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@imperial.ac.uk <mailto:r.nadal@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@imperial.ac.uk <mailto:r.nadal@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@imperial.ac.uk <mailto:r.nadal@imperial.ac.uk> Tel: 020 7594 8909 Mobile: 07714 051234