化学数据库服务博客

We're gathering evidence of the National Chemical Database Service's scientific impact to ensure UK academia's continued access to these important resources – and we need your help.

The National Chemical Database Service is supported by the Engineering and Physical 新利手机客户端Sciences Research Council on the basis that it meets a community need: access to specialist databases that enable research in 新利手机客户端chemistry and related fields.作为EPSRC对中端设备供应的例行审查的一部分，we are preparing an application (called a Statement of Need) to justify continued support of the NCDS after 2017.While we will collate the application on behalf of our Advisory Board,it represents the views and needs of the UK scientific community,所以你的投入对它的成功至关重要。You can help us ensure that all of UK academia retains access to the NCDS resources in the following ways:

• Complete our questionnaire(5–10 minutes)
• Contribute some detailsabout how you use the NCDS and how it helps your research.It needn't take a lot of your time – just a few lines could help us demonstrate the impact of the NCDS
• Spread the word!与同事交谈或在社交媒体上分享

What is a Statement of Need?

A Statement of Need details the scientific community's need for a particular facility,service or piece of equipment,and gives evidence demonstrating how that facility enables high-quality 新利手机客户端science and offers value for money.For the NCDS,this means that we need to show examples of how access to NCDS resources underpins high-quality research in the UK.

Each Statement of Need is reviewed by experts in the field,and then prioritised by an EPSRC panel based on the reviewers' comments.这种优先顺序决定了哪些设施将得到资助。

The purpose of the Statement of Need process is to determine whether or not to continue funding the NCDS,not to decide if the Royal Society of 新利手机客户端Chemistry should continue to host it.If funding is continued,2018年的招标流程将决定未来哪个组织将运行该服务。

What is a mid-range facility?

The NCDS is anEPSRC mid-range facility;EPSRC funds these services to academia at a national level because it's more cost-effective and efficient than individual institutions paying for the same service.Most mid-range facilities provide access to expensive equipment and specialised expertise that would be difficult for any one institution to support.Rather than being based around a particular scientific technique,非传染性疾病是一个虚拟的设备,为所有英国学者提供大量重要的化学数据资源。In addition to the cost savings achieved by negotiating database subscriptions at a national level,the mid-range facility model allows us to provide centralised user support and training.

Our Advisory Board

Peter Scott	Advisory Board Chair,Professor of 新利手机客户端Chemistry,University of Warwick
Isaac Abrahams	X射线衍射设备高级讲师和顾问，伦敦玛丽女王大学
摩根亚历山大	Professor of Biomedical Surfaces,University of Nottingham
Simon Coles	结构化学教授，新利手机客户端University of Southampton and Director,英国国家晶体学服务
琳达汉弗莱斯	新利手机客户端Science Faculty Librarian,University of Bath
Niall Mac Dowell	Senior Lecturer of Energy and Environmental Technology and Policy,Imperial College London
李察惠特比	有机化学教授，新利手机客户端University of Southampton
Joseph Wright	能源材料讲师，东安格利亚大学
Talit Ghaffar	Physical 新利手机客户端Sciences Manager,EPSRC

Complete our questionnaireorcontribute some details关于你使用NCD。