EPSRC Capital Award for Core Equipment

EPSRC核心设备资本奖

• 批准号: EP/T02349X/1
• 负责人: Constantinos Constantinou
• 金额: $ 34.89万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT02349X%2F1
• 关键词: EPSRC; Capital; Award; Core; Equipment

As highlighted in its Strategic Framework (2015-20), the University of Birmingham (UoB) is committed to creating "a research environment where academic innovation, rigour and impact are achieved through investment in talented personnel, outstanding facilities and strong collaborative networks". As such, the UoB recognises and prioritises the central importance of access to state-of-the-art equipment and research infrastructure for staff at all career levels. A key part of this strategy is the acquisition of equipment that supports research activities over multiple disciplines across the UoB. The University of Birmingham has put in place a robust and transparent process for the allocation of the EPSRC Capital Award for Core Equipment. Teams working on strategically important research areas across the College of Physical Engineering were invited to submit expressions of interest, which were then evaluated by senior members of the University, including the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Transfer. Two research themes were selected: Battery Research and Healthcare Technologies. The equipment requested in this application (a 128 Channel Battery cycler and a 3D Bioplotter) will benefit multiple users working across many departments on research directly relevant to the EPSRC research portfolio. Prof Constantinos Constantinou (Director of Research, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham), having responsibility for the equipment strategy, will the project's Principal Investigator. Technical support will be provided from the central technical teams to manage these two items of multi-user equipment in terms of procurement, installation, and maintenance. The PI and Co-Is will use a booking calendar to monitor the success of multi-user assess to the system. Through quarterly reports the success of the project to initiate new avenues or develop existing research objectives will be monitored. This will include keeping a record of any grant submissions, journal papers, conference presentations, collaborative projects (academic or industrial), and teaching related activities (PhD, MSc or UG projects) that will use the new equipment.

正如其战略框架（2015-20）中所强调的那样，伯明翰大学（UOB）致力于创建“通过投资才华横溢的人员，出色的设施和强大的协作网络来实现学术创新，严格和影响力的研究环境”。因此，UOB认可并优先考虑各个职业级别的员工获得最先进的设备和研究基础设施的核心重要性。该策略的关键部分是收购设备，该设备支持整个UOB多个学科的研究活动。伯明翰大学为分配EPSRC Capital奖的核心设备奖提供了一个强大而透明的过程。邀请在物理工程学院进行战略性重要的研究领域的团队提交感兴趣的表达，然后由大学的高级成员对此进行评估，包括研究和知识转移的亲副校长。选择了两个研究主题：电池研究和医疗保健技术。本应用程序中要求的设备（128频道电池循环器和3D Bioplotter）将使许多与EPSRC研究组合直接相关的研究部门工作的用户受益。康斯坦丁诺斯·康斯坦丁（Constantinos Constantinou）教授（伯明翰大学工程与物理科学学院）对设备策略负责，该项目的首席研究员将。中央技术团队将提供技术支持，以在采购，安装和维护方面管理这两项多用户设备。 PI和CO-IS将使用预订日历来监视多用户评估对系统的成功。通过季度报告，将监控该项目启动新途径或发展现有研究目标的成功。这将包括记录任何将使用新设备的赠款提交，期刊论文，会议演讲，协作项目（学术或工业）以及相关活动（博士，MSC或UG项目）的记录。