LIMITED SUBMISSION: NIH PAR-24-326: Limited Competition: Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase a single piece of new, costly, specialized, commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system.
The minimum award is $25,000. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $350,000. Instruments supported include, but are not limited to, basic cell sorters, confocal microscopes, ultramicrotomes, gel imagers, or computer systems.
Deadlines and Key Dates
- Internal Date to Notify RCA of Intent to Submit: December 12, 2026 by 5 pm CST
- Internal Date to Submit RCA Pre-proposal (if needed): January 16, 2026 by 5 pm CST
- Full Proposal Due: June 1, 2026 by 5 pm CST
E-MAIL NOTIFICATIONS TO: ndsu.researchdev@ndsu.edu
Limited submission grant programs are those that indicate a limit on the number of proposals that may be submitted by an institution for a particular deadline. A selection process becomes necessary if more applicants express interest in applying than NDSU is allowed to submit to the grant program.