Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (S10 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Note: This is not a typical S10 award. Applicants do not need to have active NIH finding and the project description is only 7 pages. This NOFO provides funds to purchase a single, specialized, commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system with a cost between $25,000 and $250,000.

Types of instruments to be supported include, but are not limited to, basic cell sorters, confocal microscopes, ultramicrotomes, gel imagers, mass spectrometers, optical instruments such as fluorimeters or CD spectropolarimeters, centrifuges, micro-plate-readers equipped with optical systems for high throughput measurements, FPLCs and HPLC, or computer systems. Due July 3rd, 2025.

Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is for a different type of instrument. Learn more here.

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Health care education grants and fellowships

Solventum is committed to supporting the education and training of healthcare professionals in the latest medical procedures and technologies. A Fellowship is an award that enables an individual medical professional to pursue study in their field or to introduce them to related fields. A fellowship often advances or enlarges the recipient’s area of interest or allows study in a different area extending their competence. The award will help support activities such as training, further study, or research. Learn more here.

Congratulations to the Faculty Members Recognized for their Impactful Teaching and Research in May 2025!

Idaho State University recognizes Dr. Lucy Wilkening, clinical associate professor for the Department of Clinical Psychopharmacology as the May recipient of a monthly Impactful Teaching and Research initiative honoring faculty. 

Sean McBride, whose work spans the College of Business and College of Technology, is the director of the Informatics Research Institute and clinical instructor of industrial cybersecurity engineering technology for the Energy Systems Technology and Education Center (ESTEC) at ISU. 

Read the full story here.

Limited Submission MRI: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)

ISU can submit up to four applications for the NSF MRI grant. Details on the number of submissions is available below. If you are considering applying for this award, you must contact Dr. Amy Wuest with the Office of Research Development by 12:00pm on 5/14/2025.

About this program: The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. 

Learn more about the MRI Program here.

Limited Submission S-STEM: NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program

ISU can submit up to two applications for the NSF S-STEM grant. Currently, ISU is only eligible for Track 2 and Track 3 awards. Details on the award are. available below. If you are considering applying for this award, you must contact Dr. Amy Wuest with the Office of Research Development by 12:00pm on 6/5/2025.

Learn more about the S-STEM program here.

Upcoming NSF Grants (All grants updated 5/6/2025)

• EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research: Due February 27, 2026
• Engineering Research Initiation (ERI): Due September 16, 2025.
• Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences: Due January 22, 2026
• Translation and Diffusion (TD): February 4, 2026
• Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI): Due March 6, 2026
• Infrastructure Systems and People (ISP): Full Proposal Accepted Anytime
• Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyber Infrastructure (CICI): Due January 21, 2026
• Collaboration in Geosciences and AI: Due February 4, 2026
• Earth Sciences Instrumentation and Facilities: Proposals Accepted Anytime
• Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs: No Deadline Pilot: Proposals Accepted Anytime

Upcoming NIH Grants (All grants updated 4/7/2025)

• New Investigator Gateway Awards for Collaborative T1D Research (R03, Clinical Trials Not allowed). Expires 3/7/2026
• Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional). Expires 11/19/2026.
• Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03 Clinical Trial Optional). Expires 11/17/2026.
• HEAL Initiative: Pain Research Enhancement Program (PREP) (R15 Clinical Trial Optional). Expires 11/24/2026
• Interventions on Health and Healthcare Disparities on Non-Communicable and Chronic Diseases in Latin America: Improving Health Outcomes Across the Hemisphere (R01 - Clinical Trial Required) Expires 5/8/2027.
• Academic-Industrial Partnerships for Translation of Technologies for Diagnosis and Treatment (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Expires 1/8/2028
• Innovative Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) Expires 1/8/2028

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Support for Research Excellence – First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The SuRE program supports research capacity building at eligible higher education institutions through funding investigator-initiated biomedical research in basic, social, clinical, behavioral, or translational science that falls in the mission areas of the NIH. 

The purpose of SuRE-First awards is to provide research grant support for faculty investigators who have not had prior independent external research grants, to furnish students with high-quality undergraduate and/or graduate research experiences and to enhance the institutional scientific research culture. Due: May 29, 2024

Learn more here.

The Idaho State University INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence) program is pleased to announce that Dr. Heather Ray of ISU’s Department of Biological Sciences has been named the ISU INBRE Campus Leader effective May 1, 2025. In this role, appointed by University of Idaho and Idaho State University leadership, Dr. Ray oversees ISU INBRE activity and serves on the statewide INBRE Executive Committee. As campus leader, she guides the ISU INBRE program and assists in statewide strategic decision making. She will also oversee ISU’s INBRE Undergraduate Fellowship Program. “As a new faculty member, getting involved with the Idaho INBRE program was invaluable to my own professional growth, as well as that of the students working in my lab who received fellowships. Now, I am excited to take on this new role where I can help others to get involved and gain everything that INBRE has to offer, as well as promote the biomedical research enterprise in Idaho,” said Ray recently. Dr. Ray takes the baton from ISU’s Dr. Jim Groome, who led ISU’s INBRE program for a number of years. Dr. Groome spearheaded ISU’s efforts to expand INBRE to include more faculty and more students each year. Under his leadership, several dozen ISU students participated in learning sessions, conferences and federally-supported research grants designed to build the capacity and professional research skills of undergraduate students. “Dr. Groome is a tremendous advocate for student-engaged research. I look forward to his continued research leadership at ISU,” said Martin Blair, ISU’s vice president for research and economic development. Please join ISU in welcoming Dr. Heather Ray to her new ISU INBRE campus leadership role.  

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