Apply For a Free Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer® System

We are excited to see flow cytometry used more broadly in the life sciences. Towards that goal we want to 1) support new and innovative research, and 2) help investigators expand the use of flow cytometers. Tell us about innovative protocols or new research you would perform if you had access to a full featured analytical flow cytometer in your lab and you could receive an Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer® System.

C6 Grant Application Procedure

1. Subject Matter: Accuri is particularly interested in supporting proposals with the following characteristics:

a. Innovative or improved techniques with broad utility in molecular and cell biology

b. Development of new protocols to adapt techniques to the flow cytometer that are currently performed using other common analytical tools such as:

i. Microscopes

ii. Plate readers
iii. Electrophoresis
iv. PCR > > c. Development of new uses for flow cytometry made possible by the C6 Flow Cytometer System, based on its characteristics such as: > >> i. Small size
ii. Portability
iii. Easy to use software interface
iv. Low cost, enabling broad distribution of instruments at multiple research sites

2. Applications Format:

a. Microsoft Word file format

b. No more than 3 pages (8.5x11 with 1 inch margins)

c. Minimum 12 pt type (Arial or Helvetica font only)

d. Include the following sections:

i. Title (100 character maximum)

ii. Applicant name(s) and affiliation(s)
iii. Applicant contact information including email address
iv. Abstract (250 word maximum)
v. Introduction, covering the following topics >> >>> 1. What do you hope to learn?
2. Why is it relevant?
3. Why is a flow cytometer critical to the research? >> >> vi. Experimental Design and Methods >> >>> 1. This section is intended only as a summary of what you plan to do and how you plan to do it. Be sure to make clear the role of flow cytometry and the types of reagents you plan to use. >> >> vii. References

3. Submit applications as an attached file to Ideas@AccuriCytometers.com.

4. Submissions become the property of Accuri Cytometers and will be evaluated for creative and technical merit by Accuri scientists.

5. Those submissions judged to be qualified by the above standards will be placed in a pool and one submission will be drawn from the pool.

6. The scientist whose submission is drawn will receive an Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer® System.

7. Grant recipients will be acknowledged on Accuri's website and the abstract of the successful proposals posted.