[OWW-SC] all research proposals submitted to BBSRC from 26April2007 must now include a statement on data sharing.
Mattias Rantalainen
mattias.rantalainen at imperial.ac.uk
Thu May 10 12:25:58 EDT 2007
Hi James, John and OWW,
I’m definitely willing to following up on this.
James, do you want to contact Jef since you know him already? Or should I
get in touch with him initially to get some more information?
Best,
/Mattias
On 10/5/07 16:43, "John Cumbers" <johncumbers at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi James,
> This is a great contact to have, I'd definitely like to be involved and I have
> lots of ideas, but I'm not able to take the lead on the project. If you or
> Mattias would be willing to then I'd definitely join you.
> best,
> John
>
> On 5/10/07, James Hadfield <James.Hadfield at cancer.org.uk> wrote:
>> Hi OWW,
>> Long time no hear from me, I know Jef at BBSRC as we were both on the
>> same course that got us new jobs! he is a nice chap and I am sure would be
>> interested. If he wants a face to face to find out more I would be willing to
>> speak up.
>> James.
>>
>> PS: I have been reading what is going with OWW but things are so crazy here
>> setting up the genomics core from scratch I have not had any time to do much
>> else. However on the back of OWW we now have a wiki s part of our intranet.
>> It was a fight with IT/IS though.
>>
>> James Hadfield
>> CRI Genomics Core
>>
>> Cancer Research UK
>> Cambridge Research Institute
>> Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE
>> Tel: +44 (0)1223 40 4250
>> Fax: +44 (0)1223 404208
>> Mob: +44(0)7879 844167
>> email: james.hadfield at cancer.org.uk
>>
>>
>> From: oww-sc-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:oww-sc-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of
>> John Cumbers
>> Sent: 10 May 2007 16:01
>> To: Rantalainen, Mattias J
>> Cc: oww-sc
>> Subject: Re: [OWW-SC] all research proposals submitted to BBSRC from
>> 26April2007 must now include a statement on data sharing.
>>
>> Good idea, something like a UK mirror server might appeal to them if only for
>> political buy-in. I think we should contact the guy at the end of that mail
>> to talk about it, (Are you intersted in doing this Mattias?)
>> cheers,
>> John
>>
>> On 5/10/07, Rantalainen, Mattias J <mattias.rantalainen at imperial.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello SC ppl,
>>>
>>> This new BBSRC policy caught my eye as well recently, and I think this is
>>> well worth to look into further for the OWW community, I think this is a
>>> very good suggestion by John.
>>>
>>> Foremost it is a golden opportunity to attract many more users by providing
>>> easy to use facilities through OWW to share data, which meets the
>>> requirements stated by BBSRC. It might also be worthwhile to look into
>>> applying for additional funding from BBSRC to develop such a service
>>> through the OWW?
>>>
>>> Information about the policy can be found here:
>>> http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/support/guidelines/datasharing/context.html
>>> <http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/support/guidelines/datasharing/context.html>
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> /Mattias
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: oww-sc-bounces at mit.edu on behalf of John Cumbers
>>> Sent: Wed 5/9/2007 7:58 PM
>>> To: oww-sc
>>> Subject: [OWW-SC] all research proposals submitted to BBSRC from 26
>>> April2007 must now include a statement on data sharing.
>>>
>>> Hi SC people,
>>>
>>> BBSRC is the main Bio funding agency in the UK.
>>>
>>> I could see this as potential revenue earner for OWW. If we provided a
>>> package for people to put in their grants, then they could put say $250 in
>>> their budget for data sharing, and also say that they abide by a standard,
>>> e.g
>>>
>>> OpenScience Standard 1.0
>>> *Free On-line access to data
>>> *Editable and updatable
>>> *MD5 data store, meaning that all changes are tracked.
>>> *Permanent record that is never deleted at: Internet Archive (
>>> www.archive.org <http://www.archive.org> )
>>> *...
