Assistance program
Research Infrastructure Programs
$2.4 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- National Institutes of Health, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 93.351
- What it does
- The Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) is a program office in the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) dedicated to supporting research infrastructure and related research resource programs. ORIP consists of the Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM) and the Division of Construction and Instruments (DCI).
- Who benefits
- Private nonprofit institutions/organizations, Public nonprofit institutions/organizations are eligible for instrumentation and equipment programs. Biomedical investigators at any nonprofit organization or institution engaged in biomedical research.
- Who applies
- Institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other institutions and organizations, both nonprofit and for-profit, seeking to establish, continue, or enlarge programs consistent with the objectives of the program. To be eligible for instrumentation and equipment programs, applications must be Private nonprofit institutions/organizations, Public nonprofit institutions/organizations. Applicants for NRSA must be citizens of the United States or be admitted to the United States for permanent residency. Applicants must be nominated and sponsored by a public or private nonprofit institution with staff and facilities suitable for the proposed research training. Nonprofit domestic organizations may apply for the institutional NRSA. Research Career Development: Applications may be submitted on behalf of candidates by domestic, nonfederal organizations, public or private institutions of higher education.
- Authorized by
- Small Business Research and Development Enhancement Act of 1992
- Public Health Service Act
- Public Health Service Act
- Program site
- https://orip.nih.gov/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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