American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus Package)

National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Initiatives
which may be of interest to NIAMS investigators

Updated March 25, 2009

Enabling RPGs to Leverage NCRR Center and Center-like Programs

The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with active R01 and other investigator-initiated awards to submit revision applications (formerly termed competitive supplements) to leverage the resources, expertise, and infrastructure of the NCRR Centers and Center-like Programs through significant expansion of the scope or research protocol of approved and funded projects. Support for these revision applications will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("Recovery Act" or "ARRA"), Public Law 111-5. Please see www.ncrr.nih.gov/recovery/revisions/details for further information.

Shared Instrumentation and Research Facilities Improvement

Under ARRA, NCRR will administer up to $1.3 billion in federal grants through the following funding opportunities:

Core Facility Renovation, Repair and Improvement (G20), RFA-RR-09-007. This funding opportunity is designed to upgrade extramural core facilities to support biomedical and/or behavioral research. See Full Announcement >>

Recovery Act Limited Competition: Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06), RFA-RR-09-008. This funding opportunity is designed to construct, renovate or repair biomedical or behavioral research facilities. See Full Announcement >>

Addition of Recovery Funds to the Shared Instrumentation Grants Program (S10), NOT-RR-09-008. This solicitation encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade commercially available instruments that cost at least $100,000. The maximum award is $500,000. See Full Announcement >>

Recovery Act Limited Competition: High-end Instrumentation Grant Program (S10), PAR-RR-09-118. This solicitation encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase a single major item of equipment to be used for biomedical research that costs at least $600,000. The maximum award is $8 million. See Full Announcement >>