Small Items of Research Equipment at the University of Surrey

小型设备的申请是根据EPSRC资助的研究生研究人员和博士后研究人员、研究员（通过一系列奖学金资助的独立研究人员）、新员工（在过去一学年以讲师级别招聘）和EPSRC第一笔资助持有人的回应而开发的。内部程序包括电子邮件和ecr简报会议，最后提交了一份关于他们确定的小型设备项目的一页提案。结果是压倒性的，大约有200万英镑的合格申请提交了这次电话会议。该提案是利用这些申请中的前四分之一构建的，资金分配给定义的卓越研究领域，这些领域的资金大部分（但不是全部）与萨里大学目前的EPSRC资金组合成比例。该提案旨在展示我们提出的小规模设备分配如何映射到EPSRC塑造能力的练习，并解决整个经济和社会面临的重大挑战。在构建此提案时，我们使用了ecr的输入，并指出了投资如何支持他们的研究和职业发展。我们使用了小型案例研究来展示计划活动的深度和广度、资金将如何使用以及哪些ecr将从中受益。这些案例研究还表明，在可能的情况下，如何创新地使用资金，以从设备基础中获得更大的价值。例如，通过资助EPSRC国家中心和中型设施来发展国家能力，在EPSRC工业博士中心为EPSRC研究工程师发展表征能力，以及改善整个大学的设备共享。购买新设备不仅可以提高直接参与的环境研究中心的研究能力，还可以进一步鼓励大学的整个研究界与研究小组和中心合作，利用新设备和提高能力。为了进一步支持ecr，萨里大学将提供针对个人发展需求的培训，包括领导力发展、投标写作和研究影响方面的讲习班。培训的有效性将被视为所有得到支持的ECR将产生一个小型案例研究，以证明购买的设备对他们作为研究人员、其相关研究小组和更广泛的社区的影响。这些案例研究将于2013年秋季发送给EPSRC。为了确保ecr的最大利益，所有62.2万英镑（EPSRC要求49.8万英镑作为80%的捐款）将用于资助小型“设备”，大学承担与技术人员和学术时间相关的FEC成本，以运行赠款，安装和维护小型“设备”，并培训和开发将由大学承担的人员（这占额外的8.6万英镑的附加值）。我们相信，我们有强大的项目管理和财务控制到位，以确保大部分资金将在赠款开始后的三个月内使用，所有项目已于2013年3月31日交付。

This application for small scale equipment was developed from responses elicited from ECRs, defined as EPSRC funded postgraduate researchers and postdoctoral researchers, fellows (funded as independent researchers through a range of fellowship grants) and new members of staff (recruited at lecturer grade within the past academic year) and EPSRC first grant holders. The internal process involved emails and briefing meetings for ECRs, culminating in the submission of a one page proposal for the small scale equipment item(s) they had identified. The result was overwhelming, with approximately £2m of eligible applications submitted for this call. This proposal has been constructed using the top quartile of these applications, with funding allocated to defined areas of research excellence which are largely, but not exclusively, in proportion to the current EPSRC funding portfolio of the University of Surrey. This proposal seeks to demonstrate how our proposed small scale equipment allocation maps on to the EPSRC shaping capability exercise and addresses the grand challenges facing the economy and society as a whole. In constructing this proposal we have used the input from ECRs and have indicated how the investment supports their research and career development. We have used mini case studies to demonstrate the depth and breadth of activities planned, how the funding will be used and which ECRs it will benefit. These case studies also show, where possible, how the funds will be used innovatively to achieve a greater value from the equipment base. Examples include, developing national capability through funding for an EPSRC national centre and medium scale facility, developing characterisation capability for EPSRC Research Engineers in an EPSRC Industrial Doctoral Centre and improving equipment sharing across the University. The purchase of equipments will not only enhance the research capacity of the ECRs directly involved but further encourage the whole research community at the University to work collaboratively across research groups and centres to utilise the new equipment and enhance capabilities.To further support the ECRs, the University of Surrey will provide training tailored to the development needs of the individual including workshops in leadership development, bid writing and research impact. The effectiveness of the training will be seen as all supported ECR will produce a mini case study to demonstrate the impact of the purchased equipment on them as researchers, their associated research group and the wider community. These case studies will be sent to EPSRC in the autumn of 2013. To ensure maximum benefit to ECRs, all of the £622k (£498k requested from EPSRC as an 80% contribution) will be used to finance small "equipment" with the University bearing the FEC costs associated with technician and academic time to run the grant and install and maintain the small "equipment" and train and develop those who will use it being borne by the University (this accounts for an additional £86k of added value).We believe that we have strong project management and financial controls in place to ensure that the majority of the funding will be spent within 3 months of the start of the grant, with all items having been delivered by 31st March 2013.