Capital Award in Support of Early Career Researchers

这一资本投资项目旨在为Heriot-Watt大学的早期职业研究人员(ECR)提供最先进的设备，使他们能够进行尖端研究。赫里奥特-瓦特大学在过去的5年里招募了许多年轻的学者(仅工程和物理科学学院就有36名)，他们目前正在建立自己的研究小组，并从EPSRC和其他资助机构获得了大量资金。相对较高数量的ECR活跃在医疗技术领域，这是一个在赫里奥特-瓦特大学内部和世界范围内都在增长的研究领域。我们将专注于在这一领域的投资，以建立一个世界级的实验室生态系统，以启发想法，开发新技术，产生卓越并促进合作。为这项投资提出的设备都让多个用户受益，尤其是ECR，包括一台3D生物打印机、眼球跟踪眼镜、用于提高计算能力的CPU集群、用于制造医疗设备的六脚架、用于切割冰冻组织切片的低温恒温器，以及OCT医学成像设备。我们将有一个透明的预订和设备管理系统，以使其使用和影响最大化。

This capital investment project seeks to support Heriot-Watt University's Early Career Researchers (ECRs) with state-of-the art equipment, enabling them to do cutting-edge research. Heriot-Watt University has recruited many young academics over the past 5 years (36 in the academic School of Engineering and Physical Sciences alone), who are currently building their research groups and attracting significant funding from EPSRC and other funding bodies. A relatively high number of ECRs are active in Healthcare Technologies, a research area that is growing both within Heriot-Watt University and worldwide. We will be focussing our investment into this area to build a World Class Labs ecosystem to inspire ideas, develop novel technologies, generate excellence and foster collaboration. The equipment proposed for the investment all benefits multiple users, ECRs in particular, and include a 3D bioprinter, eye tracker glasses, a CPU cluster for improved computational power, a hexapod for manufacturing medical devices, a cryostat for cutting frozen tissue slices, and an OCT medical imaging device. We will have a transparent booking and equipment management system so that its usage and impact are maximised.