If you require the help of DOR's proposal team, make sure you send an email with the request to preaward@central.uh.edu at least five business days prior to the deadline.

Overview

The purpose of the Equipment Grants program is to support research labs and groups with modern equipment considered necessary for preparing competitive external research proposals. About 70% of the awards will be allocated for proposals in UH’s research priority areas (https://uh.edu/research/about/thrusts/). Another 30% will be for any relevant area selected by an investigator. Proposals will be considered for small equipment grants and can range up to $50,000.

Proposals must have (i) clear focus on institutional research priorities (70%), (ii) heightened accountability during the two-year project budget period (in terms of brief reports on progress), and (iii) impact during and after the project in a final report. Programs representing the 30% open submission will be subject to the same restrictions and must also have high scientific merit and be focused on an area of need. DOR reserves the right to fund only those proposals that are clearly meritorious and to shift the 70/30 ratio depending on merit.

Eligibility

Equipment Grant proposals are eligible for funding when they:

• Request a critical piece of equipment to facilitate grant submission.
• Are located on a University of Houston (UH) campus and run by faculty or staff employed by the University.

Full-time UH faculty members who are tenured, tenure-track, or promotion-eligible non-tenure track faculty may apply as the Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI to this program. Each faculty member may submit one proposal per fiscal year as the PI. Each proposal should have one PI. One Co-PI from each additional laboratory is permitted, but no person may be PI or co-PI on more than two applications. Instructional faculty are not eligible for equipment awards. A faculty member currently holding an equipment award for which funds have not been fully expended may not apply, including awards that were extended.

Proposals must be submitted by Monday, December 2, 2024, before 5 p.m.(CST). No late proposals will be considered.