STFC and EPSRC: Follow-on funding for impact and engagement: QTFP

04/04/2024

23/05/2024

Apply for funding to support engagement and impact activities leading from a Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics (QTFP) funded project. This opportunity is open to applicants who have previously received QTFP funding. Early career researchers are encouraged to apply. The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £125,000. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) will fund 80% of the FEC. The earliest start date of the grant should not be before 15 July 2024. The duration of this award is for up to eight and a half months. All grants should end by 31 March 2025.

The proposed activities should enhance the value and wider benefit of your original research project, and have economic, social, cultural or policy impact. Equality diversity and inclusion (EDI) should be embedded into any follow-on activities. The funding for impact and engagement aims to: explore pathways to impact either within the lifespan of the QTFP research project or resulting from the completed research project enhance the value and benefits of QTFP funded research beyond academia encourage and enable a range of interactions and creative engagements between research and a variety of user communities, including business, public policy or the general public explore ways of working with the quantum hubs funded through the National Quantum Technologies Programme outside of academic interests Use QTFP research outputs to engage with underrepresented groups within the physics or STFC community test, verify and further define effective approaches to improve EDI as well as promote opportunities for increasing diversity within the quantum technologies for fundamental physics community.

The proposal must be submitted by a researcher, the project lead (PL) who is an employee of a research organisation that is eligible to receive UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) grants. These include higher education institutes or recognised academic analogues, such as institutes funded by other research councils and other organisations eligible to apply for funding. Only academic partners may request funding. Before applying for funding, check the Eligibility of your organisation. UKRI has introduced new role types for funding opportunities being run on the new UKRI Funding Service. To be named as a project lead (PL) on a grant submitted to this funding opportunity you must either: be an academic member of staff (lecturers or equivalent) hold a fellowship, such as an STFC, UKRI or Royal Society fellowship, won through open competition be an early career researcher (ECR). You must provide written support from the employer’s organisation. Please see section ‘Your organisation’s support’ for information regarding writing a statement of support.