Call for Fundamental Research and Feasibility Studies
ROUND THREE
Call for short Feasibility Studies from the EPSRC NetworkPlus in Digitalised Surface Manufacturing
Call open: 26 January 2022
Deadline: 28 February 2022, 5 pm
The EPSRC NetworkPlus in Digitalised Surface Manufacturing invites 3rd round of Feasibility Studies Projects. Bids must conform to EPSRC priority areas in manufacturing. DSMN+ particularly welcome bids at the interface between surface engineering and digital manufacturing. Both computational and experimental based proposals are within the scope for this call.
• Please note that all expenses on the project must be incurred by the end of November 2022.
• Projects should not exceed a duration of 6 months with deliverables reported every 2 months.
• Project costings can be upto £35k in total based on a typical IAA cost model (no overheads or estates costs allowed).
Selection criteria will include- Novelty, value for money and ability to deliver on time. Bids which include additional industrial support will be welcome.
This funding cannot be used for the purchase of equipment or to support PhD studentships (top-up) in line with extant EPSRC funding rules.
Proposals are expected to address challenges at low Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs 1-3). Proposals should demonstrate the potential to have significant wider impact in the digital/surface manufacturing sectors.
The Network has a strong commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Priority will be given to those bids that leverage additional funds for the benefit of the Network and/or are led by ECRs and/or are led by under-represented groups in engineering.
Selection criteria
Eligible organisations
Budget remit
Application process
Application form
Additional requisites
Key dates
Selection criteria
The following criteria will be used by the review panel when assessing the proposals:
- Ability to deliver on time. Strict deadline applies. No extension beyond end of November 2022 possible.
- Proposals driven by novel science
- Potential for development of future funding applications
- Strong demonstration of impact
- Leveraging additional funding
Eligible organisations
Standard EPSRC rules apply.
(https://epsrc.ukri.org/funding/applicationprocess/fundingguide/eligibility/investigators/)
(https://epsrc.ukri.org/funding/applicationprocess/fundingguide/eligibility/investigators/)
Should you be in any doubt regarding your eligibility, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected].
Eligible organisations include all UK Higher Education Institutions that receive grant funding from one of the UK higher education funding bodies, along with research institutes for which the Research Councils have established a long-term involvement as a major funder. Other independent research organisations (IROs) may also be eligible. Further information on the Eligibility criteria and List of Eligible institutions could be found here.
Budget remit
Each project should be between £20k – £35k in total based on a typical IAA cost model (no overheads or estates costs allowed). This project funding can be used to cover the following.
All Estates, Infrastructure technician and Indirect costs are ineligible.
Application process
Awards will be made via a short written application.
Application form
We value equality and diversity. In order to reduce potential impact of any form of bias and that the selection of projects are on the basis of merit as per the selection criteria, a two part form will be used. and track record information.
Part 1 will contain contact details, project team and track record information. Part 2 is where you would be required to outline the Case for Support, which will be considered anonymously by a selection committee or a panel of experts. Please ensure that the form is completed in Century Gothic 10 and that neither of the parts are more than 4 pages each. References can be included as an appendix. A breakdown of the allocation of the funds with a short justification for each category is also required.
The budget should be submitted via a separate template with the application form.
Completed forms should be emailed to [email protected] by 5 pm on 28 February 2022.
Additional requisites
In addition to the specific outputs outlined in your proposal, each feasibility study project team is required to:
Key dates
Call for proposals open: 26 January 2022
Deadline for submission: 28 February 2022, 5 pm
Successful proposal announcement: 10 March 2022.
All feasibility studies should have to complete within the given time-period as per individual project timelines.
If you encounter any issues while downloading doc (Microsoft Word) version of the application forms, please contact [email protected]
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