Office of Research

Equipment Grants Program (EGP)

Limited Submissions

https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/rfa/FY2020-EGP-RFA-20200504.pdf

 

The Equipment Grant Program (EGP) serves to increase access to shared-use special purpose equipment/instruments for fundamental and applied research for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs at institutions of higher education, including State Cooperative Extension Systems. The program seeks to strengthen the quality and expand the scope of fundamental and applied research at eligible institutions, by providing them with opportunities to acquire one major piece of equipment/instruments that support their research, training, and extension goals and may be too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NIFA grant programs.

The EGP does not support the acquisition of suites of equipment to outfit research laboratories /facilities or to conduct independent experiments simultaneously. Similarly, the EGP does not fund common, general purpose ancillary equipment that would normally be found in a laboratory and/or is relatively easily procured by the organization or through other NIFA grant programs. Rather, it is intended to help fund items of equipment that will upgrade infrastructure. Moreover, EGP does not fund research projects, including research that uses the equipment acquired with support from the program nor does it support the operation and maintenance of facilities.

Application Instructions

There is a narrow focus, and 3 slots available for this. There is already 1 interested UW group. If there are any interested groups, please send an email (no LOI yet) to research@uw.edu by COB Friday 5/22/20.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

USDA-NIFA-OP-007473

Deadlines
05/22/2020 UW Internal Deadline Closed
06/12/2020 OSP Deadline
06/23/2020 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Funding amount

$500,000

Maximum Number of Applications

3

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.