>>>
>>> Then people could include a statement in their grants such as "The data
>>> produced from this grant will be published in open access journals only,
>>> and
>>> freely shared with the scientific community. This project will adhere to
>>> the OpenScience Standard 1.0. (ref: May 2007) and a permanent archive is
>>> stored at openwetware.org <http://openwetware.org> ref: ABC.
>>>
>>> Maybe this could be launched or agreed upon at an OpenScience Conference
>>> later this year, (Jason, Mac and I had talked about such a conference
>>> before).
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> all research proposals submitted to BBSRC from 26 April 2007 must now
>>> include a statement on data sharing. This should include concise plans for
>>> data management and sharing, or provide explicit reasons why data sharing
>>> is
>>> not possible or appropriate. The statement on data sharing will be under a
>>> separate section within the 'case for support' document, and the guidance
>>> for applicants has been updated accordingly. Statements will be considered
>>> separately from the scientific excellence of the proposed research, however
>>> an application's credibility will suffer if peer review agrees the
>>> statement
>>> is inappropriate.
>>>
>>> BBSRC will provide support and funding to facilitate appropriate data
>>> sharing activities, and recognises that different fields of study will
>>> require different approaches.
>>>
>>> Further details, including links to the full data sharing policy statement
>>> and comprehensive guidance for applicants are available to view on the
>>> BBSRC
>>> website at: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/news/07_apr_data_sharing.html
>>> <http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/news/07_apr_data_sharing.html>
>>>
>>> Contact: Jef Grainger, Senior Programme Manager, Tools & Resources Group,
>>> Tel: 01793 413392, email: jef.grainger at bbsrc.ac.uk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: external relations (SO) <external.relations at bbsrc.ac.uk >
>>> Date: May 9, 2007 8:00 AM
>>> Subject: News from BBSRC May 2007
>>> To: BBSRC-NEWS at jiscmail.ac.uk
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> News from BBSRC - 9 May 2007
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. BBSRC Data Sharing Policy launched
>>>
>>> 2. Research Equipment Initiative 2007 Launched
>>>
>>> 3. Industry Interchange Programme
>>>
>>> 4. Modular Training for Industry: Pump priming Masters level courses
>>>
>>> 5. Appointments to BBSRC Strategy Panels and Research Committees
>>>
>>> 6. Biotechnology YES competition 2007
>>>
>>> 7. Revised Competitive Appraisal Factors
>>>
>>> 8. Website feedback survey
>>>
>>> 9. UJCC-NCAS studentships for Summer School in Climate Modelling
>>>
>>> 10. "perspectives" - a poster session for science communication
>>>
>>> 11. Getting BBSRC research in the media
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 1. BBSRC Data Sharing Policy launched
>>>
>>> BBSRC has launched its new data sharing policy, setting out expected
>>> standards of data sharing for BBSRC-supported researchers. In implementing
>>> the policy all research proposals submitted to BBSRC from 26 April 2007
>>> must
>>> now include a statement on data sharing. This should include concise plans
>>> for data management and sharing, or provide explicit reasons why data
>>> sharing is not possible or appropriate. The statement on data sharing will
>>> be under a separate section within the 'case for support' document, and the
>>> guidance for applicants has been updated accordingly. Statements will be
>>> considered separately from the scientific excellence of the proposed
>>> research, however an application's credibility will suffer if peer review
>>> agrees the statement is inappropriate.
>>>
>>> BBSRC will provide support and funding to facilitate appropriate data
>>> sharing activities, and recognises that different fields of study will
>>> require different approaches.
>>>
>>> Further details, including links to the full data sharing policy statement
>>> and comprehensive guidance for applicants are available to view on the
>>> BBSRC
>>> website at: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/news/07_apr_data_sharing.html
>>> <http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/news/07_apr_data_sharing.html>
>>>
>>> Contact: Jef Grainger, Senior Programme Manager, Tools & Resources Group,
>>> Tel: 01793 413392, email: jef.grainger at bbsrc.ac.uk
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 2. Research Equipment Initiative 2007 Launched
>>>
>>> The Research Equipment Initiative has now been launched for 2007 and has a
>>> budget of approximately �5M. The Research Equipment Initiative provides
>>> support (�50K - �250K) for the purchase of mid-range, multi-user,
>>> multi-project equipment and further funding for its installation and
>>> initial
>>> set-up. The scheme aims to contribute to the physical research
>>> infrastructure within UK HEIs and BBSRC approved Independent Research
>>> Organisations (IROs) to enable high-quality research within the BBSRC
>>> remit.
