Research Services have identified Scientific Visualisation to be a key gap in the portfolio of services offered to the University’s research community. While we have traditionally supplied infrastructure for simulation/compute, the emphasis has been on non-interactive use. Researchers are currently either visualizing datasets themselves using their own or School’s hardware, or not doing so at all – a situation that doesn’t scale to larger datasets, or promote a unified body of knowledge within the University in the area. In order to provide scientific visualization at scale as a service to researchers, I propose a combined approach of outreach, training, and provision of tools in the first instance using existing hardware. Provision: I propose we leverage the existing eddie compute cluster nodes, supplementing them with a set of visualization libraries and applications. Identified targets are VisIt, and the VTK libraries for in-situ visualization of massive datasets where appropriate. This combination of approaches enables researchers to remotely visualize datasets sized to the available memory or our large memory systems (2Tb), or in parallel to the available memory of all cluster nodes involved. We can readily leverage existing and to a certain extent recently depreciated hardware, although a reconfiguration of the existing service would be required to allow bookable interactive use. Outreach/training: I propose we engage with researchers across the University to understand current usage of visualization techniques, current and future needs, approaches, and issues, and to encourage uptake of visualization as a tool to facilitate understanding of their data. I propose we run workshops/demonstration sessions highlighting the abilities and features of VisIt and VTK. In order to reach out to researchers across all areas of the University, I propose we use the "Employ.ed for PhD” programme to engage research students for service testing, development of material and documentation, and outreach/engagement with the community through workshops and consultation. Research IT Ambassadors would work for 6 hours per week in this role, with the pay set by the Employ.ed for PhDs programme at the entry point of grade 5 (£11.72/hr). I propose that the programme employs three ambassador to work across all colleges as required, from 11th Jan to 31st July 2016 (28 weeks). This would require a budget of £6,300.