EPSRC network grant: Nov 2023: responsive mode

Network grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) support researchers at eligible UK research organisations in building interdisciplinary research communities. These grants aim to develop new interdisciplinary research communities and topics by supporting interaction between researchers and relevant science, technology and industrial groups. This could include transfer of experimental techniques, models and scientific insights, and promotion of mobility between academe, universities and industry. Networks are expected to lead to new collaborative multidisciplinary research applications in areas EPSRC supports, with some potentially developing into virtual centres of excellence. The grants do not fund research activities themselves, but rather support networking activities including salary costs for network management, travel and subsistence, workshops, administrative support, and communication costs. EPSRC will award 80% of the full economic cost (FEC) of the project, with no upper limit on the value of the grant.