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Target Audience: Early Career Researchers

This session will provide information on the upcoming internal call for bids to the EPSRC Capital Investment Awards for ECRs the support process to develop proposals and the bidding process itself. 

EPSRC has awarded the University Capital Funds emphasising support for Early Career Researchers. The key objectives of this award are: 

• To provide capital investment with substantial and demonstrable, but not exclusive, benefit to Early Career Researchers.

• To build on the culture of collaboration, equipment sharing and maximising the usage of equipment that is underway in research organisations. 

• To fulfil the wider EPSRC aim of supporting the maintenance and development of World Class Laboratories

There will be an option for both individual and group applications, with indicative funding as follows:

• Individual applications – £10-25k per award (£10k minimum for individual or bundled items)

• Group applications – maximum award of £50k

There will be a support process in place to help develop proposals for this fund.  Further information on how to take part in this process will be given during the session. There will also be an opportunity to network with other participants.

Prerequisites

Cancellation Policy

When applying for a course, you should note that there will be a £50* to your department if you cancel within 5** working days or you do not attend, and a £25 charge for cancellations/ non-attendance between 6 and 10 working days. There will be no charge for cancellation made 10 or more working days before the event. Notifications should be made to OSDU@strath.ac.uk

A department is welcome to send someone else in your place if they wish without incurring a charge, providing that person has the necessary pre-requisites for the course. In the case of courses split over more than one day, you must attend ALL parts of the course. If you fail to attend any part you will be charged as outlined above.

*This is the standard charge for cancellation or non-attendance of course of 1 days duration or less. For some courses there may be a higher cancellation charge and if this is the case you will be advised of this at the time of booking.

**Any bookings made within 10 days of the event will incur the charges as specified.