Access form - NEOF - NERC Environmental Omics Facility

Please submit this Request for Access once you have completed the enquiry process with NEOF; the enquiry process allows you to discuss your project's technical requirements with the NEOF team, to ensure the feasibility of your project and to obtain a quote.

Before submitting this form, please ensure all members of your research team have understood and agreed to NEOF’s Terms and Conditions. By submitting the form, you agree to adhere to NEOF’s Terms and Conditions.

The information required is dependent on the funding for your project: 1. Your project is funded by a NERC grant or fellowship; 2. you are applying to a NEOF Pilot competition; 3. other (including NERC studentships); your project must be within the NERC-remit.

1. If your project is NERC GRANT-FUNDED and is as originally described in your grant application, please upload the Case for Support, Justification of Resources and NEOF quotes (as submitted to NERC and as updated post enquiry). In addition, if your project plan has changed since your application to NERC (e.g. due to new technology becoming available at the Facility), please also upload a pdf document explaining your proposed amended plan.

2. If you are applying to the NEOF Early Career Researcher PILOT competition: please upload your project description (750 words), NEOF quote, a two-page CV and a statement of support from your supervisor (not required for Research Fellows). In addition, you will be asked how the proposal will help your transition to become an independent researcher (200 words). Your project description (PDF, max 750 words excluding references) should include:
- Underlying rationale, scientific and technological issues to be addressed
- Specific objectives of the project
- Methodology and plan of research, including, for example, any bioinformatic analyses
3. For all OTHER projects (including NERC studentships): please upload your project description and NEOF quote (obtained following enquiry). Your project description (PDF, max 750 words excluding references) should adequately explain the following aspects:
- background
- objectives of the research and the relevance of the proposed molecular genetic analyses to these objectives
- your contribution to the work, including, for example, any bioinformatic analyses
- any wider justification for the project.
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Only applications from NERC eligible PIs with all documents submitted will be considered.

Fields with * are mandatory.

Please email any technical issue to neof@sheffield.ac.uk

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Access
Which service(s) are you requesting access for?*
- I wish to provide samples for sequencing
- I wish to request training for my postgraduate student/ technician/ postdoc/ myself at the NEOF Visitor Facility (based in Sheffield)
- I wish to request nucleic acid extraction at the NEOF Visitor Facility
- I wish to request bespoke support with bioinformatic analysis

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Funding
How is your project funded?*
If your project is NERC/UKRI funded, have you requested access to NEOF at the grant application stage? (i.e. via JeS system)
- Yes
- No
Reference number*
Please insert the reference number provided by NERC (it should start with NE/). Do not add the project title.
Funding start date
DD slash MM slash YYYY
Funding end date
DD slash MM slash YYYY
Please provide details on whether the remaining funded time will be sufficient to fully complete the proposed study.
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.
Please provide details for how your project is funded

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Your research team
Principal investigator title
Principal Investigator name*
First Last
Please note that the PI (except for Early Career Researchers Pilot competition) must comply with the NERC eligibility criteria: http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/application/eligibility/
Job title*
Institute
Email*
Phone
Please provide the full names and institutes of any co-investigators
- Forename
- Forename
- Forename
- Forename
- Forename
- Surname
- Surname
- Surname
- Surname
- Surname
- Email
- Email
- Email
- Email
- Email
- Institution
- Institution
- Institution
- Institution
- Institution
Name and year of study of the PhD student associated with your proposal
- Full name
- Full name
- Full name
- Full name
- Institution
- Institution
- Institution
- Institution
- Email
- Email
- Email
- Email
- Year
- Year
- Year
- Year
Project partners
Please provide the names and institutions for any of your project partners, e.g. CASE partners etc.
If you are requesting access to the NEOF Visitor Facility, who is it for?
- Principal Investigator
- Co-Investigator
- Postgraduate student
- Technician
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Project Partner
Relevant research experience of the investigators including any proposed visitors
When the data are generated, do you have the opportunities & experience to analyse them or would you require help to analyse your data? (maximum 50 words)
Recent relevant publications by the applicants (maximum of four)

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Your project
Project title*
Project abstract (100 words maximum)*
How will this proposal help your transition to become an independent researcher? (200 words maximum)
Scientific Case*
Please cover (up to 400 words): 1. How a reference genome will aid the work of your group and of others, noting the potential for studentship training, further grant or fellowship proposals, or to applied conservation, etc. 2. How other available genome resources will maximise the impact of this reference genome or, alternatively, how the lack of related reference genomes or the unusual nature of the proposed reference genome make this a valuable resource.
Binomial species*
Also provide a common name or brief description.
Genome size*
Is this species found in Britain or Ireland*
- YES
- NO
Does the sample originate in Britain or Ireland?*
- YES
- NO
Is a high-quality specimen or tissue sample available from a single individual or clonal line?*
- Single individual
- Clonal line
Please provide a brief description of availability of sample*
e.g. 1. amount of material available; 2. are samples available as fresh or freshly frozen? 3. if samples are in long-term storage, how have they been stored? 4. if samples are being collected from the field, comment on the logistics of shipping samples. 5. amples may either be prepared in applicants’ own laboratory or at NEOF, which houses expertise and equipment for high molecular weight nucleic acid extraction and QC. If this is required, please flag this during project discussions.
Quote reference number*

Please enter the Quote reference number provided to you at the enquiry stage by a NEOF staff member. (example CGR SDxxx) If you don’t have one please contact us via the Enquiry form.
When do you anticipate your samples to be available?
MM slash DD slash YYYY

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Supporting documentation
Please submit this Request for Access once you have completed the enquiry process with NEOF; the enquiry process allows you to discuss your project's technical requirements with the NEOF team, to ensure the feasibility of your project and to obtain a quote.

Before submitting this form, please ensure all members of your research team have understood and agreed to NEOF’s Terms and Conditions. By submitting the form, you agree to adhere to NEOF’s Terms and Conditions.

The information required is dependent on the funding for your project: 1. Your project is funded by a NERC grant or fellowship; 2. you are applying to a NEOF Pilot competition; 3. other (including NERC studentships); your project must be within the NERC-remit.

1. If your project is NERC GRANT-FUNDED and is as originally described in your grant application, then please upload the Case for Support, Justification of Resources and NEOF quotes (as submitted to NERC and as updated post enquiry). In addition, if your project plan has changed since your application to NERC (e.g. due to new technology becoming available at the Facility), then please also upload a pdf document explaining your proposed amended plan.

2. If you are applying to the NEOF Early Career Researcher PILOT competition: please upload your project description (750 words), NEOF quote, a two-page CV and a statement of support from your supervisor (not required for Research Fellows). Your project description (PDF, max 750 words excluding references) should include:
- Underlying rationale, scientific and technological issues to be addressed
- Specific objectives of the project
- Methodology and plan of research, including, for example, any bioinformatic analyses
- Case for Support
  Max. file size: 25 MB.
- Justification of Resources
  Max. file size: 25 MB.
- NEOF quotation
  Max. file size: 25 MB.
- Proposed amended plan
  Max. file size: 25 MB.
- Project description
  Max. file size: 25 MB.
- Short CV
  Max. file size: 25 MB.
- Supervisor statement
  Max. file size: 25 MB.
- Other attachments
  Drop files here or
  
  Max. file size: 25 MB.

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Application summary
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- By submitting this application, you are confirming that you have enough time to complete the project and are supported to apply by your line manager.
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