Frequently Asked Questions

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WHY HAS THIS GRANTS PROGRAM BEEN ESTABLISHED?

First, we seek to improve the lives of people, present and future, throughout the world by advancing the life sciences.

Next, we hope to create goodwill in the community and cause these kinds of programs to be established by other companies.

Finally, we hope to do a better job serving our customers through the knowledge and the contacts we establish as we pursue this program.

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WHO IS QUALIFIED TO APPLY FOR AN INSTRUMENT GRANT?

Qualified applicants: Scientists, researchers, grad students, post docs working in life sciences in colleges, universities, non-profit institutions worldwide.

Make sure that you have access to your institution/department website. As a grantee, it is a requirement to link your website to www.fluorometer-grants.org. We will send out the instrument once the link has been established. We require this to help publicize our program. We would appreciate it if you would link your department web page to this page when you apply for a grant. Linking to Fluorometer-Grants.org is only a requirement if you are a grant recipient.

Not Qualified: Competitors, suppliers, dealers, and people working in environmental and aquatic sciences. (Technology licenses with other companies require us to create these restrictions.)

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WHICH FLUOROMETERS ARE OFFERED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM?

Review all grant instruments by choosing the Instruments Offered button on the right. Submit your application for the specific model that best matches your research needs, and only apply for one model each quarter.

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WHO RECEIVES THE GRANT?

The grant is awarded to an institution, not to the individual applicant. The instrument is granted to an institution to help insure its long-term use for scientific research.

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HOW ARE GRANTEES CHOSEN?

All properly submitted applications will be reviewed by the Promega Detection Instrument Grant Committee of scientists. After reviewing the research presented on each application form, applicants are chosen to receive a grant. We review and grant single tube instruments on a quarterly basis during the months of June, September, December, and March. We grant a microplate fluorometer in the month of June. Grant recipients are notified around the 15th of those months.

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HOW WILL I KNOW IF WE ARE AWARDED A GRANT?

All applicants will be e-mailed at the end of the quarter (June, September, December, and March) notifying them if they have or have not been chosen as a grantee. Grant Recipients will be notified via e-mail and will then be instructed on how to complete the process and receive their instrument.

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IF MY APPLICATION IS NOT CHOSEN, CAN I APPLY AGAIN?

Yes, you can apply again by completely filling out a new application form. There is no limit to the times you can apply for a grant, but once you are granted an instrument, your institution can no longer apply or be eligible for another grant.

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HOW DO I KNOW WHEN TO APPLY AGAIN?

We suggest that you apply on a quarterly basis once you have received an e-mail from us stating that your application has not been awarded.

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DO WE HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING FOR THE INSTRUMENT IF WE RECEIVE THE GRANT?

If your institution or company is granted a fluorometer, a purchase order for $1.00 must be issued. Promega will generate an invoice against the purchase order as we would with any purchase order. This process makes the grant instrument the property of the institution rather than the property of the person writing the application.

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WHAT ACCESSORIES ARE INCLUDED WITH THE INSTRUMENT?

Accessories will vary by instrument and you will be notified as to which accessories come with your instrument should your application be accepted. If you wish to buy additional accessories, they can be purchased on the same grant purchase order or later. A one-year warranty on parts and labor is included with each instrument granted.

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WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO ACCEPTING AN AWARD FLUOROMETER?

1. Link your department to this Grants Website. No grant instrument will be sent until this link is active. We require this to help publicize this program. We do not purchase ads to tell people that this program exists, but we do want people to know they can get a life science instrument through this program. We would appreciate it if you would link your department web page to this page when you apply for a grant. Linking is only a requirement if you receive a grant instrument. For further instructions on how to link click here.

2. Agree not to use the instrument to develop chemical or biological weapons.

3. Agree to return the instrument if your institution or company no longer needs it. We will, in turn, grant it to another applicant.

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WILL MY INSTITUTION’S NAME BE USED IN ADVERTISING?

No. But we will post the names of institutions (and the person if he or she agrees) who receive grants on our Grant History page. We do this to enable applicants to see a history of our program.

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