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世纪的最后几十年成熟起来，与电子和信息技术一起，支撑着现代社会的经济繁荣和福祉。许多光子学对用户来说是隐藏的，但却扮演着基本而无处不在的角色：例如，在高速光通信、集成电路制造、平板显示器、光子传感和制造以及在医学和生命科学中的无数应用中。2021年，PT的全球市场规模达到7220亿美元，英国光电子行业的营业额为145亿GB，雇佣了77,000名员工(是制药行业的两倍，比金融科技或航天行业还多)，为每名员工贡献了85K GB的GVA。PT是英国唯一在新冠肺炎危机期间保持国内生产总值和就业率增长的部门。苏格兰中央带-从西至克莱德，东至福斯-是苏格兰的经济中心，但仍背负着上世纪80年代去工业化的社会和经济创伤。有许多地区的生产力水平较低，因此缺乏高价值的工作岗位，这意味着中部地带的许多社区遭受着高度贫困和糟糕的社会结果。在苏格兰工业最近喜忧参半的情况下，光子技术公司已经成为一个成功的故事。半个多世纪以来，渣打大学和工业界一直走在光子技术研究和创新的前沿。今天，渣打银行以其在光子学方面的实力在全球范围内获得认可，这个成熟的研究和创新集群为苏格兰经济贡献了超过10亿GB的资金。但是，光子学在SCB的经济和社会影响的全部潜力还没有实现。我们建议设立光子学技术领域的PBIAA，充分利用光子学方面的学术优势，加快PT部门的增长，为苏格兰中央地带的经济和社会利益服务。我们将为苏格兰技术公司的目标做出重大贡献，使SBC的光电子产业价值增加两倍至&GT；通过与我们的民间合作伙伴合作，我们制定了一项四年计划，通过创业和公司创建来促进PT经济和PT公司的发展，并让尚未利用PT好处的现有公司参与相关领域(例如电子、制造)；2)通过扩大PT技术人员的基础，使集群不受所有技能水平的熟练员工可获得性的限制3)通过提高公众对PT的认识，特别是SCB PT行业的领导作用；并在苏格兰学校中提高对PT企业家精神的热情。我们的大部分活动将基于基于项目的大学研究开发，以支持和降低大学开发的技术的风险，使其具有行业开发的吸引力。从事这些项目的研究人员将接受导师和创业培训，并将有机会参加人员流动计划，以增加和多样化学术与大学的互动为了培养年轻人和公众的热情和技能，以支持繁荣的PT行业所需的高技能人才的供应，我们将设计并启动一项雄心勃勃的新计划，与格拉斯哥科学公司共同参与。年轻人将与PT苏格兰的职业机会一起学习光子学的重要性和激动人心的东西。我们将特别鼓励更多的女孩和妇女，以及那些来自其他代表性不足的群体和社会背景的人，在PT从事科学、技术和职业。