EPSRC: Strategic technical platforms

03/08/2023

12/10/2023

This funding opportunity seeks to fund strategic investments for systematic support, training and development to promote, enable and empower the RTP community in UK universities. These investments can be made in support of RTPs in both the physical and digital domains. Proposals should have a strategic regional or national focus, and may be based around a group of institutions or a particular scientific field or technology. The proposals should offer a combination of personal and community-based activities and investments. You will need to describe how these investments will lead to the relevant RTP community gaining increased knowledge, skills and opportunities, and what the strategic benefit of this would be.Award amount max £2,000,000 Award amount min £750,000.

Examples of activities that could be considered include, but are not limited to: training opportunities (both in terms of new techniques and career development) secondments to other institutions or industries to train on new methods pump-priming access for facilities importing skills into the UK through visits to international facilities or hosting RTPs from internationally competitive institutes raising awareness of opportunities and community development conferences and workshops pilot projects and feasibility studies promotion and development of the role of RTPs in the context of universities in the UK (comparable to the “plus” option of the current EPSRC Fellowship scheme).

Applicant type Academic Institution; Government or Public Sector; Individuals: Early Career and Emerging in Field; Individuals: Mid-Career to Established in Field; Non-profit Eligibility Note Standard EPSRC eligibility rules apply. Research grants are open to: UK higher education institutions research council institutes UK Research and Innovation-approved independent research organisations eligible public sector research establishments eligible research and technology organisations NHS bodies with research capacity.