Genomic Resource Program: Call for Requests

[Wetterstrand, Kris (NIH/NHGRI)]

Call for requests for BAC Library Construction Program

**Next Receipt date: June 10, 2003**

The NIH BAC Resource Network provides capacity for the construction of
multiple BAC libraries per year from many different organisms.  A process
has been developed for soliciting requests and making decisions about how to
deploy the BAC library-making capacity.  The scientific community is asked
to participate in this process by submitting "white paper" proposals for any
organism, except eubacteria, archaea and plants.  Proposals are reviewed by
a panel of research biologists, which assesses the organism's biological
relevance and research utility.  Organisms from those proposals that present
high priority requests then enter into the BAC library construction
pipeline.  The next submission date is June 10, 2003.  The construction of
BAC Libraries through the NIH BAC Resource Network is currently underway at
three sites: Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Virginia Mason
Research Center, and Arizona Genomics Institute/Clemson University Genomics
Institute.

Visit <http://www.genome.gov/Research/BACLibraries> for more information.
There you will find links to:
*       A complete program description
*       Instructions for submitting requests and information about review
criteria
*       Libraries available and in the production pipeline, as well as their
white paper requests
*       BAC Library ordering and Construction Center contact information

Submission Dates for 2003 and beyond:   February 10, June 10 and October 10

For additional information about the BAC library construction program,
please contact:
Kris Wetterstrand
Division of Extramural Research
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
Phone:  (301) 496-7531
Fax:    (301) 480-2770
E-mail:  kris_wetterstrand at nih.gov <mailto:kris_wetterstrand at nih.gov>

The BAC library construction capacity is supported by multiple NIH
institutes including: the National Human Genome Research Institute, the
National Center for Research Resources, the National Institute of Mental
Health and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
The National Science Foundation also supports a program for the construction
and arraying of a large number of BAC libraries.  See
http://www.nsf.gov/bio/pubs/awards/bachome.htm
<http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf01145>.