EPSRC: Healthcare technologies for infectious disease resilience

19/08/2021

26/10/2021

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) invites applications for its healthcare technologies for infectious disease resilience. This supports projects addressing infectious diseases and focus on being more resilient to future epidemics and pandemics through healthcare technologies. There is no limit on the size of the grant or length of the project. Funding covers up to 80 per cent of the full economic cost. Funding may cover staff costs, equipment and other items required to carry out the project, costs related to impact, and travel and subsistence.

The project should be in the areas of: •building resilience in healthcare systems; •preventing, controlling, diagnosing and treating infectious diseases. Projects that build on existing EPSRC COVID-19 research are encouraged and the scope of research may be in the fields of engineering, physical sciences, ICT or mathematical sciences.

The PI must be a UK researcher currently based at an organisation eligible for EPSRC funding, such as UK HEIs, research council institutes, UKRI-approved independent research organisations, public sector research establishments or NHS bodies with research capacity. The PI must meet one of the following criteria: employed at the submitting research organisation at lecturer level or equivalent; hold a fixed-term contract that extends beyond the duration of the proposed research project, and the host research organisation is prepared to give all the support normal for a permanent employee; hold an EPSRC, Royal Society or Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship aimed at later career stages; hold fellowships under other schemes. Clinical applicants must be employed or be on a fixed-term contract longer than the proposed project at an NHS trust, hospital, board, primary care trust or general practice.