Instructions for electronic submission: To apply for the Biomedical Research Facilities Program, please submit the materials requested below to this link no later than Friday, January 24, 2020 at 11:59 PM.
Budget: Application budget is not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. The maximum award budget is $8,000,000. Applications with budget less than $3,000,000 will not be considered. Since the scope of different projects will vary it is anticipated that the size of the awards will vary.
Award Project Period:
The total project period may not exceed five years. Funds will be provided in a single award with a 60-month budget and project period.
Architectural and engineering design fees are immediately available to applicants at the time of the Notice of Award (NoA); all other award funds are restricted until ORIP approves the design documents; upon the approval NIH will issue a revised NoA to release the restricted award funds.
Number of Applications: 1 application from WCM (not including Ithaca)
Program Description:
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites qualified academic institutions to apply for support to modernize existing or construct new biomedical research facilities. Applications will be accepted from public and nonprofit private institutions of higher education. Applications from both research-intensive institutions and Institutions of Emerging Excellence in biomedical research from all geographic regions in the nation are strongly encouraged.
NIH recognizes the importance of all institutions of higher learning in contributing to the nation’s research capacity. The goal of this FOA is to upgrade or create novel biomedical research infrastructure to strengthen biomedical research programs. The proposed project must serve the applicant-defined institution-wide biomedical research needs. Each project is expected to provide long-term improvements to the institutional research infrastructure. Targeted are the modernization of core facilities and the development of other infrastructure serving an institution-wide research community on a shared basis.
Eligibility
Research-intensive institutions and Institutions of Emerging Excellence in biomedical research are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application Requirements
WCM is limited to submitting 1 application. Due to this limitation an internal selection process will be coordinated. Margins should be no less than 1 inch and font no less than 11 pt.
- Letter of support from the Department Chair or high-ranking institutional official indicating institutional support for the research activities to be conducted in the new facility.
- Budget justification
- A project narrative of no more than 2 pages total describing the following:
- Overview of the project: Description of the space affected by the project and any equipment which is requested in this application.
- Scientific Justification: Explain how the project will increase the institution-wide biomedical research capabilities and capacities.
- Development of the Facility: Describe present technical specifications, details of the architectural and engineering design, and the proposed construction processes.
Submit the items listed above here no later than January 24, 2020, at 11:59 PM in the order listed as one PDF document using the naming convention: PI last name-first initial_2020-C06.pdf (see example below).
Example: Smith-J_2020-C06.pdf
Example: Smith-J_Biomed2020.pdf
- Basic Science
- Biochemistry/Biophysics
- Clinical Science
- Medicine
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology/Cell Biology
- Faculty
- Junior Faculty