Dear R user, The Division of Pathway Medicine and Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre at the University of Edinburgh are currently working on a joint project to design a framework for using R in parallel called SPRINT. SPRINT is a Simple Parallel R INTerface and aims to allow researchers to easily access High Performance Computing to perform statistical analysis on post genomic data using R. We are now gathering input from R users on what specific functions create bottlenecks in their analysis. This information will be used to direct the developments of SPRINT, to ensure that key routines are optimised and that the functionality is immediately relevant to R users. It is your chance to tell us what R functions are specific bottleneck for your work. I encourage you to take part in our SPRINT online user requirements survey at https://www.survey.ed.ac.uk/sprint/. Taking part in the survey should only take around 15 minutes. Thank you for your valuable input. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding SPRINT by emailing sprint at lists.ed.ac.uk. Kind regards, Muriel Mewissen Division of Pathway Medicine University of Edinburgh Medical School The Chancellor's building 49 Little France Crescent Edinburgh, EH16 4SB -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.