New sensors will be able to smell fear
Media coverage: EPSRC has awarded researchers at City University London £140,000 to further develop sensors which could replace sniffer dogs in the hunt for drugs.
Issued: 07 February 2012
All set and ready to glow
Press release: A new technique that paves the way for manufacturing affordable LED light bulbs is to be exploited in the UK, in a deal that researchers say could have a dramatic impact on carbon emissions.
Issued: 07 February 2012
New investment aims to establish the UK as a global graphene research hub
Press release: How an additional £50 million will be spent to keep the UK at the forefront of research into graphene.
Issued: 02 February 2012
Related themes: Engineering, Manufacturing the future
EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing 2012 Call
News: EPSRC has issued a call for new EPSRC Centres for Innovative Manufacturing to complement its existing portfolio in specific areas. Before deciding the areas, EPSRC invited the community to submit a business case for what the areas should be.
Issued: 27 January 2012
Related theme: Manufacturing the future
Sensor Sensibility - better protection for concrete coastal structures
Press release: EPSRC-supported research will dramatically improve the ability to spot early warning signs of corrosion in concrete.
Issued: 25 January 2012
Report warns on infrastructure needs
News: A new report published today by the EPSRC-funded UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC) is warning that the UK’s infrastructure systems need to be more joined up and that, in some cases, significant investment will be required.
Issued: 24 January 2012
Related theme: LWEC
Invitation for proposals for UK-China collaboration on smart grids
Press release: Announced by Rt Hon George Osborne MP during his visit to China, the Research Councils’ UK Energy Programme led by EPSRC, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) are shortly to announce a new funding initiative.
Issued: 17 January 2012
Updated equipment funding pages
News: The web pages on how to apply for funding for equipment have been updated.
Issued: 13 January 2012
SuperSTEM to help scientists to see more clearly
Press release: SuperSTEM Consortium launches EPSRC National Facility for Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy.
Issued: 10 January 2012
EPSRC Research Performance and Economic Impact Report 2011
Announcement: This is the first EPSRC Impact Report in the current Spending Review period (2011-15), covering the final year of the 2007 Spending Review period (April 2010 – March 2011), and the first six months of the current period (April – September 2011).
Issued: 04 January 2012
2011: the year in review
News: How EPSRC-sponsored research has helped UK economic growth, enhanced wellbeing and made the world a healthier and safer place in 2011.
Issued: 23 December 2011
Tissue Regenix spin-out ends 2011 on a high
Media coverage: Tissue Regenix, a spin-out company from the University of Leeds, has successfully raised £25 million through a share placing to invest in further research and development. The company hopes to create around 30 specialist jobs as a consequence.
Issued: 22 December 2011
EPSRC commitment plan for grants over the Delivery Plan period 2011/12 - 2014/15
Announcement: EPSRC has developed its commitment plan for the current Delivery Plan period covering period 2011 to 2015. This is shown below together with the profile that was achieved in the previous Delivery Plan.
Issued: 19 December 2011
Dream Fellow Connects
Media coverage: EPSRC Dream Fellow Steven Bishop, based at UCL, featured on the Naked Scientists podcast on Sunday 11 December 2011.
Issued: 17 December 2011
EPSRC-supported projects win major awards
News: Three EPSRC-supported projects won major trophies at The Engineer magazine’s Technology and Innovation Awards 2011, including the Grand Prix award.
Issued: 14 December 2011
EPSRC announces successful applicants for Leadership and Career Acceleration Fellowships
News: Forty-three outstanding UK researchers have been awarded fellowships totalling £36M to help develop their potential as the next generation of world-leading scientists and engineers.
Issued: 12 December 2011
Consequences of forthcoming system changes for equipment requests
News: Further to the notification of changes to Equipment requests within Research Council grant proposals, the corresponding system changes will now come into effect from 13 December 2011.
Issued: 10 December 2011
York team wins prestigious Times Higher Education award
News: An EPSRC-sponsored team of computer scientists at the University of York has won Outstanding Engineering Research Team of the Year in the prestigious Times Higher Education Awards 2011.
Issued: 09 December 2011
Seeing the wood through the trees
News: The wooden mast from a classic racing yacht and samples from a Forestry Commission breeding trial have played a key role in the search for sustainable biofuels.
Issued: 06 December 2011
EPSRC news in brief
News: EPSRC news, investments and research highlights.
Issued: 05 December 2011
EPSRC and ESRC to fund new thinking on infrastructure
News: New ideas and business models that may change the way the UK's infrastructure is both developed and managed, are to be explored via research funded by the EPSRC and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Issued: 03 December 2011
EPSRC to support new Cyber Security Strategy
News: The Government’s new Cyber Security Strategy, published on Friday 25th November 2011, outlines how it will promote growth and minimise the economic impact of cyber attacks by cementing a new partnership with the private sector.
Issued: 01 December 2011
EPSRC Annual Report and Accounts 2010-2011
Announcement: The EPSRC Annual Report and Accounts for 2010-11 provides highlights for the year 2010/11 and outlines some of our key achievements during the 2008-11 Delivery Plan period.
Issued: 30 November 2011
Collecting carbon in a concrete jungle
Press release: The sustainable living dream.
Issued: 30 November 2011
RCUK Research Outcomes System now available
News: The Research Councils UK (RCUK) Research Outcomes System (ROS) has today (24 November) been launched.
Issued: 25 November 2011
Software as an Infrastructure survey
News: A draft strategic framework for software has been formulated with input from members of the community. We would now like to engage and receive input on this strategic framework from the broader community, via an on-line survey.
Issued: 24 November 2011
Centre to boost availability of new medicines
News: Details of a new centre which will boost innovation in the manufacture of new medicines, improving cost-effectiveness and making the drugs more widely available were announced this week by University College London.
Issued: 18 November 2011
Related theme: Manufacturing the future
EPSRC news in brief
News: A collection of the latest Pioneer briefings
Issued: 17 November 2011
EPSRC confirms that research excellence remains pre-eminent in a letter to Nature
Announcement: EPRSC wrote to Nature on 7th November welcoming the offer of help from the National Academies and Learned Societies.
Issued: 17 November 2011
EPSRC Regional Meetings - 12/13/14 December 2011
News: We are holding three half day regional meetings, these will cover changes relating to our grant application, support for equipment and changes to the assessment criteria used to judge research proposals.
Issued: 16 November 2011