Instrumental Access

Instrumental Access is sponsored by Seeding Labs. Provides donated scientific instruments and supplies to university departments in low- and middle-income countries to enhance laboratory capabilities.

Instrumental Access application - Seeding Labs Instrumental Access application You can submit your application at any time, but these are the upcoming dates when applications will be reviewed: Fill out the written application Selected applicants will be contacted for an interview Finalists will be offered acceptance Please carefully review the detailed requirements as outlined in the Information for Applicants page or download the application ( PDF or Word ).

Applications are typically submitted by a staff member or administrator on behalf of the department or institution. The individual who submits the application should be willing to serve as the main point of contact between your institution and Seeding Labs, although it’s fine to designate a different contact person later in the process. Applications must be submitted in English.

You must respond to all of the questions; incomplete applications will not be considered. You will have the option to save incomplete applications for up to 30 days by clicking “Save and Continue Later. ” If you choose this option, the system will send you a link via email that you can use to continue the application at a later time.

Please note that you will receive a new continuation link each time you click “Save and Continue,” which might be confusing if you save multiple times. As an alternative, we recommend downloading the application questions as a PDF or Word document to work on them offline. Once you’ve finalized your answers, you can enter them into the web form all at once just prior to submission.

Please do not send completed forms or any other attachments via email unless you have been invited to do so; we can accept applications via the web form only. Applicant Institution * Provide the full name of the institution on whose behalf you are applying to Instrumental Access (e.g. Harvard University).

Applicant Department * Provide the full name of the department or sub-unit on whose behalf you are applying to Instrumental Access (e.g. Department of Biology). Applicant Contact Name * Please provide the name of the individual with whom we should correspond regarding this application. This is usually a researcher in the applicant department, but you can designate someone else if you prefer.

This individual should be able to correspond with us in English. Mr. Mrs. Miss Ms. Dr. Prof. Rev. Applicant Job Title * Please provide the job title or academic appointment for the primary applicant (e.g., Lecturer in Biochemistry) Applicant Contact Email * The preferred email address for the applicant specified above Backup Contact Information Please consider providing a secondary email address or phone number for backup.

We will not use this backup contact information unless we suspect that mail is not being delivered to your preferred email address. These questions are related to program eligibility as described above. If you select "Other" in any of the following questions or aren't sure about your eligibility status, please contact us to discuss before completing the rest of the application form.

Country * In which eligible country is your institution located?

Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Comoros Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bisseau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kyrgyz Republic Laos PDR Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Macedonia Malawi Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Palau Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Republic of Congo Romania Rwanda Samoa São Tomé and Principe Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Sri Lanka St.

Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Institution Type * Which of the following best describes your institution?

Public college, university, or other institution of higher education Private college, university, or other institution of higher education Publicly-funded research institute University-affiliated research institute Scientific Discipline * Which of the following best describes the scientific discipline of your department?

Biology or closely-related field, including Biomedical Sciences and Bioengineering Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Chemical Engineering Agriculture or Environmental Science I have carefully reviewed the Information for Applicants page and believe the program would be a good fit for my institution. If I have questions, I've addressed them to application@seedinglabs. org.

Previous Next Save and Continue Later Introduction * Introduce your department and institution. Tell us what you think we need to know in order to understand your application in context. What sets your institution and department apart from others in your country or region?

What are your strengths? Please include the age of the applicant department and information about degree programs and/or research training activities. Reason for Applying * Tell us about why you’re applying to Instrumental Access.

What specific goals do you hope that additional equipment will help you to achieve? Teaching and Research Staff * Tell us about the research and teaching staff members who will use the equipment. What are their strengths and areas of expertise?

How is the staff organized? Include the total number of staff members, percent female, and percent with a PhD degree (or equivalent). Ongoing Research * Tell us about the types of research projects currently underway in your department.

If there are many, provide a list of topics to illustrate range and then select a few examples to highlight. We're not looking for detailed research abstracts, just a brief description of the scope and objectives of each project. Include information about external collaborators and funding sources, if any.

Supporting Resources * Tell us about the resources available at your institution to support effective use of Instrumental Access equipment. Is there sufficient and appropriate space available? Technical expertise and/or maintenance contracts?

Ability to purchase reagents and additional supplies if necessary? Previous Next Save and Continue Later The questions in this section are mostly things we track for statistical purposes, although they do also provide us with useful background information about your institution. Please answer them as accurately as you can.

Existing Equipment * From the list below, select any types of equipment (in working order) to which researchers from your department currently have access without having to travel to another site. To select multiple options, hold the "ctrl" key as you click.

