Grant Balances 2010 - University of Loughborough

EPSRC的资金将用于以下战略目的：首先，使拉夫堡大学的研究人员能够在工程、数学、信息通信技术或科学领域开展少量试点研究项目（最多5个），每个项目都旨在测试新颖、及时和“高风险/高收益”研究的可行性，这些研究将为未来的资助提案的准备提供信息；第二，允许大学员工到英国或海外进行考察访问和科学交流（例如到巴西、中国或印度的公司或实验室）；三是留住重点领域博士后科研人员；第四，为选定的EPSRC资助持有人和其他员工提供媒体技巧和沟通培训。这项工作的主要受益者将是从事由拨款资助的活动的学术和研究人员，以及工业界、政府和公众领域的目标受众。我们预计将有4个主要好处：(1)在中期对英国工业的经济竞争力产生直接影响，并与海外领先公司建立持久的合作伙伴关系；（ii）提高人们对研究成果的认识（并因此加以利用），这些成果可能会对制定公共政策或规管标准产生影响；（iii）提高员工对向非专业人士和专业人士阐明其研究成果的重要性的认识，我们将直接（例如通过Web 2.0工具）和通过现有媒体与他们沟通；（iv）提高公众对新兴研究成果和相关社会问题的认识，包括伦理和管治问题。这些好处将在不同的时间尺度上得到体现，有些或多或少是立竿见影的（例如，与工业界或海外伙伴建立新的或加强的合作），有些则是长期的（例如，根据原始研究结果制定的公共政策的变化）。

EPSRC funds will be used for the following strategic purposes: firstly, to enable Loughborough University researchers to undertake a small number of pilot research projects (up to 5) in engineering, mathematics, ICT or science topics, each designed to test the feasibility of novel, timely and 'high risk/high gain' research that will inform the preparation of future grant proposals; secondly, to allow University staff to undertake study visits and scientific exchanges in the UK or overseas (for example, to companies or laboratories in Brazil, China or India); thirdly, to retain the services of postdoctoral researchers in key areas; and fourthly, to provide media skills and communications training for selected EPSRC grant holders and other staff.The principal beneficiaries of this work will be the academic and research staff who engage in the activities funded through the grant, and also the target audiences in industry, government and the public arena. We anticipate that there will be 4 major benefits:(i) a direct impact in the medium-term on the economic competitiveness of UK industry, and the creation of lasting partnerships with leading companies based overseas;(ii) an increased awareness (and hence utilisation) of research results that may be brought to bear on the formulation of public policy or regulatory standards;(iii) an improved understanding amongst our staff of the importance of articulating the outcomes of their research to both lay and professional audiences, to whom we will communicate directly (e.g. via Web 2.0 tools) and via the established media; (iv) a better awareness amongst the general public of emerging research results and associated societal issues, including ethical and governance issues. These benefits will be felt on different timescales, some more or less immediate (e.g. new or strengthened collaborations with industry or overseas partners), others in the longer term (e.g. through changes in public policy that have been informed by the outcomes of original research).