| National Institute of Health (NIH) | USA | Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) | Shared instrumentation grant for NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of expensive, specialized, commercially available instrumentation or an integrated system that costs at least $100,000. The maximum award is $600,000. |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | USA | Major Instrumentation Research Program (MRI) | Shared instrumentation grant for institutions that foster the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments. |
| Department of Defense (DOD) | USA | Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) | Instrumentation grant to improve the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense. |
| Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) | Canada | Research Infrastructure Funding | Infrastructure grants for universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions in Canada to attract and retain the world's top talent, train the next generation of researchers, support private-sector innovation, and create high-quality jobs. |
| Arthritis Research UK | UK | Equipment Grant | Shared instrumentation grant for established units with a track record of research in arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. |
| Deutsche Forshungsgemeinschaft (DFG) | Germany | Research Infrastructure Funding | Infrastructure grants to build and improve scientific infrastructure: Scientific Library Services and Information Systems, Scientific Instrumentation and Information Technology, Central Research Facilities. |
| Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) | Switzerland | R'Equip (Research Equipment) | Equipment grant to ensure access of Swiss researchers to competitive equipment and to counter the progressive outdating of the research infrastructures at Swiss universities and high schools. |
| Ministry of Science & Technology of The People's Republic of China | China | National Science and Technology Infrastructure Program | Provide shared resources and conditions for scientific research and technical development, and give powerful support to national Science and Technology development |