Dear Colleagues, my apologies for the slightly off-topic and US-centric posting, but I felt this was of sufficient interest to the structural biology community at large. The NIH, specifically the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, is in the process of considering how best to support the development of biomedical technologies, and access to those technologies. They have issued a request for information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-GM-15-118.html This covers a very broad range of biomedical activities, including the development of new hardware and software for techniques such as NMR, crystallography, SAXS, and cryo-EM. It also includes the provision of technologies through facilities such as synchrotrons and other national research centers. For those of us in the US this provides an excellent, and rare, opportunity for researchers to voice their thoughts about how important technology development and national facilities are to the success of structural biology research. Please note that the deadline for response is August 7th. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Adams Deputy Division Director, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Lab Division Deputy for Biosciences, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley Lab Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, U.C. Berkeley Vice President for Technology, the Joint BioEnergy Institute Laboratory Research Manager, ENIGMA Science Focus Area Building 33, Room 347 Building 80, Room 247 Building 978, Room 4126 Tel: 1-510-486-4225, Fax: 1-510-486-5909 http://cci.lbl.gov/paul Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road BLDG 33R0345 Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Executive Assistant: Louise Benvenue [ [email protected] ][ 1-510-495-2506 ] --