The NIH has posted information for the 2022 S10 Shared and High-End Instrumentation Grants programs:
- Shared Instrumentation Grant Program – The SIG Program funds grant awards in the $50,000 to $600,000 range.
- High-End Instrumentation Grant Program – The HEI Program funds grant awards in the $600,001 to $2,000,000 range.
Both programs have an NIH submission deadline of June 1, 2022.
Submission of an S10 proposal to the NIH requires institutional preapproval. For all VU faculty, including those in the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences (VBS), approval is obtained by submitting a pre-proposal to the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) via the S10 VU REDCap survey. The deadline for submission of pre-proposals is April 1, 2022. The pre-proposal process is fairly involved. Please do not wait until the last minute to compile the needed information and documents.
Note that a number of the materials required for the pre-proposal will be part of the full proposal and will therefore not need to be completed again. Note also that the vast majority of fully completed pre-proposals are approved to move forward in the selection process and are ultimately submitted to the NIH as full proposals. There is a complete SOP which contains guidelines and requirements for submitting an S10 proposal, which can be found in the VBS S10 SOP. It is critical that you read this SOP carefully before attempting to complete the S10 VU REDCap Survey.
Pre-proposals must be submitted NO LATER than Friday, April 1, 2022. This ensures both adequate time for consideration by the offices of the dean and vice provost and for subsequent preparation of full proposals in time for the June 1 NIH submission deadline.
If investigators in Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences have any questions, they should contact Chuck Sanders at chuck.sanders@vanderbilt.edu. Investigators in other VU colleges/schools should contact Susannah Acuff Imhoff at susannah.a.imhoff@vanderbilt.edu.
*NOTE: VUMC PIs wishing to submit proposals, please DO NOT use the VU guidelines or the VU S10 REDCap survey. VUMC has a separate S10 process and set of guidelines that can be found on the VUMC S10 Internal Proposal Form. Please contact Amy Martinez at amy.f.martinez@vumc.org in the VUMC Office of Research with any questions about the VUMC S10 program.