This document and the requirements listed herein aim at identifying a minimum quality standard for access to research infrastructures (RIs) at the European level and have been endorsed by the EuroHORCs and within DFG by the Committee on Scientific Instrumentation. The criteria and issues identified in Part I are independent of the size or kind of RI under consideration. Part II contains specific requirements addressing access to instrumentation and access to data bases / repositories.
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on specific instrumentation
The Committee on Scientific Instrumentation and the Commission on IT Infrastructure have issued statements or recommendations which might be relevant to a potential proposal. They are divided into general statements and statements which deal with specific instrumentation.
General statements
Directions for preparation of user concepts at core facilities.
Information processing at Universities – Organisation, services and systems Recommendations of the Commission on IT Infrastructure for 2011–2015.
The Commission on IT Infrastructure provides a revised version of perspectives and criteria of networking issues at universities. This new version should be considered when concepts for IT networks are developed.
The European project ERA-Instruments (coordinated by DFG) is a network of 16 scientific organisations located in 12 countries that are active in funding research infrastructure for the life sciences, among them ministries, charities and research performing and funding organisations. The results of various discussions between funders, scientific users and managers of life science research infrastructures has led to the publication of recommendations for funding, operation and effective use of leading-edge instrumentation.
The Committee on Scientific Instrumentation of the DFG has approved these recommendations and has encouraged the DFG to continue playing an active role in these discussions on the European level. Special emphasis is given by the Committee to shared use of existing and new instrumentation and to consequent alignment of funding schemes to the actual needs of the scientists.
Updated version of the recommendations in the programme "Großgeräte der Länder" (AHLB recommendations)
Statements on specific instrumentation
Regarding the fundamental importance of Radiology in the field of medical service and research in university hospitals, the board of scientific instrumentation passed recommendations concerning diagnostic and interventional imaging systems, including suggestions for an appropriate capacity and investment planing.
Initiated by the Committee on Scientific Instrumentation, the DFG held in November 2011 an experts meeting on instrumentation for DNA-sequencing with special regard to “Next Generation Sequencing" (NGS). The resulting recommendations may serve as guidelines for reviewing and preparing grant proposals for such instrumentation.
The DFG Committee on Scientific Instrumentation has approved flat-rate user fees for using selected instruments in DFG-funded projects.
The Committee on Scientific Instrumentation has initiated a round table discussion on the 23. September 2010 in Münster on efficient use and operation of NMR spectrometers. The results are summarized in the following recommendations (currently only available in German).
On occasion of an experts meeting in June 2010, recommendations on boundary conditions for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting devices have been elaborated. The guidelines will be provided to reviewers and should therefore be recognized when preparing a proposal.
Advanced clinical technology should be available at university hospitals in order to let these academic institutions meet two important goals: provide for maximum clinical care as well as academic training. Surgical robotics or telemanipulator systems can in principle be included in this claim. However, clinical evidence for a concrete benefit in patient care when compared to conventional minimal-invasive techniques is still lacking or ambiguous.
Given the growing importance of radio therapy in the framework of a comprehensive cancer therapy, the Board for Scientific Instrumentation discussed the nowadays necessary radio therapy instrumentation. Recommendations on procurements for radio therapy are given, taking into account the considerable technological advancements observed on the market as well as the significant costs for such procurements.
This section contains recommendations on submitting applications for medical Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS).
This section contains recommendations on submitting applications for rapid prototyping devices.
Archive
The archive gives an overview over past statements.
