[Gmod-help] bbsrc

[Stephen Taylor]

Hi Dave/Hilmar,

Sorry for my slow reply.

> So, I see a few points worth raising and questions worth asking:
>
> 1) Steve, would you be interested in leading or being part of such a
> proposal?  We certainly have a lot of users around Oxford.  Possible
> collaborators could include Gos/InterMine (maybe already BBSRC funded?)
> and the BioMart group at Hinxton.  We've also GMOD users spread around
> the UK.  If you don't want to lead, we should put some time into
> thinking about who might.  We would need to figure out leadership and
> participation ASAP.  Once that happens, I see the Stateside contingent
> as shifting to a support role in writing the proposal

Given that we don't actually develop GMOD tools I am not sure it would make sense for us to lead this although it would 
be great for CBRG to part of such an initiative. Maybe Gos/Intermine or the BioMart people would be a better fit? They 
were also almost certainly have more leverage than me as well for getting such a grant.

>
> 2) Given BBSRC's British focus, the Stateside GMOD could offer support
> in both preparing the grant and during the grant.  This would include
> gathering stats to show usage and need in Britain, and working with GMOD
> UK if and when it is setup.  We probably could not apply for funding.
> We'd also have to come up a policy for supporting (or not supporting)
> other European based GMOD users and developers.
>

> 3) Should a proposal include support and development, or just support?
> Is it more attractive with development?  What "development" areas would
> be particularly useful in Britain?

Development I think would be good, tying in with EMBOSS using Galaxy and GBrowse/JBrowse.
There is a lot of annotation done with Artemis so maybe CHADO could be made more Artemis friendly? Or perhaps that will 
be part of the JBrowse grant?

Cheers,

Steve

>
> Dave C.
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Hilmar Lapp <hlapp at nescent.org
> <mailto:hlapp at nescent.org>> wrote:
>
>     Oct 6 is only a letter of intent, so I don't see why that would be
>     the barrier to apply this year.
>
>     -hilmar
>
>     On Sep 17, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Dave Clements wrote:
>
>>     Hi Steve, (and Scott, Lincoln, Todd, and Hilmar)
>>
>>     Thanks for the link.  Except for the due date (6 October), the
>>     program sounds like it could be a good way to fund a GMOD UK
>>     center and staff.  It looks like this program ends in 2011,
>>     although the support can last up to 5 years.  Hmmm.  If there is a
>>     call next year, maybe we should look into this.
>>
>>     Thoughts?
>>
>>     Dave C
>>
>>     On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Stephen Taylor
>>     <stephen.taylor at imm.ox.ac.uk <mailto:stephen.taylor at imm.ox.ac.uk>>
>>     wrote:
>>
>>         3.  Call for Proposals: Bioinformatics and Biological
>>         Resources Fund
>>
>>         The 2010 call for the Bioinformatics and Biological Resources
>>         (BBR) fund was announced on 1 September 2010. The call aims to
>>         support the establishment, maintenance and enhancement of
>>         bioinformatic and biological resources that align to BBSRC's
>>         Strategic Plan and which demonstrate a strong demand from the
>>         UK bioscience community.
>>
>>         The call is a two step process with an intention to submit
>>         closing date of 6 October 2010 and a full application closing
>>         date of 24 November 2010.
>>
>>         For further information and contact details for queries see:
>>         http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/opportunities/2010/2010-bioinformatics-biological-resources-fund.aspx
>>
>>
>>
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