Preproposal
Limited Submission Competition
Purdue University

1.	Grant Competition: NIH Shared Instrumentation for Animal Research (SIFAR)
2.	Proposal Title: 
3.	Investigators: (include name(s), rank(s), and affiliations(s)
4.	Submitting Unit: Department, School, College, or Center
5.	Background/Justification/Need (1/2 page maximum)
State the application's broad, long-term thematic scientific objectives, concisely describing how a cluster/series of instruments will strengthen animal research and enhance the health-related goals of the research projects. 
6.	Project Summary (2 pages maximum.)
A brief description of the proposed effort written for a review panel composed to mirror the review panel of the agency. The description should address the solicitation specific review criteria: 
a.	Describe the requested instruments by stating their manufacturers, model numbers, specific features, and accessories
b.	Detail where the instrumentation will reside and how shared access will be managed
c.	Provide an inventory of similar instruments existing at Purdue, neighboring research institutions, or otherwise accessible; describe why each similar instrument is unavailable or inappropriate for the proposed research
d.	Identify the three major users with active NIH awards
e.	Identify additional users, as appropriate, and active award(s) for instrument usage
f.	Justification of minimum 35% Accessible User Time by major users and 75% AUT toward NIH research grants

7.	Budget and budget justification (1/2 page maximum)
Estimated budget for instrument costs

Please attach a 5 page (max) CV for each PI and co-PI. Also include any Current and Pending Support with a description of the overlap between each of those grants and this proposal. 
PLEASE COMBINE ALL DOCUMENTS INTO A SINGLE PDF FILE BEFORE SENDING.