An Innovative Electronics Manufacturing Research Centre

IeMRC是由工程和物理科学研究理事会（EPSRC）建立和支持的16个创新制造研究中心（IMRC）之一，专注于电子制造业。IeMRC在5年内（2004-2009）获得了超过500万美元的资助，分布在许多大学中，并在英国拉夫堡设有“中心”。参与中心运作的其他英国大学包括巴斯大学、布鲁内尔大学、格林威治大学、兰开斯特大学、赫瑞瓦特大学和诺丁汉大学。这是一项将IeMRC从2010年3月起再延长5年的建议。与其他在EPSRC支持下建立的创新制造中心相比，IeMRC的不同之处在于它是一个分布式的研究机构，而不是有一个固定的研究活动地点。英国各地的大学都可以从该中心申请资金，从而鼓励团体之间的开放合作。与单一中心相比，分布式方案的优势在于，它允许最合适的人为一个现已变得非常多样化的行业开展工作，IEMRC的关键要素是行业的高度参与和决定资助优先事项的强有力的行业指导小组。与其他IMRC一样，工业界在资源和现金方面的贡献将至少与EPSRC的资金相匹配。

The IeMRC is one of 16 Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres (IMRCs) set up and supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), focussing on the electronics manufacturing sector.With more than 5 million funding over 5 years (2004-2009), the IeMRC is distributed among a number of universities and has a 'hub' at Loughborough, UK. Other UK universities involved in the operation of the Centre include Bath, Brunel, Greenwich, Lancaster, Heriot-Watt and Nottingham. This is a proposal to renew the IeMRC for a further 5 years, from March 2010.Compared with the other Innovative Manufacturing Centres established with EPSRC support, the IeMRC differs in being a distributed research operation rather than having a fixed location for its research activities. Universities across the UK are able to bid for funds from the Centre, so encouraging open collaboration between groups. The advantage of a distributed programme, compared with a single centre, is that it allows the most appropriate people to do the work for an industry that has now become very diverse.Key elements of the IeMRC are the high level of industrial involvement and strong industrial steering group that decides priorities for funding. As with other IMRCs, the contribution from industry in resources and cash will at least match the EPSRC funds.