Proposal for Continued EPSRC Support of AIM Research

该提案要求EPSRC为AIM Research提供最后一轮资金，以确保AIM Research计划的成功交付，并支持新计划AIM Practice的发展，该计划旨在显着增加英国管理和制造业研究对管理人员和业务绩效的影响。AIM Practice将创建并支持一个英国制造业和管理学者网络，包括那些希望看到他们的工作对政策和实践产生更大影响的IMRC，工程系和商学院的学者。自成立以来，EPSRC一直是AIM研究的ESRC的共同资助者，AIM研究是英国的管理研究计划。EPSRC在AIM的主持下资助了具体的研究活动，并支持了副主任的职位，该职位已由Andy Neely教授填补。ESRC对AIM Research的资助将持续到2011年12月底，而目前EPSRC的资助将持续到2010年9月30日。该提案要求EPSRC提供最后一轮资金，以使EPSRC的贡献与ESRC的贡献保持一致。这笔资金将使目前的AIM董事会能够确保AIM研究的成功结束。AIM执行指导委员会对KPI的建立和监测显示出非常良好的进展，并提供了明确的信号，即如果保持势头（EPSRC的资金至关重要），AIM研究将在2011年底非常成功地结束。除了成功完成AIM研究，EPSRC的支持是必不可少的范围和准备的基础上推出的AIM实践，一个新的倡议，建立在学习（在实质上以及过程）的AIM研究，并明确侧重于使一个步骤的变化水平的影响和英国管理研究和管理人员之间的参与制造和服务业务。

This proposal requests a final round of funding from EPSRC for AIM Research to ensure successful delivery of the AIM Research initiative and to support development of a new initiative, AIM Practice, designed to significantly increase the impact of UK management and manufacturing research on managers and business performance. AIM Practice will create and support a network of UK manufacturing and management scholars, encompassing those in IMRCs, Engineering Departments and Business Schools who wish to see their work have greater impact on policy and practice.EPSRC has been a co-funder with ESRC of AIM Research, the UK's management research initiative, since its inception. EPSRC has funded specific research activities under the auspices of AIM and has supported the post of Deputy Director, which has been filled by Professor Andy Neely. The ESRC funding for AIM Research runs to the end of December 2011, whereas the current EPSRC funding runs to 30 September 2010. This proposal requests a final round of funding from EPSRC to bring the EPSRC contribution in line with the ESRC contribution. This funding will enable the current AIM Directorate to ensure the successful conclusion of AIM Research. The establishment and monitoring of KPIs by the AIM Executive Steering Committee shows very good progress and provides clear signals that providing the momentum is be sustained (for which EPSRC funding is critical) AIM Research will conclude very successfully at the end of 2011. In addition to successfully concluding AIM Research, EPSRC's support is essential in scoping and prepare the ground for the launch of AIM Practice, a new initiative which builds on the learning (in substance as well as process) of AIM Research and which is explicitly focused on making a step change in the level of impact and engagement between UK management research and managers in manufacturing and service businesses.