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STFC: Early technology development and equipment for STFC grant holders
Added date
23/09/2021
Closing date
27/10/2021
Call summary
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) invites applications for its early technology development and equipment for STFC grant holders call. This supports funding for equipment to support the development of basic technologies in areas such as sensors, imaging and detectors. The early technology development includes transformative technologies, which are the underpinning technologies of the future, for example, artificial intelligence, quantum and basic technologies, which are the earliest stage of the emerging technologies pipeline. The total budget is £1 million. The full economic cost of the project may be up to £200,000 for equipment and technology development and up to £5,000 for commissioning-related activities. STFC will fund up to 80 per cent of the full economic costs.
Scientific scope
Nuclear Physics; Universe Sciences; Particle Physics; High Energy Astrophysics & Cosmic Rays; Galactic Astronomy; Synchrotrons & Accelerators
PI eligibility
Proposed activities must include a principal investigator from either an STFC-funded department at an eligible research organisation or an STFC laboratory or facility. The PI must be employed within a research organisation group previously or currently funded by the STFC core science programme in the areas of nuclear physics, particle physics and particle astrophysics, astronomy and space science, accelerators, and computing in support of these.