takes to run a sizeable research programme Dr Lewis Makana - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

A UKWIR WORKSHOP Trunk Main Asset Health – Ensuring the Future of our Strategic Supply Systems 'Mapping the Underworld' - what it takes to run a sizeable research programme Dr Lewis Makana University of Birmingham 25 th April 2018

Objective of the presentation • Use Mapping the Underworld to set out: 1. What it takes to set up and run a sizeable industry wide research programme. 2. Where potential funding could come from

The MTU / ATU Timeline

The MTU / ATU Timeline A Time Before Researching the Underworld: – A Body Scanner for the Street (Tony Rachwal) – Houston, Anyone … We Have A Problem (Jo Parker) – OK, So How Bad is the Situation? Let’s Test (Mike Farrimond) – And It’s Not Just Our Problem: It’s An International Problem

The MTU / ATU Timeline EPSRC was Already Listening (NETTWORK) Industry Lobbied, Government Listened and EPSRC Acted Mapping the Underworld was Born (from an Ideas Factory, or Sandpit)

The MTU / ATU Timeline The Mapping the Underworld Feasibility Studies Proved Promising Project VISTA was funded (DTI, Leeds and 22 UK Companies) OXEMS was born (from research at Oxford) The MTU Location project was funded (Bham, Leeds, Southampton, Bath, Sheffield) …with attendant impact

The MTU / ATU Timeline

Potential Sources of Funding – UK Scene

Potential Sources of Funding – EPSRC New ideas and networking - grants available You can submit proposals for networking activities or include them in a larger research grant proposal. Transformative research Transformative research is about stimulating creativity and adventure in research and research processes. IDEAS Factory, Sandpits, Bright IDEAS Award: The Big Pitch, Creativity@home … Funding for workshops EPSRC accepts applications for Workshops that are focussed on stimulating future research activities. Network grants Funding to bring together researchers, industry and other groups to develop collaborations through workshops, visits and part-time coordinators.

Potential Sources of Funding – EPSRC Standard Research Grant Standard Grants are very flexible , with the scale of projects supported ranging from small value, short term grants to multi-million pound research programmes . A wide variety of activities are supported , including feasibility studies, instrument development, equipment to support a number of research projects, overseas travel grants, and long-term proposals to develop or maintain critical mass. High risk/high return research proposals , embracing new concepts or techniques, are particularly encouraged .

Potential Sources of Funding – EPSRC Standard Research Grant The key features of standard grant funding are: • No closing dates - applications may be submitted at any time. • No limit on the value or length of the grant. • No constraint on the field of research, providing the majority of it falls within our remit but the research must consider the EPSRC portfolio that we are shaping. Prominence is given to the Principal Investigator as the creative figure who determines the direction of the research. • International excellence and national importance, as defined by independent peer review, are the main criteria against which proposals are assessed. We actively encourage the involvement of collaborators from industry, commerce or other organisations on research base funding research proposals. However, funding from a third-party is not mandatory.

Potential Sources of Funding – Innovate UK Example Funding competition November 2017 sector competition: strand 2 Infrastructure Systems UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £19 million for innovation projects in manufacturing and materials or infrastructure systems . A further £16 million is available for KTPs. Competition opens: Tuesday 28 November 2017 Competition closes: Wednesday 31 January 2018 12:00pm

Potential Sources of Funding – Innovate UK There will be: up to £5 million for projects up to 12 months up to £14 million for projects between 13 and 36 months An eligible project, in infrastructure systems must show significant innovation in one or more of our priority areas, which are: 1. smart infrastructure 2. energy 3. connected transport 4. urban living Proposals must improve business growth and productivity or create export opportunities for at least one UK SME involved in the project. Funding type Grant Project size Projects should range in size from total costs of £25,000 to £3 million . Projects must last between 3 months and 3 years .