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Breaking through
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07/11/2008
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Although appearances may suggest otherwise, the UK remains one of the premier research locations in the world. And it’s the job of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to make sure that remains the case.
Its role is to promote and support high quality basic, strategic and applied research, along with post graduate training in the engineering and physical science fields.
If it meets its targets, then it will have helped to advance knowledge and technology, along with providing trained scientists and engineers for a range of application sectors. And numbered amongst these is the ICT sector, which is ‘home’ to the electronics industry.
Matthew Ball is EPSRC’s senior manager for the electronics sector. He noted that the EPSRC is the main source of funding for academic research in the UK. “We have a budget of £740million a year available for projects across a range of disciplines. We invest a lot in PhD training and this is an essential platform.”
EPSRC budgets are set following reviews which take place every three years. Currently, the EPSRC is in the first year of the latest three year plan.
Responding to the Government’s 2008 spending review, EPSRC identified a number of main themes for its research funding. These include energy, the digital economy, nanoscience, the knowledge economy and health care. It is also concerned with supporting the next generation of researchers and helping to exploit the research that is being undertaken within UK universities.
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Author
Graham Pitcher
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