Natural Environment Research Council

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCIENTIFIC FACILITIES & TECHNOLOGY

NERC BIOMOLECULAR ANALYSIS FACILITY (NBAF)

STEERING COMMITTEE

Some hints and tips:

·  Discuss your project with the Manager / Head of the relevant Facility node(s) BEFORE submitting this form.

·  Add enough detail on the experimental design.

·  Always use the most recent version from www.nbaf.nerc.ac.uk

·  If a research student / assistant is involved, the form should be submitted by the supervisor.

·  Submit your completed form (including appendices) to

·  Send a signed hard copy of the signatures page (only) to the Secretary of the NBAFSC.

·  NERC grant-funded PI: if your project is not identical to the NERC application, please outline the changes in section 10; otherwise, skip sections 8-10.

Please append:

·  NERC-grant funded PI: please attach the Case for Support, Justification of Resources and original quote.

·  NBAF-E and NBAF-L projects: please attach the quotation provided by the node.

·  NBAF-B and NBAF-S projects: please attach the Appendix relevant to the node you wish to use.

For office use only / NBAF

1. Please indicate the Facility node(s)to which you are requesting access

Node 1 – NBAF Birmingham (NBAF-B)
Node 2 – NBAF Edinburgh (NBAF-E)
Node 3 – NBAF Liverpool (NBAF-L)
Node 4 – NBAF Sheffield (NBAF-S)

2. Principal investigator (grant holder if applicable)

Please note that the PI must comply with the NERC eligibility criteria:

http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/application/eligibility/

Name (& title)
Position
Institute
Tel / Email

3. Co-investigators involved in project

Name (& title)
Position
Institute
Tel / E-mail

4. Project title

5. Have you previously been supported by NBAF? / Yes / No
If so, have you reported all the outputs that so far resulted from that work? / Yes / No
Note that this is a requirement for access. Please email unreported outputs to
All reported outputs are listed at http://nbaf.nerc.ac.uk/supported-publications/
6. (a) Please indicate the category of your application:
Work supported by a grant application to NERC that indicates prior consultation with NBAF
Other work supported by NERC
Work within the remit of NERC but supported by bodies other than NERC
Application for an NBAF Pilot Project Grant (Annual Call)

(b) Source of funding

* Do not complete if you are applying to NBAF Pilot Competition. *

* Standard projects: To access NBAF-E and NBAF-L nodes, the PI must provide funding either from a NERC grant or other identified source. *

NERC funding already awarded? / Yes / No

In the case of pending NERC applications, you must contact as soon as funding is confirmed.

Funding type / GRANT / FELLOWSHIP / STUDENTSHIP (delete as appropriate)
Funding body
PI (if other than Applicant)
NERC ref no. (if applicable)
Grant or studentship dates / Start: / End:
Latest thesis submission date:
Will the remaining funded time be sufficient to fully complete the proposed study? (Provide details) / [Please note that we do not normally accept an application within 6 months of the end of the grant or studentship. Ideally, applications should not be made in the final year of the grant/studentship.]

(c) Details of any PhD student associated with your proposal

Name
Institute
Tel / E-mail
Studentship funder / Is this a CASE award? / Yes / No
Will the student conduct research at the NBAF node? / Yes / No

(d) Any other proposed visitor?

Name (& title)
Position
Institute
Tel / E-mail

7. Analytical requirements as provisionally agreed with the staff of the Facility

With which NBAF Node Head(s) or Node Manager(s) have you consulted regarding the feasibility of your project?

When do you anticipate your samples to be available?

[NERC grant-funded projects:

Please attach the Case for Support, Justification of Resources and original quote.

If your project has not changed since your NERC application, please leave sections 8-10 blank.

If your project is not identical to the NERC application, please outline the changes in section 10.]

8. Applicants’ details

(a) Relevant research experience of the investigators including any proposed visitors (maximum 50 words):

(b) Recent relevant publications by the applicants (maximum of four):

9. Abstract (100 words maximum):

10. Details of the project (maximum 750 words excluding references)

These should be succinct and selfcontained and should explain adequately the following aspects:

(a) background

(b) objectives of the research and the relevance of molecular genetic analyses to these objectives

(c) your contribution to the work, including for example any bioinformatic analysis

(d) any wider justification for the project.

If you are requesting an extension, you should again provide a full description and explain why the extension is required.

