APPLICATIONS CLOSE 31 DECEMBER 2026
The LabTIE Lab Equipment Grant
A $1,000 award toward a seed, bead or powder dispenser, for research labs where the equipment budget is the thing standing in the way. We look at the research and at how much difference the award actually makes.
Funded by LabTIE International B.V. We manufacture the dispensers. The award is applied as a credit against your LabTIE quote and is not paid in cash.
$1,000
Award Value
10
Awards available
31 Dec 2026
Application close
What the grant is for
Sample-prep and dispensing hardware is often the hardest line item to fund. It rarely fits a consumables budget and rarely justifies a capital grant on its own, so it sits in a gap, and the throughput and reproducibility it would unlock never arrive.
We build these dispensers, so we would rather see them in labs doing real work than sitting behind a budget line. This programme puts $1,000 toward the dispenser you need, decided on the strength of your research and the size of the difference the award actually makes.
Eligible equipment
The award applies to any LabTIE dispenser.
SEEDS 0.2 TO 9.0 MM
Seed Dispensers
0.2 to 9.0 mm. Germination testing and seed DNA prep.
BEADS 0.2 TO 9.0 MM
Bead Dispensers
0.2 to 9.0 mm, into plates, tubes and vials for extraction and homogenisation.
POWDERS 1 to 1500 μL
Powder Dispensers
1 to 1500 µL dosing into laboratory containers.
Custom mesh plates and build-to-specification configurations are included. The award applies to the dispenser, not to consumables or grinding media.
Selection criteria
10 awards in this round, so applications compete. We weigh two things equally.
The research
What the work is, what it is aiming at, where dispensing fits, and what the dispenser makes possible that is not possible now.
The need
How tight the budget is, what the dispenser replaces or enables, and whether $1,000 changes whether the purchase happens.
We lean toward labs where $1,000 is a real share of the cost, and toward early career researchers and newly established groups.
How it works
10 awards in this round, so applications compete. We weigh two things equally.
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Send your application
The form asks about your lab, the dispenser you need, your project and your budget. Around ten minutes.
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We review it
Monthly, against the criteria above. Every applicant gets a decision within 10 working days of the review, whichever way it goes
3
If awarded, quote follows
A LabTIE quote with the $1,000 already deducted. No obligation to proceed.
Who can apply
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Academic research groups, universities and core facilities
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Seed testing, germination, plant breeding and genotyping programmes
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Biotech, pharma and agri-genomics labs
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Core facilities and newly established groups
One award per lab or research group.
Terms
The award covers $1,000 of the dispenser price. Shipping, VAT, import duties and any optional installation or training remain payable by the recipient.
Recipients agree that LabTIE may name the lab and institution when describing the programme. We will not quote you or publish project detail without asking first.
We may ask recipients for a short case study or application note within twelve months. This is a request, not a condition of the award.
More than one application may be submitted if each covers a genuinely different need.
Unsuccessful applicants are welcome to apply in the next round.
The award is stated in USD. Where a LabTIE quote is issued in euros, $1,000 is converted at the prevailing rate at the time of quotation.