EPSRC: Semiconductor technology for ICT innovation and knowledge centre

15/06/2023

01/06/2024

Apply for funding to establish an innovation and knowledge centre (IKC) in novel and emerging semiconductor technologies with relevance to information and communications technology (ICT) devices. The aim is to build critical mass and drive emergent ICT-led semiconductor technologies towards market via the development of prototypes and demonstrators through co-creation with business and industry. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. Funding for at least one award is available jointly from EPSRC and Innovate UK. The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £12,500,000. EPSRC will fund 80% FEC. Funding can be requested for up to five years. (Forecasted date for next year's call).

Scope: Semiconductors are a class of materials which are used to create the hardware which underpin electronic devices. The digital economy would be unable to function without them. They are as essential to modern life as grain or oil. Technically, they are the basis upon which integrated circuits, or computer chips, are built. They are also vital for analogue circuits such as those involved in power management, radio frequency, lasers and sensors. They are a key enabling technology across multiple commercial sectors (automotive, power electronics, quantum, communications) and are essential to driving progress towards meeting key technological, societal, and economic challenges such as: - artificial intelligence - quantum - telecomms - digital healthcare - net zero.

Standard EPSRC eligibility rules apply. Research grants are open to: UK higher education institutions research council institutes UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) approved independent research organisations and NHS bodies with research capacity public sector research establishments eligible research and technology organisations