11. NERC Services and Facilities data collection

a. Please indicate the nature of the proposed study:

NERC grant-supported project / G
Other academic / O
Graduate student / S
Pilot study / P

b. Please indicate the source of funding for your project (select one): [N/A if applying to NBAF pilot competition]

NERC strategic (thematic) programme / D
NERC discovery science (responsive mode) / ND
NERC National Capability (core strategic) funding / CS
Non-NERC / NN

c. User Profile: please indicate the total number of users supervising or conducting the proposed study in each of the following categories (Details of all users (PI, CoIs and visitor(s))should be listed in sections 2, 3 and 6):

Academic / A
NERC Centre / C
NERC fellows / F
PhD students / S
Commercial / I

d. Which Scientific Area(s) does this work fall within?

Atmospheric sciences / AS
Earth sciences / ES
Marine sciences / MS
Terrestrial and freshwater sciences / TFS
Earth observation / EO
Science-based archaeology / SBA
Polar sciences / PS

e. What NERC Science Priority area(s) does this study address?

Biodiversity / B
Environmental Risks and Hazards / ERH
Global Change / GC
Natural Resource Management / NRM
Pollution and Waste / PW
f. Please indicate the gender of the PI / M / F

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCIENTIFIC FACILITIES & TECHNOLOGY

NERC BIOMOLECULAR ANALYSIS FACILITY (NBAF)

STEERING COMMITTEE

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE

The NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility comprises five Nodes (NBAF-Birmingham, NBAF-Edinburgh, NBAF-Liverpool, NBAF-Wallingford and NBAF-Sheffield) that provide support and collaboration for approved applicants from UK Universities and Research Institutes. Like all NERC facilities, we are required to justify our existence in terms of our scientific contribution. We therefore request that all successful applicants to the Facility agree to the following terms to ensure that NERC and the relevant Node(s) of the NBAF are appropriately acknowledged.

Conditions of access to the Biomolecular Analysis Facility

1.  The support provided through NERC and the appropriate node must be acknowledged in all relevant publications (e.g. “The laboratory work was supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Biomolecular Analysis Facility at the University of Sheffield.”). The correct acronym is “NBAF,” without dots.

2.  The contributions from NBAF staff should be appropriately acknowledged. When appropriate, this should take the form of co-authorship, and first authorship by NBAF staff may sometimes be appropriate (e.g. in the case of Technical Notes). Authors that have generated results as visitors should include the appropriate Facility address(es) in their authorship affiliation (e.g. "& NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK").

3.  Progress reports, in the form of requests for outputs and participation in a survey of users, should be provided when requested (usually annually), and usually after completion of the project. Confidential copies of more detailed results, for example on primer sequences and their utility, must be provided to the Facility when requested and in a detailed report provided on completion of the work at the Facility.

4.  If the investigator fails to provide reports requested as described in (3) the following sanctions will be implemented:

·  no further applications to the NBAF will be accepted

·  the failure to provide a report will be logged with NERC.

5.  Completed drafts of all publications arising from work at the Facility must be provided to the appropriate Node(s) Heads & Managers for comments AT LEAST 10 WORKING DAYS before submission for publication, to allow any necessary input to be made and to ensure that the results obtained at the Facility are reported accurately and correctly.

6.  To conform with NERC data policy requirements, all DNA sequence data generated should be submitted to the appropriate international database (e.g. INDC, Dryad) as soon as possible or on completion of work done at a node of the NBAF. Submitted sequences may be made confidential initially, but should be made public within 18 months or when published, if this is sooner. The NBAF may submit data on the user’s behalf and make them public after 18 months.

7.  The NBAF and NERC expect users to make every effort to publish data obtained via a node of the NBAF within a reasonable time. If the user has not made reasonable efforts to publish data (such as markers, EST sequences or expression data) or make materials (e.g. primers, microarrays, cDNA libraries or clones) available within 18 months, then the Facility may make them available to the scientific community.

8.  Publication is the primary indicator of science supported by the NBAF and therefore an important means by which the value of the Facility to the scientific community is judged. Investigators on an NBAF-supported project are required to supply bibliographic references and/or copies of any publications (including PhD theses, posters and non-refereed publications) that discuss, describe, or are otherwise dependent on the results achieved at an NBAF node.

9.  Council accepts no responsibility or liability for materials submitted for analysis.

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

SCIENTIFIC FACILITIES & TECHNOLOGY

NERC BIOMOLECULAR ANALYSIS FACILITY (NBAF)

STEERING COMMITTEE

Return to:

Céline Pagnier
Secretary, NBAF
Department of Animal & Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Project Title
Principal Investigator
Institute

13. Signatures

If access to NBAF is approved, the fulfilment of the above terms and conditions of access and use will be considered by the NBAF Steering Committee in the allocation of future NERC support.

I agree to all the above statements.

Signature / Name / Date
Principal Investigator
Co-investigator(s)
Proposed Visitor(s)
Head of Department

A SIGNED HARD COPY OF THIS SIGNATURES PAGE MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MAIL TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS

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