for direct costs between $1M and $10M may be requested.  The budget may include a request for general purpose equipment, for alteration and renovation funds, or both.  The total project period for an award made in response to this FOA may not exceed five years.

Each institution is expected to submit no more than two applications under this FOA. Each application must be distinct. For this reason, please e-mail your

expressed interest in responding to this FOA to dlovrov@tulane.edu no later than Monday, March 23, 2009.