Note: We ask this question to get a sense of where things currently stand at your department, and also for statistical purposes (collectively this information helps us to make the case to donors that more equipment is needed). Checking a category here will not prevent you from selecting or receiving additional items from that category if you're accepted to the program!

Autoclaves/Sterilizers Balances Water Baths/Circulators Cameras Cell Counters Centrifuges, Benchtop Centrifuges, Floor or Ultra Chromatographs, Flash Chromatographs, Gas Chromatographs, Liquid DNA Sequencers Electrophoresis Systems Evaporators/Concentrators Flow Cytometers Freezers, -40 Freezers, -80 Freezers, -140 Grinders/Homogenizers Heat Blocks Heating Mantles Hoods and Contained Environments Hot Plates/Stirrers/Mixers Imagers/Photodocumentation Incubators Light Boxes/Transilluminators Liquid Handlers Melting Point Apparatus Meters, pH Microplate Washers Microscopes, Basic (Light) Microscopes, Specialized (e.g. Fluorescent, Confocal, SEM, etc.) Microtomes Ovens PCR Machines, Standard PCR Machines, Real-Time Pipettors PPE and Safety Equipment Pumps, Vacuum Refrigerators Shakers/Rockers/Rotators Spectrophotometers, UV/Vis Spectrophotometers, Microplate Spectrophotometers, Other Mass Spectrometers Ultrasonic Cleaners/Sonicators Vortexers Water Purification Systems None of the Above Number of Staff/Faculty Members Impacted * Estimate the number of staff/faculty members who would be impacted by equipment from Instrumental Access if your application is successful.

Number of Undergraduate Students Impacted Annually * Estimate the number of undergraduate students that would be impacted by equipment from Instrumental Access each year. Number of Post-Graduate Students Impacted Annually * Estimate the number of post-graduate students that would be impacted by equipment from Instrumental Access each year.

Research Areas * From the list below, select any research topics currently under investigation in your department. Select all that apply.

Diagnostic Tools or Methods Food Production or Food Safety HIV/AIDS, Malaria, or Tuberculosis Non-communicable Diseases Access to Journals and Publications * Which of the following best describes your department or institute's access to scientific journals and other publications most relevant to your research area?

We have access to all or almost all of the journals and other publications we need We have access to most of the journals and other publications we need We have access to some of the journals and other publications we need Our access to journals and other publications is minimal Oversight of Human Subjects Research * Which of the following best describes ethical oversight of research involving human subjects at your institution?

We have a mandatory internal process for ethical oversight of human subjects research We have a mandatory process for ethical oversight, but we rely on another institution to manage it Practices vary at the discretion of the department or the individual researcher Oversight of human subjects research is not common practice This is not applicable because we do not ever conduct research involving human subjects Oversight of Animal Research * Which of the following best describes ethical oversight of research involving animals at your institution?

We have a mandatory internal process for ethical oversight of animal research We have a mandatory process for ethical oversight, but we rely on another institution to manage it Practices vary at the discretion of the department or the individual researcher Oversight of animal research is not common practice This is not applicable because we do not ever conduct research involving animals Faculty for the Future Program * Are you or any of your colleagues in the applicant department a current or former Faculty for the Future fellow?

The mission of the Schlumberger Foundation is to educate and connect women leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); driving education, innovation and thought leadership for a balanced planet. Please note this is not a requirement for Instrumental Access applicants.

Yes (please note that if you select this option, Seeding Labs may contact you to verify the Fellow's name) Previous Next Save and Continue Later Successful completion of an Instrumental Access shipment requires involvement and cooperation from the entire recipient department as well as the institution as a whole.

Please have your department head and university or institutional leadership complete these two forms to indicate that they are aware of the application and will support it if you are selected to move forward.

Head of Department Statement of Support * Please download the Statement of Support template and ask the current head of the applicant department (or head of the relevant institutional sub-unit if not an academic department) to complete and sign it. Then upload a copy (a photo is fine). If you (the applicant completing this form) are the head of department, then please sign the form yourself.

If you have questions about who should sign or difficulty downloading the form, please contact us . Accepted file types: jpeg, gif, png, pdf, doc, Max. file size: 5 MB.

Vice Chancellor or Equivalent Statement of Support * Please download the Statement of Support template and have it signed by the university Vice Chancellor, Rector, President, Institute Director, or an equivalent official with authority to make financial decisions and enter into agreements on behalf of the entire institution. If you have questions about who should sign or difficulty downloading the form, please contact us .

Accepted file types: jpeg, gif, png, pdf, doc, Max. file size: 5 MB. Previous Next Save and Continue Later Previous Submit!

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E. in Biomedical Engineering from John Hopkins University and an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. Director of Pandemic Preparedness, the Broad Institute, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Al Ozonoff, PhD, CPPS is Senior Advisor to Dr. Pardis Sabeti and Chief of Staff of the Sabeti Lab.