>>> It also promotes sharing of equipment and partnership between departments,
>>> institutions and external sponsors of research.
>>>
>>> For further details see http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/science/facilities/rei.html
>>> <http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/science/facilities/rei.html> .
>>>
>>> If you have any enquiries please email bbsrc.rei at bbsrc.ac.uk.
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 3. Industry Interchange Programme
>>>
>>> IIP supports the short-term exchange, in either direction, of researchers
>>> between the science base and industry. The objective of the programme is to
>>> support interchanges that provide strategic advantage to the UK science
>>> base
>>> and industry arising from reciprocal access to facilities, expertise and/or
>>> knowledge, and an increased understanding of scientific issues of common
>>> concern. Individual awards are likely to be in the range of �10,000 - �30,
>>> 000 and unlikely to exceed �50,000.
>>>
>>> The next closing date for applications is 18 May 2007. Application forms
>>> and
>>> further details can be found at:
>>> http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/knowledge/iip.html
>>> <http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/knowledge/iip.html> , or contact Dr Simon
>>> Cutler, Tel: 01793 413243, email: industry.interchange at bbsrc.ac.uk
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 4. Modular Training for Industry: Pump priming Masters level courses
>>>
>>> The MTI scheme enables UK Higher Education Institutions and
>>> BBSRC-sponsored
>>> Institutes to provide flexible, up to date, industrially-relevant training
>>> to graduates employed in UK industry. In the past, the scheme has provided
>>> pump-priming funding to develop courses for a range of bioscience sectors.
>>> The deadline for applications to the current round of funding is 8 June
>>> 2007.
>>>
>>> For further information visit:
>>> http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/cpd/modular.html or contact Dr Simon
>>> Cutler,
>>> Tel: 01793 413243, email: modular.training at bbsrc.ac.uk
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 5. Appointments to BBSRC Strategy Panels and Research Committees
>>>
>>> BBSRC is looking to appoint high calibre committed individuals from the
>>> academic and industrial sectors to develop the BBSRC research portfolio,
>>> and
>>> is currently seeking to fill a number of vacancies on its Strategy Panels
>>> and Research Committees. The vacancies are advertised in Nature and
>>> Research Fortnight and on the BBSRC website. The deadline for expression
>>> of
>>> interest forms will be 8 June 2007.
>>>
>>> For queries about the application contact Jane Rutherford, Tel: 01793
>>> 413259, email: jane.rutherford at bbsrc.ac.uk
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 6. Biotechnology YES competition 2007
>>>
>>> Teams of postgraduate and postdoctoral bioscientists are currently being
>>> recruited to take part in Biotechnology YES 2007. This innovative scheme
>>> aims to raise participants' business awareness and highlight the process of
>>> commercialisation of bioscience research. Participants compete in teams to
>>> develop a hypothetical business idea with the help of expert mentors from
>>> the fields of biotech, finance and intellectual property. Workshops are
>>> held
>>> throughout the UK and feed into a national final where the prizes include
>>> �1000 for the winning team.
>>>
>>> The competition is free of charge, including travel, accommodation and
>>> meals
>>> for the duration of the workshops. The closing date for the 2007
>>> competition
>>> is 30 June 2007.
