Opportunity Information: Apply for PAR 24 028
Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations (R24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) is an NIH grant opportunity (PAR-24-028) designed to help institutions modernize the day-to-day operational capabilities of existing shared-use biomedical research facilities. The focus is not on funding new research projects or clinical trials, but on strengthening the support functions that keep research moving efficiently across many labs and users. In practical terms, the program targets shared environments like laboratory core facilities, animal research facilities, and comparable centralized research spaces that provide services, standardized processes, and operational support to multiple investigators.
The core purpose of the award is to pay for modern equipment that improves research-related operations and increases efficiency, reliability, and capacity within these shared facilities. The emphasis is on equipment that enables the facility to function better as a shared resource, such as tools and systems that streamline workflows, improve throughput, standardize or automate routine processes, enhance scheduling or monitoring, improve sample handling logistics, reduce downtime, or otherwise strengthen the facility's operational backbone. The intent is to improve the auxiliary and enabling activities around biomedical research, meaning the infrastructure of operations that supports many research programs rather than a single investigator's scientific aims.
At the same time, the NOFO draws clear boundaries around what it will not support. It explicitly does not fund the purchase of scientific research instruments or their components, so this is not a mechanism for buying the primary instruments used to generate experimental data (or upgrading those instruments). It also does not support components of building-level infrastructure that only indirectly support research activities. In other words, it is meant for facility-level operational equipment that directly modernizes shared-use research-supporting operations, not for large-scale building systems or general construction-related infrastructure, and not for the core scientific instruments that would normally be justified as direct research equipment.
The funding mechanism is an R24 grant, and the opportunity is categorized as discretionary and within the NIH health funding area (CFDA 93.351 and 93.859). The listed award ceiling is $350,000. The original closing date provided in the source information is 2023-11-15, and the opportunity was created on 2023-10-12. While the notice references expected awards, that specific number is not provided in the supplied source data.
Eligibility is broad and includes a wide range of U.S.-based organizations and governmental entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other entities as allowed by NIH policy for this program. The NOFO also highlights additional eligible categories such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions.
Foreign involvement is tightly restricted. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and foreign institutions are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply. In addition, foreign components, as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed. This keeps the activity and the supported equipment squarely within allowable U.S.-based institutional and facility contexts.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a targeted modernization program for shared biomedical research facilities: it supports equipment that improves operational performance and shared-service efficiency, while excluding purchases that are primarily scientific instrumentation for conducting experiments or that function as general building infrastructure.Apply for PAR 24 028
- The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations (R24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.351, 93.859.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-10-12.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-11-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $350,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.
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FAQs: Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations (R24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (PAR-24-028)
What is this NIH funding opportunity?
This is an NIH grant opportunity titled "Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations (R24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)" with opportunity number PAR-24-028. It uses the R24 activity code and is intended to modernize the operational capabilities of existing shared-use biomedical research facilities.
What is the main purpose of the award?
The main purpose is to fund modern equipment that strengthens day-to-day research-related operations in shared-use facilities. The emphasis is on improving efficiency, reliability, capacity, and operational performance for a facility that serves multiple investigators or labs, rather than advancing a single research project.
What types of facilities does this program target?
The program targets shared environments that provide centralized services to multiple users, such as laboratory core facilities, animal research facilities, and comparable shared-use biomedical research spaces that support many investigators through standardized processes and operational services.
What does "shared-use" mean in this context?
"Shared-use" refers to facilities that function as centralized resources for multiple investigators, labs, or research groups. These facilities typically provide services, workflow support, standardized procedures, and operational infrastructure that enable multiple research programs to function more smoothly.
What kinds of equipment are intended to be supported?
The opportunity supports equipment that directly improves research-supporting operations in a shared facility. Examples described at a functional level include tools and systems that streamline workflows, increase throughput, standardize or automate routine processes, improve scheduling or monitoring, improve sample-handling logistics, reduce downtime, and strengthen the facility's operational backbone.
Is this funding meant to support new research projects?
No. The focus is not on funding new research projects. It is focused on modernizing the operational and enabling activities that support many research efforts across users.
Are clinical trials allowed under this opportunity?
No. The opportunity is explicitly labeled "Clinical Trials Not Allowed."
Does this grant fund scientific research instruments used to generate experimental data?
No. The NOFO explicitly does not fund the purchase of scientific research instruments or their components. It is not intended as a mechanism to buy the primary instruments used to generate experimental data, nor to upgrade those instruments.
Can this funding be used to upgrade or add components to primary scientific instruments?
No. The information provided states that scientific research instruments and their components are not supported, which includes upgrades or components tied to those primary data-generating instruments.
Will this program support building-level infrastructure or construction-related systems?
No. It does not support components of building-level infrastructure that only indirectly support research activities. The focus is on facility-level operational equipment that directly modernizes shared-use research-supporting operations, not large-scale building systems or general construction-related infrastructure.
What is meant by "research-related operations" in this program?
In this context, "research-related operations" means the auxiliary and enabling activities around biomedical research that keep shared facilities running efficiently. This includes operational processes and systems that support multiple investigators by improving workflow, reliability, capacity, monitoring, logistics, and similar shared-service functions.
What is the funding mechanism and agency?
The funding mechanism is an NIH R24 grant. The opportunity sits within the NIH health funding area and is described as discretionary.
What is the maximum award amount (ceiling) listed?
The listed award ceiling is $350,000.
When was this opportunity created and what closing date is listed?
The opportunity was created on 2023-10-12. The original closing date provided in the source information is 2023-11-15.
How many awards does NIH expect to make?
The notice references expected awards, but the specific number of expected awards is not provided in the supplied information.
What CFDA numbers are associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is associated with CFDA 93.351 and 93.859.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad and includes many U.S.-based organizations and governmental entities, including state governments; county governments; city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other entities as allowed by NIH policy for this program.
Are minority-serving institutions and similar organizations specifically included as eligible?
Yes. The NOFO highlights additional eligible categories such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs).
Are faith-based or community-based organizations eligible?
Yes. The NOFO indicates faith-based or community-based organizations are included among eligible categories.
Are federal agencies, regional organizations, or U.S. territories eligible?
Yes. The NOFO includes eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions among the eligible applicant categories.
Can a non-U.S. organization apply?
No. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and foreign institutions are not eligible to apply.
Can a U.S. organization apply if the work or equipment is for a non-U.S. component?
No. Non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply based on the information provided.
Are foreign components allowed in any form?
No. Foreign components (as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement) are not allowed under this opportunity.
What is the simplest way to think about what this grant does and does not fund?
This is a targeted modernization program for shared biomedical research facilities. It funds equipment that improves shared operational performance and efficiency across many users, while excluding purchases that are primarily scientific instrumentation for conducting experiments or that function as general building infrastructure.
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