In fiscal year (FY) 2016, the S10 Shared/High-End Instrumentation Program funded 107 awards. As in the past, the Program responded to the needs of researchers from across the nation by funding different types of instruments proportionally to requests received and covering a broad range of technologies; including, X-ray detectors, mass and NMR spectrometers, atomic force, light and electron microscopes, calorimeters, sequencers, biomedical imagers, computers and data storage systems. The Program responds to the emerging needs of the researchers as new technologies become available and enter the market; this year the Program awarded a 3D printer, which is used to create specialized nozzles for X-ray free electron laser imaging of molecular assembly structures.

Collectively, instruments awarded in FY 2016 will immediately benefit the research of almost 2000 investigators supported by grants from all NIH Institutes and Centers, several other Federal agencies including NSF, DOD, DOE, NASA, DARPA, over 80 private foundations, and start-up funds for new faculty at academic institutions.

Partner with NIH ICs

As part of an NIH-wide focus, ORIP is interested in best practices for data generation, management and sharing. ORIP, NIGMS, NLM, and BD2K, collaborated to issue the notice (NOT-OD-16-091) requesting information on Data Annotation in Biomedical Core Research Facilities and Related Needs for Community Education and Training. (See the Executive Summary of results).