>>>
>>> For more information and an entry form visit
>>> http://www.biotechnologyYES.co.uk
>>> or by contacting Dr Simon Cutler, Tel: 01793 413243, email:
>>> simon.cutler at bbsrc.ac.uk
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 7. Revised Competitive Appraisal Factors
>>>
>>> The Competitive Appraisal Factors for assessing responsive mode grant
>>> applications has been revised to include 'Staff training potential of the
>>> project'. Scientific assessment of all applications submitted to the11
>>> July
>>> closing date onwards will be undertaken by UK and overseas experts in the
>>> field of academia, Government or industry against these criteria.
>>>
>>> Details can be found in the BBSRC Research Grants Guide, sections 4.42 and
>>> 4.43, at http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/research/Welcome.html
>>> <http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/research/Welcome.html> .
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 8. Website feedback survey
>>>
>>> As part of the BBSRC web redevelopment the redevelopment team is gathering
>>> feedback on the current website. You may have noticed a link to a
>>> questionnaire from the home page and a pop-up that appears when you click
>>> into the site. The web redevelopment team welcomes feedback from internal
>>> staff as well as external visitors. The survey will continue until Friday
>>> 27
>>> May.
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 9. Studentships for UJCC-NCAS Summer School on Climate Modelling
>>>
>>> Applications are opened for the first UJCC-NCAS Summer School on Climate
>>> Modelling. This first school, originated within the UK-Japan Climate
>>> Collaboration (UJCC), is intended primarily for UK (funded by any of the
>>> Research Councils) and Japanese students, who will be fully funded on a
>>> competitive basis. The School targets students (advanced Ph.D. and/or
>>> post-docs) in natural sciences who have an interest in becoming experts in
>>> climate modelling, acquiring the know-how needed for designing and
>>> operating
>>> modern climate models and analysing their results.
>>>
>>> The UJCC-NCAS Summer School is sponsored by the UK Foreign Office Global
>>> Opportunities Fund (GOF), the UK-HiGEM programme and the National Centre
>>> for
>>> Atmospheric Science (NCAS), and will be held at Cambridge University 10-21
>>> September within the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical
>>> Physics.
>>>
>>> Closing date for applications is 31 May 2007. For more information please
>>> visit the Summer School site:
>>> http://www.earthsimulator.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1
>>> 9&Itemid=41
>>> <http://www.earthsimulator.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view
>>> &id=19&Itemid=41>
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 10. "perspectives" - a poster session for science communication
>>>
>>> Scientists are increasingly expected to communicate social and ethical
>>> aspects of their research. However, there are few opportunities for
>>> early-career researchers to learn how to discuss these issues in an
>>> accessible manner.
>>>
>>> "perspectives", an RCUK-sponsored poster session with a difference, gives
>>> you experience in sharing your research with a non-specialist audience and
>>> provides training in producing and presenting a poster. Finalists present
>>> their posters at the BA Festival of Science, where prizes are awarded by a
>>> panel of expert judges.
>>>
>>> "perspectives" is open to postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers funded
>>> by the UK research councils. Application deadline is Wednesday 16 May 2007.
>>>
>>> For more information and online application visit
>>> http://www.the-ba.net/perspectives
>>>
>>> ************************************************************************
>>>
>>> 11. Getting BBSRC research in the media
>>>
>>> The BBSRC Media Office works to publicise stories about BBSRC-funded
>>> science
>>> with the aim of maintaining support for taxpayer for UK bioscience and the
>>> BBSRC research community. We need the help of every BBSRC-funded researcher
>>> to achieve this.
>>>
>>> We are keen to hear from researchers about progress they are making on
>>> BBSRC-funded projects, newsworthy studentship projects, peer-reviewed
>>> papers
>>> in print and other newsworthy activities.
>>>
>>> BBSRC always works closely with researchers and institutional
>>> communications
>>> offices to ensure the stories we work on are clear and accurate.
>>>
>>> If you are funded by BBSRC and are able to help us to publicise
>>> BBSRC-funded
>>> research please contact Matt Goode, Head of Media, BBSRC, Tel: 01793
>>> 413299,
>>> email: matt.goode at bbsrc.ac.uk
>>>
>>> Information about the BBSRC Media Office and the latest stories is
>>> available
>>> at: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media
>>>
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