In these roles, he provides administrative leadership and senior scientific expertise across the full range of lab activities and research. He provides further programmatic support as the U.S. Director for the Sentinel Program. Al is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a faculty scientist within the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital.

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He has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications throughout more than 20 years of research experience.

He was Principal Investigator of two R01 grant awards: a 3-year project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) BioSense Program, “Improving syndromic surveillance by data integration” (R01 PH000021-02), and a 5-year project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), “Patient safety surveillance using machine learning and free text clinical” (R01 HS026246-01A1).

As a leading expert during the early phases of the pandemic, Al led the Clinical and Data Coordinating Center for IMPACC, a national immunophenotyping study of COVID-19 funded by the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease (NIH/NIAID). In 2016-17, he was one of 12 Harvard Medical School Fellows in Bioethics. Outside of work, Al enjoys spending time with his family and learning from teachers in contemplative traditions.

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Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Founding Member, Whitehead Institute, and Seeding Labs Board Member Harvey Lodish has been a leader in molecular cell biology as well as a biotechnology entrepreneur for over five decades. Much of his early research focused on the regulation of messenger RNA translation and the biogenesis of plasma membrane glycoproteins.

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Senior Director of Preclinical and Translational Research, Foundation Fighting Blindness, Seeding Labs Board Chair Chad Jackson, PhD is a translational science executive focused on developing breakthrough therapies for inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and other vision disorders. With a background in visual neuroscience (Ph. D.

, Emory) and over a decade of experience spanning the nonprofit, federal, and academic sectors, he specializes in advancing complex therapeutics—like gene therapies and regenerative approaches—from lab to clinic. At the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Dr. Jackson leads a $50M+ portfolio of preclinical and early clinical-stage programs, including a first-in-kind $46M whole eye transplant effort funded by ARPA-H.

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Previously, he supported national R&D priorities through roles at DARPA, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the U.S. State Department. These experiences sharpened his ability to navigate federal innovation ecosystems and scale novel technologies for societal impact.

Executive Director, Network of Engaged International Donors Ina Jamuna Breuer is Executive Director of NEID Global , which is a national peer-to-peer learning community of global donors, social investors, and family foundations.

NEID Global’s mission is to convene and empower donors to help address the world’s big problems and does so through 50 events per year, two Giving Circles focused on core issues of international development, and a bi-annual Symposium. NEID offers its members a journey that helps them learn, connect, inspire, and act.

This journey entails providing members access to experts, to other global philanthropists and to safe spaces to learn from each other. Previously Ina was the Executive Director of Beyond Conflict, where she worked for 17 years to help leaders in the Middle East, Central America, Northern Ireland, the Balkans, and South Asia address difficult challenges relating to reconciliation and change.

At Beyond Conflict Ina launched the Neuroscience and Social Conflict Initiative in 2008, which now forms the core of Beyond Conflict’s work and has led to a new area of inquiry at the intersection of brain science and conflict resolution. Prior to BC, Ina was the Assistant Director of the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies at the New School for Social Research in New York.

In the early 1990s TCDS was a hub for dissidents from Eastern Europe and was focused on helping rebuild civil society and the political culture needed for democracies to flourish in the former communist region. Ina began her career at the Foundation for Civil Society, where she was involved in educational and environmental programming in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

She completed her studies at Northwestern University, the Free University of Berlin and the New School for Social Research. Ina is a German citizen that was born and raised in India and South Korea. She recently also became a US national.

Isabella is a senior Endicott College student majoring in biology/ biotechnology from Dumont, NJ. She is passionate about safety, compliance, and access to various types of laboratory equipment. During her semester-long internship at Seeding Labs, Isabella will be standardizing and automating engagement efforts, supporting all phases of the donor cycle, and working hands-on with the fundraising team.

Director of Individual Giving Paul is responsible for individual outreach to increase philanthropic support for Seeding Labs. He is an experienced fundraising professional with broad knowledge and understanding of resource development and advancement in major research universities and public trusts.

In previous roles at The University of Massachusetts, MIT, Harvard University, and the Pew Charitable Trusts, Paul cultivated relationships within the philanthropic community, garnering support for programs and priorities spanning nuclear engineering, global health, climate science/energy, and demographic and survey research.

Paul’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is active in his alma mater, serving on the Department of Political Science Advisory Board, and was a former board member of the UMass Alumni Association. Additionally, he has completed professional certificate programs at the T.

H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health and MIT, enhancing his expertise in policy, politics, and innovation. Jacob works to provide logistics and operational support for the Instrumental Access program.

