NIGMS Program of Administrative Supplements for Equipment (Admin Supp) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The NIGMS Program of Administrative Supplements for Equipment (Admin Supp), funding opportunity PA 16-125, is a discretionary NIH grant mechanism offered by the Department of Health and Human Services through NIH (NIGMS). It is designed specifically to help current NIGMS awardees buy a single, high-cost piece of research equipment that is important for their ongoing NIGMS-supported work but is often hard to fit into the normal budget of the parent award. The program is not a stand-alone grant competition for new projects; it is an administrative supplement that attaches to an existing NIGMS-funded research grant.

Only investigators who already hold certain active NIGMS grants are the intended audience, specifically R01, R37, P01, and U01 awards. The purpose is narrowly focused: the supplement funds are meant for the purchase of one piece of equipment, with a direct cost request that must fall between $50,000 and $250,000. This dollar range is emphasized because equipment at this cost level can be essential for productivity and scientific progress, yet may be too expensive to purchase without disrupting the approved aims and budget of the parent grant.

A notable feature of this opportunity is its encouragement of coordinated, shared equipment purchases within the same institution. If two or more NIGMS-funded investigators at a single institution have overlapping equipment needs, they are encouraged to submit separate supplement requests that cross-reference one another. Each individual request still needs to stay within the $50,000 to $250,000 direct cost range, but the overall approach allows the institution to acquire a shared resource that benefits multiple NIGMS-supported labs. NIGMS expects the requested amounts in these coordinated submissions to reflect realistic, proportional use of the equipment by each PD/PI, meaning each applicant should request funding aligned with how much time their research program will actually rely on the shared instrument. Even with multiple linked submissions, there is a strict cap: the combined direct costs for a joint/shared purchase cannot exceed $400,000.

NIGMS also signals that institutional commitment matters. While the announcement does not spell out a single required cost-share model in the text provided, the language indicates that applications are viewed more favorably when they demonstrate that the institution is invested in the purchase and long-term success of the equipment. In practice, that kind of commitment is often shown through plans and resources for housing the instrument, maintaining it, staffing or training users, scheduling and access policies, service contracts, and ensuring broad availability to the funded investigators who need it.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was posted on March 9, 2016, created the same day, and had a closing date of May 20, 2016. It falls under the NIH health funding activity category and is associated with CFDA numbers 93.859. The eligible applicant types listed are broad across government entities, higher education (public and private), nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), small businesses, tribal governments and organizations, public housing authorities, and other applicants as clarified in the full notice. That said, the practical eligibility hinge is whether the applicant has an active qualifying NIGMS parent award (R01, R37, P01, or U01) that can receive an administrative supplement for equipment.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a targeted, time-limited funding route for established NIGMS-funded investigators who need to add a major piece of equipment to support the research aims of their existing grant, with an added emphasis on cost-efficient sharing and coordination across multiple NIGMS grantees at the same institution, and a clear expectation that the institution will help ensure the equipment is effectively supported and utilized.

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