Funds may be requested for equipment in the following cost brackets:
Small equipment: Items that cost $5,000 - $60,000
Award amount: Maximum award is $30,000, e.g., if a piece of equipment costs $40,000, you can request the maximum of $30,000.
- Equipment justification statement:
- Summary of science being supported (not longer than 1 page)
- Replacement vs new equipment
- Documentation of identified users and departments/divisions/programs
- Primary Investigator NIH bio-sketch
- Letter(s) of support for equipment purchase from collaborators
- Letter of support from Chairman or Division Chief with assurance that space is available
- Itemized quote for proposed equipment (fixed and recurring costs)
- Service contract included on initial purchase and plan for continuing service contract, if needed (this Equipment fund will not be available to fund service contracts except at the time of the initial purchase)
Large equipment: Items that cost more than $60,000
Award amount: 50 % with matching funds, e.g., if a piece of equipment costs $100,000, you can request $50,000.
In addition to the above content, please include the following:
- If applicant is an individual investigator, please include:
- Business plan for enabling access to users outside of home department/division/program
- If applicant is an individual investigator, partnering with an Institutional Core Facility, please include:
- Letter of support from the Core Director
- Business plan describing the management of the equipment (please note, if funded, the core will be the awardee)
- If applicant is a Departmental or Institutional Core, please include:
- Business plan describing the management of the equipment
- Rate calculation, if not in place.
- List actual/potential users across the enterprise, if available.
- Depreciation of capital equipment is not required; however, partial depreciation is highly encouraged (e.g., 20% of equipment cost over 5 years). Depreciation funds will be returned to REC equipment fund (50%) and to the department/division/program that provided the Cost Share (50%).