STREAM 2: A placed-based IAA in Photonic Technologies in Scotland's Central Belt

STREAM 2：苏格兰中央地带光子技术领域的基于位置的 IAA

• 批准号: EP/Y024109/1
• 负责人: Andrew Harvey
• 金额: $ 648.76万
• 依托单位: University of Glasgow
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY024109%2F1
• 关键词: STREAM; placed; based; IAA; Photonic

Photonic Technologies (PT) came of age in the final decades of the 20th century, and together with electronics and information technology, PT underpins the economic prosperity and well-being of modern society. Much of photonics is hidden to the user but plays an essential and ubiquitous role: for example in high-speed optical communication; fabrication of integrated circuits; flat-panel displays; photonic sensing and manufacture; and a myriad of applications in medicine and the life sciences. The global market for PT reached $722bn in 2021 and the UK photonics industry has a turnover of £14.5bn, employs 77,000 people (twice as many as pharmaceuticals, and larger than fintech or the space industry), contributing £85k of GVA/employee. PT is the only sector in the UK to have maintained growth in GVA and in employment during the covid-19 pandemic.Scotland's Central Belt (SCB) - from the Clyde in the west to the Forth in the east - is the economic heart of Scotland, but still bears social and economic scars of 1980s deindustrialization. There are significant areas with low levels of productivity, and a consequent lack of high-value jobs means that many communities across the Central Belt suffer from high deprivation and poor social outcomes. Photonic Technologies has emerged as a success story in the recent mixed fortunes of Scottish industry. For more than half a century, the universities and industries of SCB have been at the forefront of research and innovation in Photonic Technologies. Today, SCB is recognized globally for its strength in photonics, and this established research and innovation cluster contributes more than £1bn to the Scottish economy. But, the full potential of photonics for economic and societal impact in SCB has not yet been achieved. We propose a PBIAA in Photonics Technology that will fully harness academic excellence in photonics to accelerate growth of the PT sector for the economic and societal benefits in Scotland's Central Belt. We will make a major contribution to the Technology Scotland goal to triple the value of the photonics industry in SBC to >£3bn and enable the UK to increase its share of the growing global photonics market.Working with our civic partners we have developed a four-year plan to work together to accelerate growth:1) by growing the PT economy and PT companies through entrepreneurship and company creation and engaging existing companies in related fields (e.g. electronics, manufacturing), that have not yet exploited the benefits of PT2) by growing the base of people skilled in PT so that the cluster is not limited by availability of skilled employees throughout all skill levels3) by increasing the public's awareness of PT and in particular the leading role of SCB PT industries; and to increase enthusiasm for PT entrepreneurialism within Scottish schools.Much of our activity will be based around project-based development of university research to support and de-risk university-developed technologies so that they are attractive for exploitation by industry. Researchers working on these programmes will receive mentorship and entrepreneurial training and will have access to staff-mobility programmes to increase and diversify academia-university interactions To develop the enthusiasm and skills among young people and the public that underpin the supply of high-skilled people required for a thriving PT industry, we will design and launch an ambitious new program of public engagement with the Glasgow Science. Young people will learn about the importance and excitement of photonics together with PT career opportunities Scotland. We will particularly encourage more girls and women, and those from other under-represented groups and social backgrounds, to engage in the science, technology and careers in PT.

光子技术（PT）在20世纪的最后几十年中成熟，与电子和信息技术一起，PT支撑了现代社会的经济繁荣和福祉。用户隐藏了许多光子学，但扮演着重要且普遍存在的角色：例如，在高速光学通信中；综合电路的制造；平板显示；光子灵敏度和制造；以及无数在医学和生命科学中的应用。 PT的全球市场在2021年达到722亿美元，英国光子学行业的营业额为145亿英镑，员工77,000人（是药品的两倍，比金融科技或太空行业大），贡献了85,000英镑的GVA/雇员。 PT是英国唯一在Covid -19 -19 -Scotland的中央带（SCB）中保持GVA和就业增长的唯一部门 - 从西方的Clyde到东部的Forth-是苏格兰的经济心脏，但仍然承受1980年代的社会和经济疤痕。在生产力水平较低的领域中，缺乏高价值的工作意味着，中央腰带的许多社区都遭受了高剥夺和社会成果不佳的痛苦。 Photonic Technologies已成为苏格兰行业最近的混合财富中的成功故事。在半个多世纪的时间里，SCB的大学和行业一直处于光子技术研究和创新的最前沿。如今，SCB因其在光子学方面的实力而享誉全球，这一既定的研究和创新集群为苏格兰经济贡献了超过10亿英镑。但是，光子学对SCB经济和社会影响的全部潜力尚未实现。我们提出了一项光子技术技术的PBIAA，它将完全利用光子学方面的学术卓越，以加速PT部门的增长，从而在苏格兰中央腰带中获得经济和社会益处。 We will make a major contribution to the Technology Scotland goal to triple the value of the photonics industry in SBC to >£3bn and enable the UK to increase its share of the growing global photonics market.Working with our civic partners we have developed a four-year plan to work together to accelerate growth:1) by growing the PT economy and PT companies through entrepreneurship and company creation and engaging existing companies in related fields (e.g. electronics,制造业），尚未通过增加PT熟练的人的基础来探讨PT2的好处，从而不受整个技能级别的熟练员工的可用性的限制3）3）通过提高公众对PT的认识，尤其是SCB PT Industries的领先作用；并增加对苏格兰学校中PT企业家式的热情。我们的活动将基于基于项目的大学研究发展，以支持和脱发危险的大学发展技术，以使它们对行业的剥削具有吸引力。从事这些计划的研究人员将获得精神训练和企业家培训，并可以访问员工运动计划，以增加和多样化学术界的互动，以发展年轻人和公众的热情和技能，这些人和公众在蓬勃发展的PT行业所需的高技能人士中，我们将设计和启动一项出色的新型公众参与兴高采烈的新计划。年轻人将了解光子学的重要性和兴奋，以及苏格兰PT职业机会。我们将特别鼓励更多的女孩和妇女以及其他代表性不足的团体和社会背景的女孩和妇女在PT中从事科学，技术和职业。