[Lfm] Funding available: access to advanced bioimaging facilities across the UK via Euro-BioImaging

[Georgina Fletcher]

Dear all,
I wanted to share a funding opportunity that may be of interest to the London fly community.
Applications are now open for the UK Bioimaging User Access Fund, which provides UK researchers with funded access to advanced bioimaging technologies and image analysis services.
What's on offer:

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Up to £5,000 (100% FEC) for access to bioimaging hardware OR
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Up to £2,000 for image analysis services
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Costs covered include facility access, consumables, travel, accommodation, and technical support

Who can apply: Any UK researcher — PhD students, technicians, postdocs, or PIs — working in biological or biomedical research. You must be applying to access a facility at a different institution from your own.
Participating sites include facilities at Edinburgh, York, Liverpool, Oxford Brookes, King's College London, and the Francis Crick Institute offering techniques including volume EM, lightsheet microscopy, spatial 'omics, and imaging mass spectrometry.
Next deadline: 31 July 2026 Applications are reviewed every 4 months, with decisions within 4 weeks.
Before applying, you'll need to contact your chosen facility to agree on your experimental plan — full details, eligibility criteria, and facility contacts are at www.rms.org.uk/user-access-fund<http://www.rms.org.uk/user-access-fund>.
Please do share this with anyone who might benefit. I'm also happy to answer any questions — feel free to get in touch at georgina at rms.org.uk<mailto:georgina at rms.org.uk> (or georgina.fletcher at crick.ac.uk)
Kind regards,
Georgina
Georgina Fletcher
BioImagingUK Project Officer and UK Node Manager for Euro-BioImaging
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