Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (26BBR) (Grant)

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Word limit: 550 In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application. We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for example: opinion-formers policymakers the public the wider research community Guidance for writing a summary Clearly describe your proposed work in terms of: context the challenge the project addresses aims and objectives potential applications and benefits Core team List the key members of your team and assign them roles from the following: project lead (PL) project co-lead (UK) (PcL) specialist grant manager professional enabling staff research and innovation associate technician researcher co-lead (RcL) Only list one individual as project lead UKRI has introduced a new addition to the ‘Specialist’ role type. Public contributors such as people with lived experience can now be added to an application. Find out more about UKRI’s core team roles in funding applications . Application questions Vision Word limit: 1,700 What are you hoping to achieve with your proposed resource? What the assessors are looking for in your response Explain how your proposed work: is of excellent quality and importance within or beyond the field(s) or area(s) has the potential to advance current understanding, or generate new knowledge, thinking or discovery within or beyond the field or area is timely given current trends, context, and needs meets the evidenced needs of clearly identified user groups impacts world-leading research, society, the economy, or the environment and have measurable impact where appropriate Include the following in your statement: the expected added value of the proposed resource, including how it will strengthen the UK bioscience research infrastructure landscape, complement existing investments, and enhance benefits to the bioscience research community how the resource relates to past and current resources in the subject area in both the UK and abroad full details of the resource and an overview of the associated objectives. Details on how these objectives are delivered should be included in the ‘Approach’ section a description of the types of research that will be enabled by the resource consideration of the potential impact on the scientific community and other possibly dependent resources if the resource did not exist how the resource will support its user community, including any training, guidance or skills development opportunities that enable effective use of the resource, and how future needs are identified References may be included within this section. Please note that there is an additional ‘Strategic case’ section for you to further describe the strategic relevance of the resource. You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. Resource category Word limit: 100 What category does your proposed resource fall under? What the assessors are looking for in your response You should clearly identify which of the following categories your proposed resource falls under: establishment of a new and innovative resource that will be beneficial to a broader BBSRC user base maturation and subsequent maintenance of a project-based resource into a community-based one further development or essential maintenance of an existing community resource, with well-established access mechanisms association, or integration, of distinct resources Approach Word limit: 4,400 How are you going to deliver your proposed work? What the assessors are looking for in your response Explain how you have designed your approach so that it: is effective and appropriate to achieve your objectives is feasible, and comprehensively identifies any risks to delivery and how they will be managed uses a clearly written and transparent methodology summarises previous work and describes how this will be built upon and progressed will maximise translation of outputs into outcomes and impacts describes how your, and if applicable your team’s, research environment (in terms of the place and relevance to the project) will contribute to the success of the work Include the following when describing your approach: significant technical details for the development, maintenance or enhancement of the resource, indicating how this is of internationally exceptional quality measurable targets against which the outcome of the work will be assessed plans for operational sustainability and legacy beyond the end of UKRI funding. These could include cost recovery models, securing additional funding, development or expansion after the initial period of funding data management approach, including plans for storage, curation, access, sharing, and long-term sustainability. Clearly outline how the resource will comply with relevant data standards, ensure interoperability, and support reuse by the wider research community. Information already included in the ‘Data management and sharing’ section does not need to be duplicated a project Gantt chart identifying a work plan, milestones, appropriate deliverables, responsibilities, and time points for each objective, is a mandatory part of the Approach any proposed research efforts and how they directly facilitate development of the resource (if applicable) if the focus is on maintaining an existing resource detail why the resource needs continued support to maintain world-leading functionality without the need for upgrades (if applicable) if support from or use of a facility is required (if applicable) Describe the specific contribution of each applicant to the proposed resource: their scientific contributions to the program of work their roles and responsibilities, for example, managerial, leadership, mentoring references to specific work packages are recommended highlight where applicants will work collaboratively to deliver specific project requirements include clear time commitments for each applicant There is no need to duplicate information included in the ‘Applicant and team capability to deliver’ section. References may be included within this section. You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. Strategic case Word limit: 500 words What is the strategic importance of your proposed resource? What the assessors are looking for in your response Provide information on the following aspects: strategic relevance: strength of contribution to BBSRC’s strategic priorities , the national importance of the resource to bioscience and its wider international significance uniqueness: the resource’s distinctive capabilities, infrastructure, data, collections and/or services, including the extent to which these are not available elsewhere or would be difficult to replicate interdependencies within the bioresources ecosystem: how the resource underpins and strengthens related capabilities and investments, and the likely short and longer-term impacts on bioscience research should the application be unsuccessful. As part of your response provide information about any ongoing funding for the proposed resource from BBSRC, UKRI or other funding bodies, and why additional support from BBSRC is being sought future strategic value: emerging opportunities and developments that could increase the resource’s strategic value and future user demand You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service. References may be included within this section. Community demand: letters (or emails) of support Letters (or emails) of support demonstrating community demand are mandatory for BBR. Upload a single PDF of maximum 8MB containing a maximum of 10 letters or emails of support. These should be uploaded in English or Welsh only. Enter the words ‘attachment supplied’ in the text box. What the assessors are looking for in your response The letters should give an indication of community demand for the resource in question, demonstrating the breadth of research and the high-quality science relevant to BBSRC remit that the resource would underpin. Add the following details for each letter: the organisation name (searchable via a drop-down list or enter the organisation’s details manually, as applicable) contact name of the signatory Letters of support aimed at demonstrating community demand should: outline the uniqueness and expected added value of the proposed resource to the UK bioscience research community and infrastructure landscape clearly explain the impact and benefit of the proposed resource on the writer’s research and the associated community if possible, explain where this supported research has already demonstrated or could have potential for particular scientific, economic or societal impact help to demonstrate the breadth of the relevant user community Letters of support that fail to do so, in particular template letters indicating generic support without identifying a particular usage, are of negligible value for the assessment and should not be submitted. Carefully chosen letters containing relevant evidence of the requirement or benefit to be gained, are of greater value than large numbers of letters. The Funding Service will provide document upload details when you apply. Applicant and team capability to deliver Word limit: 1,650 Why are you the right individual or team to successfully deliver the proposed work? What the assessors are looking for in your response Evidence of how you, and if relevant your team, have: the relevant experience (appropriate to career stage) to deliver the proposed work the right balance of skills and expertise to cover the proposed work the appropriate leadership and management skills to deliver the work and your approach to develop others contributed to develo