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Current EPSRC Research Grants per I nstitution, by Number of Grants and Value

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Annex 1

NOTES: 1. Data in this Annex includes all current Research Grants, but excludes: J I F, Fellowships, Training Grants (including DTGs), J EFI , PPA (PUSET), and grants that have been transferred into or are being transferred out of Institutions.2. Includes Grants that have been 'Announced' by EPSRC even though they may not yet have been 'Started' by the University

DATA from EPSRC MIS (04 December 2007) Caution: The introduction of Full Economic Costs for research projects submittedfrom 1st September 2005 will affect the disribution of portfolio values in this chart.

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2014 VISION – GOALS FOR EPSRC PORTFOLIO

Benefit to UK

economy and

Society

Tomorrow’schallenges

Talented People

Two way knowledge

flowWorld leading researchers

Creativity and

adventure

Research transcending boundaries

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5 Strategies colour all we do looking forward

› Partner Relationship Management

› International Engagement

› Research Careers

› Grand Challenges

› Empowering and Incentivisation

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EPSRC 2004-05 to 2010-11

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2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

Budget Full economic costs £796M£832M £839M

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Essential Platform for theKnowledge Economy

and much of the Rest of Science

Securing the Future

Energy

NanoScience through Engineering to applicationTowardsTowards

NextNextGenerationGeneration

HealthHealthCareCare

TowardsTowardsBetterBetter

ExploitationExploitation

DigitalEconomy

Summary of future plans

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commitments by theme

Scenario 2c 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 CSR total

60 50 50 160

15 20 25 60

53 25 25 103

23 10 6 39

16 10 10 36

252 113 117 482

206 190 197 592

327 282 282 892

including Living with environmental change 9 0 0 9

Global Threats to security 6 0 0 6

Ageing: Lifelong health and well being 11 0 0 11

952 700 713 2364Total

An Essential Platform for the Knowledge Economy and Science and Engineering Base

Energy (excluding fusion)

ETI

Digital Economy

Nanoscience through Engineering to Application

Towards Next Generation Healthcare

Towards Better Exploitation

Securing the Future

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ESSENTIAL PLATFORM – HEALTH OF DISCIPLINE INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS

Research Projects

Research Programmes

•Signposting in Responsive Mode

•IDEA Factories

•Challenging Engineering

•Cross disciplinary research

LOOKING TO NEW HORIZONS

Advanced Equipment & Facilities

Higher Return Research

International Collaboration

Longer Larger Different plus platforms

Changing Culture

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Comparison of Cardiff University's EPSRC Funded Grants Portfoliowith total EPSRC Portfolio (Grouped by Value)

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I n terms of EPSRC's institutional support (£) Cardiff Universityis currently ranked 24 out of 119Institutions holding current Research Grants

Annex 8

DATA from EPSRC MIS (04 December 2007)

NOTES: 1. Data in this Annex includes all current Research Grants, but excludes: J I F, Fellowships, Training Grants (including DTGs), J EFI , PPA (PUSET), and grants that have been transferred into or are being transferred out of Institutions.2. I ncludes Grants that have been 'Announced' by EPSRC even though they may not yet have been 'Started' by the University

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Key to output data

Academic

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Private Sector Industry & Commerce

Government & Public Sector

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Other EmploymentLeadership

97*1736

Investigators

2691Early stage careers

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SECURING THE FUTURE - HEALTH OF DISCIPLINE

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Then came DUIS

› "Britain can only succeed in a rapidly changing world if we develop the skills of our people to the fullest possible extent, carry out world class research and scholarship, and apply both knowledge and skills to create an innovative and competitive economy. The DIUS mission is to work with our partners to meet these challenges."

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Cardiff University : EPSRC Grant Success Ratescompared with National Average of all Universities

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National Average (% by number) National Average (% by value)

Annex 11

DATA from EPSRC MIS (04 December 2007)

NOTE: This Annex is based only on Research Grants, and excludes: J I F, Fellowships, Training Grants (including DTGs), J EFI , PPA (PUSET), and grants transferred into Institutions.

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I nstitutional Success Rates Against Number of Funding Decisions made in 2006

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EPSRC funded 24 (24.5%) of 98Standard Research Grant proposals considered from Cardiff University during 2006.

Annex 9

DATA from EPSRC MIS (04 December 2007)

NOTE: This Annex is based only on Research Grants, and excludes: J I F, Fellowships, Training Grants (including DTGs), J EFI , PPA (PUSET), and grants transferred into Institutions.

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We need to work with

› Senior management in Universities

› Departments

› Research Groups

› Researchers/Peer reviewersTo get the objectives of EPSRC, DIUS (+DoH) and Government agreed and acted on! and publicising we are doing it!

!!!!!Discuss!!!!!