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International FundingENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
Dr Edward ClarkeSenior Manager
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
We are the main UK government agency for funding
research and training in engineering and the physical
sciences
We invest around £800 million a year so the UK will be
prepared for the next generation of technological change
WHY INTERNATIONAL?
“International collaboration is important if the UK is to stay at the leading edge of world science and innovation and benefit from the 90 per cent of the world’s scientific output that is produced elsewhere.”
The Race to the TopLord Sainsbury, October 2007
EPSRC Overarching Vision “Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world in which to engage in research and innovation.”
“For the UK to be equally renowned for knowledge transfer and innovation as it is for research discovery.”
…while maintaining research excellence and quality
FUNDING OPTIONSOverseas travel grants
Responsive Mode (including first grants)
• Travel costs etc associated with collaboration as part of a larger research grant
Visiting researchers
Bilateral workshops and N + N meetings
Networks
Specific calls for proposals: www.epsrc.ac.uk
INTERNATIONAL FUNDINGWhat we DO fund:
UK-resident academic employees of eligible institutions (mostly UK Higher Education Institutions)
Travel and subsistence costs for UK partners at all stages in international research collaborations.
International networking activities (UK T&S and UK core meeting costs)
What we DON’T fund:
Your collaborator overseas’ research or any investigators working in Universities outside the UK.
WRITING YOUR PROPOSALWould your proposal stand up on its own without the collaboration?
How will the collaboration work? Management of the link, use of travel funds…
Added value of collaborating: what makes your chosen partner so special? What will they add to the research?
Detailed letters of support from your collaborators
Memoranda of Understanding (if held)
Track record of any previous collaboration
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Agreements with agencies in USA, Japan, China and India.
Memoranda of Understanding or ERA/ESF activities.
Specific calls for proposals.
Double jeopardy occurs where a joint research project is seeking funding from 2 agencies.
Issues occur where the peer review is independent and out of sync.
What are we doing?
Collaborations with Japan
EPSRC currently fund grants worth a value of approximately
£28 million that have a named Japanese collaborator.
Examples of research themes include:
ICT
Photonics
Electronics
Energy
Nanotechnology
Thank you
ご静聴ありがとうございました
Edward Clarke, Senior Portfolio Manager, International Programmes
: EPSRC, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1ET
: 01793 444438
www.epsrc.ac.uk