He assists in inventory control and valuation that support our international shipments of research equipment and supplies to developing countries. Prior to joining Seeding Labs, Jacob worked as a QC Microbiology Analyst at BA Sciences, supporting plate reading procedures and validation. He is currently an undergraduate pursuing a BS in Biology and a BS in Biotechnology at Tufts University.

Director of Corporate Relations Jennifer builds and stewards Seeding Labs’ partnerships with corporations and other life science institutions. Our partners’ financial and lab equipment contributions help support universities and research institutions in under-resourced settings.

When these talented scientists, researchers, and educators have the resources they need to create and maintain strong scientific institutions, new solutions are created for both local development needs and global challenges. Before joining Seeding Labs, Jennifer raised funds and engaged constituents for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Brandeis University.

She graduated from Wellesley College with a BA in French studies. Manisha uses her scientific expertise to implement the equipment-related aspects of Seeding Labs’ programs and plays a key role in Instrumental Access. She provides support to Instrumental Access awardees, helping them choose the instruments that best meet their research and teaching goals.

She also advises the Corporate Relations team on equipment that would be useful in our awardees’ labs. Manisha has extensive experience in managing academic research labs with knowledge spanning lab setup, compliance, and equipment training. Most recently, she oversaw labs at Harvard University.

For the past decade, Manisha directed an undergraduate internship program focused on one of her passions: diversity and inclusion in STEM. She holds a BS in ecology from Rutgers University and an MS in ecology from the University of Vermont. Micalea works with the Programs team to develop and implement metrics and evaluation tools, and to monitor the worldwide impact of Instrumental Access.

She compiles and analyzes quantitative data and qualitative stories that exemplify our mantra, “talent is everywhere. ” Her prior work experience includes consulting for the World Bank, working on Water Security Assessments for Peru and Central America, and improving access to safe water in rural Ecuadorian communities with the nonprofit WaterStep.

Micalea holds a BA from Saint Michael’s College and completed her Master’s degree in Climate Change and Global Sustainability from SIT Graduate Institute, where she studied global science issues alongside scientists, stakeholders, and community members in Iceland, Tanzania, and Ecuador.

After completing an Atlas Corps Fellowship with Seeding Labs, Chiudo now provides support to our Instrumental Access partners from his Rumines Ltd. office in Lagos, Nigeria. Chiudo is CEO of Rumines, an environmental technology and management consulting company.

Prior to his fellowship, Chiudo was a country manager for Nigeria with Climate Scorecard, a US-based organization that monitors how the top 25 greenhouse gas-emitting countries implement the Paris Agreement on climate change. Chiudo earned a BS in pure and industrial chemistry from the University of Nigeria and a Master’s of Science in environmental technology and management from the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria.

David works to highlight the innovation and scientific successes of Instrumental Access awardees. In telling these scientists’ stories, he helps to show the global impact of the Seeding Labs mission.

Prior to joining Seeding Labs, David worked as the alumni affairs director for Brevard College in North Carolina and managed communications for Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies, a nonprofit in Louisville, Kentucky, that provides services to children with special needs. David earned his PhD in English from the University of Miami.

He holds an MA in English from the University of Louisville and a BA in English from Bellarmine University. Christina Viola Srivastava Vice President of Programs Christina is responsible for program development, planning, and implementation at Seeding Labs. Christina has experience as a research program evaluator and science policy analyst.

She’s held roles with the consulting firm Abt Associates, Inc. and the Science and Technology Policy Institute. Prior to entering the consulting world, Christina worked for the Boston-area nonprofits Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics and Urban Ecology Institute.

She holds an undergraduate degree in biology from Swarthmore College Vice President of Philanthropy Rick is responsible for the fundraising activities at Seeding Labs, engaging with corporations, foundations, and individuals to increase their financial and equipment donations to the organization.

Prior to joining Seeding Labs, Rick spent 17 years working in a similar capacity at a number of science-focused organizations, including Keystone Symposia, the Carnegie Institution for Science, and the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute).

Rick earned an MS in Finance from Drexel University, and a BS in Paper Science and Engineering from State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Vice President of Operations David is responsible for global logistics at Seeding Labs, overseeing the efficient movement of lab equipment worldwide.

He joined Seeding Labs from Image Arts, a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards, where he provided logistics direction for the company with $110 million in annual sales. He brings 20 years of supply chain management experience with in-depth knowledge of international logistics, warehouse execution, and distribution center operations.

Originally an art student at Southeastern Massachusetts University, David now uses his creative talents to develop logistics strategies that produce operational efficiencies and quality customer service. Please direct speaking requests to media@seedinglabs. org Melissa is the CEO