Can equipment be purchased for use by the centers?
A. Yes. Equipment, including major equipment can be supported as part of center budgets. The cost should be well justified and the proportional center specific usage. It may be useful to spread large acquisition costs over multiple years. back to top Questions specific to RFA-GM-10-007 Consortia for High-Throughput-Enabled Biology Partnerships (U01) Background Information Q. What is a U01? A. A U01 is a cooperative agreement research project. It is like a regular R01 research grant in that it describes a single integrated project. It differs in that NIH staff will work more closely with the investigators to help them utilize resources of the PSI:Biology network. Q. Who are the “Partners” in this RFA? A. The partners are the RFA applicants. They work with the PSI:Biology network as a whole to form a partnership. The term does not refer to the internal collaborations or partnerships among the investigators associated with a single application in response to the RFA. The partnership appli
