EPSRC Capital Award: Emphasising Support for Early Career Researchers

作为一所领先的国际科技大学，斯特拉斯克莱德大学因其“有用的学习场所”精神的一部分而被广泛认可。这笔资金旨在提供研究基础设施和设备，主要针对我们的早期职业研究人员。这些是我们未来的研究领导者，这笔资金将使我们能够增加对他们的支持，并从战略上优先考虑这群积极进取的学者的需求。我们致力于支持杰出的研究人员和学者的职业发展，体现在我们斯特拉斯克莱德校长的奖学金计划。该计划旨在招募高素质的早期职业研究人员在大学的战略优先领域（与我们的战略主题一致）担任讲师。根据根据该计划任命的人员的预期职业轨迹，每名研究员的合同安排包括预期在任命后五年内晋升为高级讲师或读者级别，这取决于他们进入该计划的起点。这种“加速晋升”方面是区别于传统学术任命的一个关键特征。我们将利用这笔赠款提供额外的资金，以加快他们在这个框架内的学术发展和进步。EPSRC资本奖允许对这些和其他早期职业研究人员进行投资，同时围绕他们提供支持，指导和培训，以建立围绕资本基础设施进行研究管理和交付的卓越技能。我们亦会确保在适当情况下，更广泛的员工可运用拨款，以达致我们雄心勃勃的研究目标。重要的是，我们将利用它继续促进我们的文化，分享资源，以提高研究成果。

As a leading international technological University, Strathclyde is widely recognised for delivering high quality research with impact as part of its "Place of Useful Learning" ethos. This funding is targeted at providing research infrastructure and equipment which will primarily be targeted at our early career researchers. These are ourfuture research leaders, and the funding will allow us to augment our support of them and strategically prioritise the needs of this group of highly motivated academics. Our commitment to supporting the career development of exceptional researchers and academics is exemplified in our Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellowship Scheme. This scheme is designed to recruit high-calibre early-career researchers to lectureship roles within areas of strategic priority to the University (aligned with our Strategic Themes). In keeping with the expected career trajectory of those appointed under the scheme, the contractual arrangement for each Fellow includes an expectation to achieve promotion within five years of appointment to Senior Lecturer or Reader level, depending on their entry point to the scheme. This "accelerated promotion" aspect is a key feature distinguishing this from a conventional academic appointment. We will use this grant to provide additional funding to accelerate their academic development and progress within this framework.The EPSRC Capital Award allows investment in these and other early career researchers, while wrapping support, mentoring and training around them to build excellent skills in the management and delivery of research around capital infrastructure. We will also ensure a wider range of staff members, where appropriate, can employ the funding to deliver our ambitious research targets. Importantly, we will use it to continue to promote our culture of sharing resources to enhance research output.