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Proposal Application

Call for Applications for the Use of NMR Facility

~~Next deadline for applications: June 5, 2009~~
~~(FY 2009 first round)~~

FY 2009 first round applications of "Non-Proprietary Trial Use" has been finished.
The "Proprietary Use" and the "Non-Proprietary Use" are still accepting.

1.Overview

RIKEN accepts applications from academic and corporate researchers to use the NMR Facility and the NMR Structural Analysis Pipeline for preparation of NMR samples and tertiary structure determination.

From FY 2002 to 2006, RIKEN used the NMR Facility to determine more than 300 protein structures annually under the National Project on Protein Structural and Functional Analyses (also known as the Protein 3000 Project) under the direction of Japan’s Ministry of Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

Since FY 2007, RIKEN has taken the technologies, research facilities, trained personnel resources, and analytical systems gained during the Protein 3000 Project—particularly the world-class NMR Structural Analysis Pipeline—and made them available to the public with the aim of contributing to the future development of life science research.

Part of the expenditures for open use of the facility are provided by the MEXT Open Advanced Research Facilities Initiative*.

*About the Open Advanced Research Facilities Initiative

This initiative is the successor to MEXT’s Open Advanced Facilities Initiative for Innovation (Strategic Use by Industry) program. The initiative’s mission is to promote an independent approach and flexible operation. MEXT supports expenditures at national state-of-the-art research facilities by researchers in academic and industrial fields, thus providing opportunities for them to conduct superior research.

Both RIKEN and Yokohama City University [which share the same location in Yokohama] had their proposals accepted for use of their NMR facilities under the Open Advanced Research Facilities Initiative. RIKEN works in collaboration with the university to select research applications, and announce research results.

–more about the Yokohama City University website (in Japanese)

2. Guidelines for the Facility Use

Three different types are available as follows.

Type 1:	Non-Proprietary Trial Use (no user fees charged)
Type 2:	Proprietary Use (user fees charged)
Type 3:	Non-Proprietary Use (user fees charged, but a partial discount applies)

3. Eligibility

Non-Proprietary Trial Use

Applicants should be an industrial entity or collaborating with industrial partners and be eligible for Trial Use. Applicants must also agree to the following terms and conditions of use:

Written Declaration (pdf, 11.2KB)

Proprietary Use

Determined on a case-by-case basis.

Non-Proprietary Use

Applicants must agree to the following terms and conditions of use:

Written Declaration (pdf, 12.5KB)

For all categories, no prior experience in using NMR is required.

4. Evaluation and Selection

Type 1 and Type 3 applications are evaluated and selected based on a careful review of themes by the Theme Selection Committee.

Members of the Theme Selection Committee

Type 2 applications (Proprietary Use) do not go through the selection process; they are assessed separately, with usage times assigned accordingly based on certain conditions.

5. Application Guidelines

Type 1: Non-Proprietary Trial Use (no user fees charged)

Application Guidelines

Please read the application guidelines carefully.

Guide to Applying for Machine Time at the RIKEN Yokohama Institute NMR Facility (pdf,147KB)

How to apply

1. Fill in the form below (maximum file size that can be sent: 10MB)

Research Proposals(Word, 29.5KB)

2. Login to your account, enter the required information, then upload and send the completed Research Proposal. (You can create an account if you don’t have one.)

See Flow of Application Procedure for more information.

Also see User Report for RIKEN NMR Facility(Word, 63.0KB)

Deadline

June 5, 2009

Application Filing and Procedure Schedule (tentative)

May 7, 2009	The first application filing period for the FY 2009 program
June 5, 2009	Application deadline for the first FY 2009 program
July, 2009	Decision on the first FY 2009 program
July, 2009	Start of the first FY 2009 program for the selected users

Type 2: Proprietary Use (user fees charged)

Please contact us directly at E-mail: nmrkaihou@yokohama.riken.jp

FY 2009 Facility Fees for Proprietary Users

Type 3: Non-Proprietary Use (user fees charged, but a partial discount applies)

Application Guidelines

Please read the application guidelines carefully.

Guide to Applying for Machine Time at the RIKEN Yokohama Institute NMR Facility (pdf,147KB)

Attachment: FY 2009 Facility Fees for Non-Proprietary Users

How to apply

1. Fill in the form below (maximum file size that can be sent: 10MB)

Research Proposal(Word, 29.5KB)

2. Login to your account, enter the required information, then upload and send the completed Research Proposal. (You can create an account if you don’t have one.)

See Flow of Application Procedure for more information.

Also see User Report for RIKEN NMR Facility(Word, 66.5KB)

Deadline

June 5, 2009

Application Filing and Procedure Schedule (tentative)

May 7, 2009	Start of application filing period for the first FY 2009 program
June 5, 2009	Application deadline for the first FY 2009 program
July, 2009	Decision on applications for the first FY 2009 program
July, 2009	Selected users can begin using the NMR Facility.

6. List of Selected Themes

Selected Themes (in Japanese)

For further information, please contact:

RIKEN Yokohama Institute

Research Promotion Division

E-mail: