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Research Councils

Research Councils. DTI. Office of Science and Technology. EPSRC. BBSRC. ESRC. MRC. NERC. PPARC. CCLRC. Research Councils, UK. Chaired by Dr John Taylor as DGRC Membership: CEOs of Research Councils Strategy Group Research Councils Science Strategy for UK Facilities Road Map

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Research Councils

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  1. Research Councils DTI Office of Science and Technology EPSRC BBSRC ESRC MRC NERC PPARC CCLRC

  2. Research Councils, UK • Chaired by Dr John Taylor as DGRC • Membership: CEOs of Research Councils • Strategy Group • Research Councils Science Strategy for UK • Facilities Road Map • Cross-council programmes/actions • Small secretariat hosted by EPSRC • Common interfaces where appropriate

  3. UK Government funded R&D, 1998-99 Total £6,274m Contribution to EU R&D £387m Total Science Budget£1,334m Civil Departments£1,372.8m EPSRC Defence£2,096m Funding Councils£1,085m Source: SET Statistics 2000

  4. Planned expenditure 2002/3 Fellowships1.7% Public Awareness0.4% Operations 3.6% Research Grants 76.7% Training 17.5% £498 million

  5. EPSRC Task To generate relevant new knowledge and expertise within its broad area of responsibility and to ensure that there is a healthy outflow into the community at large OsgoodIT/ICSTMNov00.ppt

  6. Knowledge & people World £ for research & training Knowledge & people Information & influence Opinions & £ Policy & £ National research cycle Providers (mainly universities) EPSRC Users (mainly industry) Government

  7. Strategic Framework Society Socio-economic Sectors: sector briefs MISSION OBJECTIVES’ Multidisciplinary opportunities Knowledge & Skills transfer Research excellence Infrastructure investment Training needs Programmes: Disciplines etc.

  8. SATs Strategic Advisory Teams Feedback on Landscapes from individuals College and Regional Meetings BUSINESS PLANNING PROCESS Business Plan Development Learned Societies Foresight Government Organisations Evaluation TOP & UP Programme Manager Team Council Advice Business Plan Professional Organisations Users 5

  9. E-SCIENCE “E-science is about global collaboration in key areas of science, and the next generation of infrastructure that will enable it” John Taylor, DGRC Osgood/Systems Integration.ppt

  10. The Grid “Dependable, consistent, pervasive access to [high-end] resources” • Dependable: Can provide performance and functionality guarantees • Consistent: Uniform interfaces to a wide variety of resources • Pervasive: Ability to “plug in” from anywhere Osgood/Systems Integration.ppt

  11. Centre locations Edinburgh Glasgow DL Newcastle Belfast Manchester Cambridge Oxford RL Hinxton Cardiff London Soton Several centres have additional functions, e.g. Cambridge = NIEeS

  12. UK Grid Support Centre • Part of the UK e-Science Core Programme • Led by CLRC e-Science Centre • Team of 6 posts based at CLRC and Edinburgh and Manchester Universities (but actually provides access to the expertise of some 25-30 people) • Helps all e-Science projects to install and apply Grid software quickly, easily and productively

  13. EPSRC e-Science Application Projects • Distributed Diagnostics: Engineering/Medical (DAME) • Bioinformatics Grid Environments: Functional Genomics (MyGrid) • Structure-Property Mapping: Combinatorial Chemistry (Comb-e-Chem) • Interactive Visualization: Condensed Matter and Materials (RealityGrid) • Design Search and Optimisation: Engineering (GEODISE) • High Throughput Informatics: Computer Science (DiscoveryNet)

  14. E-Science Long Term research agenda • Semantic Grid • Trusted ubiquitous systems • Rapid customised assembly of services • Autonomic computing systems • Exploiting a future infrastructure • How best to support new forms of community • How to understand the socio-economic impact • Need for an e-Science experimental platform • An archival repository

  15. UK Research Councils Basic Technology Research Programme The Challenge to innovate to build capacity through establishing new teams and developing and sharing new skills and knowledge to make leaps in technology unfeasible through existing funding models for applied science to develop new instruments, systems, processes and approaches to aid observation, measurement, optimisation and control to devise new methods for the fabrication, embodiment, integration and implementation of technologies

  16. UK Research Councils Basic Technology Research Programme Initial Projects from the first Call: • ØThe development of terahertz technology for physical, biological • and medical imaging and spectroscopy.   • ØNext generation artificial vision systems: Reverse engineering • the human visual system. • ØNano emitter electrospray technology for the manipulation of • nano particles and molecules.   • Atom Chips; integrated circuits for nanoscale quantum • manipulation of cold atoms.

  17. Electronics 10.97 Photonics 5.74 Software Technologies 11.31 People, Systems and Interactivity 6.24 Total 34.26 Funding Outcomes 2001/02: Responsive mode

  18. Mathfit 0.95 Distributed Inf Management (DIM) 1.12 Carbon Based Electronics 3.30 Healthcare Informatics 1.37 Optical Systems Integration 2.04 IRC Contributions 2.15 Systems Integration 1.53 LINK 3.70 Faradays 0.89 Others 0.14 Total 17.19 Funding Outcomes 2001/02: Initiatives

  19. Grant Commitment by Programme £M 70 1999/2000 - £258M Inc. EPSRC E-Science via ITCS 60 2000/01 - £323M 50 2001/02 - £361M 40 NEW 30 20 10 0 Physics Life Sciences Interface Basic technology ITCS Innovative Manufacturing Mathematics Core e- Science Chemistry Materials General Engineering Engineering for Infrastructure

  20. “Success Rates”, 2001 EPSRC RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL OUTCOMES BY PROGRAMME Percentage Funded by Value 80 1999 70 2000 60 2001 50 40 30 20 10 0 A shadow on the horizon? Infrastructure And Environment Materials Mathematics Life Science Interface General Engineering Innovative Manufacturing IT &Computer Science Chemistry Physics Appropriate action?

  21. LSI Success rate

  22. Proposals received and funded 1999-2001 Year 1999 2000 2001 ITCS Received 837 £132M 771 £120M 937 £155M ITCS Funded 343 £47M 339 £43M 338 £47M EPSRC Rec. 4,744 £775M 5,030 £804M 5,218 £940M EPSRC Fund. 1,960 £294M 2,241 £310M 1,914 £302M

  23. Doctoral Studentships supported 1999-2001 Year 1999 2000 2001 ITCS Quotas/Eng D 723 763 799 ITCS Project St. 208 187 191 EPSRC Quotas/EngD 5,077 5,187 5,383 EPSRC Project St. 1,088 1,039 1,061

  24. Members of EPSRC College

  25. A Comparison of Computer Science Funding and Total University Funding

  26. New EPSRC College in 2003 • ‘Raise the profile’ of membership • Publish College Membership ‘Directory’ • Indicate areas of particular expertise • ‘International Members’ section • Invite letters imminent

  27. Collaborative Training Awards • Discussion document circulated to community • Overall response supportive • Single account; operate locally • At higher university level than DTAs • Implement on a pilot basis for October 2003 starts • If successful, full launch for October 2004 starts

  28. International Strategy • Early stages of development but will promote excellent research to collaborate internationally • UK Science comes first • Work closely with other UK and international organisations • Develop a target list of certain countries and regions • Reap maximum benefit from international programmes and opportunities • Watch this space!

  29. Supporting Excellence • Are 3 year grants of £150K the best way to support research? • See merit in ‘portfolio’ grants to strong teams, effected by consolidation and enhancement • Aim to provide greater stability and less bureaucracy for strong groups, reducing the burden of application, evaluation, tracking, reporting, etc. associated with multiple small grants

  30. EPSRC Portfolio Partnerships • Consolidation of grant portfolio and extension out to 5 years in a ‘profiled’ form • Grant profile is constant for 3 years, tapering down in years 4 and 5 • No ‘responsive mode’ grant applications for first 2+ years • Earliest start for any new responsive mode grants will be the beginning of year 4 • By year 5 the ‘portfolio’ will be re-tensioned • MOU between EPSRC and University re ‘Partnership’

  31. Illustrative Profile Earliest start new responsive mode grants No responsive mode applications Secured funding . . . N.B. Indexing not shown

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