EPSRC Equipment Call 2022 - Cardiff University

EPSRC 设备电话会议 2022 - 卡迪夫大学

• 批准号: EP/X034739/1
• 负责人: Roger Whitaker
• 金额: $ 96.47万
• 依托单位: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX034739%2F1
• 关键词: EPSRC; Equipment; Call; 2022; Cardiff

Cardiff University would use the EPSRC's Core Equipment Award 2022 allocation to upgrade a legacy piece of equipment that would enable us to enhance its capability, broaden its user base, and extend its lifetime. The proposal is part of a broader strategy to support the development and maintenance of its world class laboratories. Such laboratory facilities are key to the University's strategy to support high quality research and ensure the long-term competitiveness of its research community. The proposal is for an upgrade of a Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS), an automated low-temperature and magnet system for high-throughput measurement of material properties, core to a range of research activities within the EPSRC remit. Modest investment in the proposed upgrade will help accelerate characterisation processes, expanding its capabilities and open up new opportunities for wider academic and industrial engagement. There is a broad materials properties interest at Cardiff University, and strong interest in exploiting an upgraded system. The upgrade would allow greater numbers of researchers to benefit due to the range of measurements that would be enabled. An upgraded system would be moved to a new shared facility with the School of Physics and Astronomy, a space currently housing an Atomic Force Microscope, and Raman system. The systems are supported by excellent and highly proficient technical and academic staff, who carry out routine maintenance, problem solve issues as well as manage access and training. Access, training and development of staff and students will be provided and ensure the long-term sustainability of the equipment. Early career and postgraduate researchers will be actively encouraged and trained in the use of a system, allowing them to measure a wide range material properties.Access and use of the upgraded system will be actively promoted internally and externally to encourage maximum use,. A dedicated website (bilingual, Welsh and English) will be set up, and the equipment will also be searchable to internal and external users by inclusion into the Cardiff and GW4 (Cardiff, Exeter, Bristol and Bath Universities) online equipment databases (cardiff.ac.uk/research-equipment and gw4.ac.uk/equipment). The shared facility is a safe, inclusive research environment that upholds Cardiff University's policies on equality and diversity, health and safety, and research integrity. All Cardiff University PGR and research staff are obliged to undertake mandatory University training in accredited training modules including fundamentals of health and safety and COSHH; equality, diversity, and inclusivity; unconscious bias; research integrity; Welsh language awareness etc. Access to the facility will be managed via an online booking system and priority access will be given to funded research grants requiring the exceptional sensitivity, low temperature and high field capabilities of the system, as well as to proof-of-concept measurements that would be used as 'pump-priming' for future grant applications.We will define success by:i) Expanding the user base of the system in the first 18 monthsii) Supporting access to the instrument to early career researchers (including postgraduate students of at least 60% of the usersiii) Supporting novel pump-prime experiments (at least 10% of usage)

卡迪夫大学将使用EPSRC的核心设备奖2022年分配升级的遗留设备，这将使我们能够提高其能力，扩大其用户群，并延长其使用寿命。该提案是支持开发和维护其世界级实验室的更广泛战略的一部分。这些实验室设施是大学支持高质量研究和确保其研究界长期竞争力的战略的关键。该提案旨在升级物理性能测量系统（PPMS），这是一种用于材料性能高通量测量的自动化低温和磁体系统，是EPSRC职权范围内一系列研究活动的核心。对拟议升级的适度投资将有助于加快表征过程，扩大其能力，并为更广泛的学术和工业参与开辟新的机会。卡迪夫大学对材料性能有广泛的兴趣，并对开发升级系统有浓厚的兴趣。升级将使更多的研究人员受益于将启用的测量范围。一个升级后的系统将被转移到一个新的共享设施与物理和天文学院，空间目前住房原子力显微镜，和拉曼系统。该系统由优秀和高度熟练的技术和学术人员支持，他们进行日常维护，解决问题以及管理访问和培训。将为工作人员和学生提供准入、培训和发展，并确保设备的长期可持续性。将积极鼓励和培训早期职业和研究生研究人员使用系统，使他们能够测量广泛的材料特性。将在内部和外部积极促进升级系统的访问和使用，以鼓励最大限度地使用。将建立一个专门的网站（双语、威尔士语和英语），内部和外部用户还将通过将设备纳入卡迪夫和GW 4（卡迪夫、埃克塞特、布里斯托和巴斯大学）在线设备数据库（cardiff.ac.uk/research-equipment和gw4.ac.uk/equipment）进行搜索。共享设施是一个安全，包容的研究环境，坚持卡迪夫大学的平等和多样性，健康和安全，以及研究诚信的政策。所有卡迪夫大学的PGR和研究人员都有义务在认可的培训模块，包括健康和安全和COSHH的基础进行强制性的大学培训;平等，多样性和包容性;无意识的偏见;研究诚信;威尔士语言意识等。进入该设施将通过在线预订系统进行管理，并将优先进入需要特殊敏感性的资助研究赠款，我们将通过以下方式定义成功：i）在前18个月内扩大系统的用户群ii）支持早期职业研究人员（包括至少60%的用户中的研究生iii）支持新颖的泵启动实验（至少10%的使用率）