[FILM-Users 00369] IMPORTANT, QUICK RESPONSE NEEDED PLEASE: BBSRC Advanced Life Sciences Research Technologies initiative (ALERT 13) - research equipment call

[Martin Spitaler]

Dear microscopists,


  as you might have seen, the BBSRC has just announced a dedicated call 
for *_instrumentation to be deployed on a multi-project/multi-use 
basis_* (see below) - an excellent opportunity to upgrade our facility 
to respond to your latest needs. The funding (£250-750k) would cover 
*one* new bit of high-end equipment, so we need to decide where 
strongest needs will be in the coming years.

   That's where your input is needed: Please let me know what kind of 
experiments you would like to do in the future that you can't do 
currently in FILM, where major investment would make a big difference to 
your research. Ideas put up before were a commercial super-resolution 
microscope, high-throughput microscope, dedicated intravital microscope 
- but feedback on any unmet needs is appreciated.

   The deadline is soon and it's a busy time of the year, so *please let 
me know within a week* what your thoughts are (please reply to me 
personally, not the whole mailing list).

Looking forward to your input, good imaging,

Martin

*From: *<Nadal>, Rebecca C <r.nadal at imperial.ac.uk 
<mailto:r.nadal at imperial.ac.uk>>
*Date: *Wednesday, 29 May 2013 15:32
*Subject: *BBSRC Advanced Life Sciences Research Technologies initiative 
(ALERT 13) - research equipment call

Dear all,

I can confirm that the BBSRC capital equipment call has now gone live, 
please see 
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/opportunities/2013/alert13.aspx for full 
details. The closing date for applications is *4pm on 23 July 2013.*

BBSRC are inviting applications for research grants from *eligible 
researchers with a strong track record of research in the BBSRC remit*, 
to purchase items of *advanced research equipment* via this Advanced 
Life Sciences Research Technology 2013 (ALERT 13) call. The capital 
equipment budget for this call is approximately £8M.

Applications for equipment funding, which will typically be in the range 
of £250k-£750k excl. VAT although higher value applications will be 
considered with prior agreement, and must enhance the capability of the 
UK research base in areas of science in the BBSRC remit. Applications 
will typically be from groups of researchers in one or more eligible 
institutions, for_*instrumentation to be deployed on a 
multi-project/multi-use basis*_.

When BBSRC recently visited they indicated that they would like to see 
some degree of coordination of bids by universities, but the details of 
this internal coordination are still to be confirmed. I'm guessing that 
a number of applicants may have already started preparing bids following 
the pre-announcement that you received directly from BBSRC and/or from 
me. Please feel free to forward as appropriate, and for now please 
encourage any potential applicants to contact me (r.nadal at imperial.ac.uk 
<mailto:r.nadal at imperial.ac.uk>) to alert me about their bid.

Many thanks.

Best wishes,

Becky.

Dr Rebecca Nadal

Strategic Research Coordinator

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Imperial College London

South Kensington Campus

London SW7 2AZ

Email: r.nadal at imperial.ac.uk <mailto:r.nadal at imperial.ac.uk>

Tel: 020 7594 8909

Mobile: 07714 051234



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