Research Instrumentation Funding

Research Instrumentation Funding is intended to support the acquisition of laboratory research equipment to advance the research mission of the department. The requested capital equipment should address an existing gap in availability and/or access and should enhance the research programs of multiple Department of Surgery investigators.

It is anticipated that one award of $100,000-$250,000 will be made per funding cycle. The award could be applied toward matching funds from another source.

The goal of this program is to improve the research infrastructure of the Department of Surgery and to enhance the capabilities and competitiveness of Surgery investigators for external funding.  

All Stanford Department of Surgery faculty are eligible to apply for Stanford Surgery Research Instrumentation funding. Trainees are NOT eligible for this funding program.

Apply

The complete application should be no more than 2 pages including budget, single-spaced with a minimum of 11-point font. References will not be counted in the space limitations. Applications are limited to one per faculty member. Applications should be submitted via this form.

All research instrumentation applications are due by November 15 at 11:59 pm. Proposals will be reviewed by the Research Oversight Committee.

Awardees

Lunaphore COMET, Multiplex Immunofluorescence
Kirane Lab

"By allowing us to stain so many markers in a single run, the COMET provides a detailed profile of where different immune populations are located within the tumour microenvironment and allows us to quantify how these immune populations may change in response to immunotherapy. We can now combine the spatial information provided by the COMET with information previously collected on how well certain immune cells are interacting within the tumour microenvironment during immunotherapy. Altogether, we aim to use this information to identify new biomarkers that will allow us to better predict which patients may respond to immunotherapies." -Emma Wagner

Chromium X & G4 Sequencer
Delitto Lab

"The genomics cores at Stanford serve all the labs on campus, and understandably, they are overwhelmed with work, leading to high wait times for sample processing for most commonly used assays. By having machines like the G4 and the Chromium X readily available right in the lab, I can process a sample in five days instead of waiting months for it to come back from the core. Additionally, the G4 can process up to 16 samples independently in less than 14 hours, compared to other sequencers around campus that cannot process that many samples independently in such a short time. In a period of seven months, I was able to process dozens of samples for various labs in the department." -Amanda Erckenbrack