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Thursday, January 25, 2018
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NB: The call opens next on 1st January 2018 so please check for the latest guidance then. The Innovations Partnership Scheme (IPS) is designed to transfer technology and expertise developed through STFC funding to the marketplace in partnership with industry and other academic disciplines. STFC technology or expertise must be integral to the project. The technology or expertise can be developed with STFC funding at UK higher education institutes, STFC laboratories, CERN, ESRF and ESO (European Southern Observatory). IPS projects can vary in length up to three years, with funding for a maximum project value of 拢150k per annum, over a period not exceeding three years. IPS closing dates are every four months. Applicants are strongly advised to read the Guidance Notes and are encouraged to contact the office to discuss proposals. |
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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council invites proposals for its call for feasibility studies on automating science discovery. This supports early-stage feasibility studies that explore the application of artificial intelligence technologies to aid and accelerate discovery in fundamental physical sciences. The aim is to encourage collaboration and combine expertise from the AI research base and expertise from the physical sciences to identify the potential for AI to impact on fundamental discovery science, and the obstacles that need to be overcome in order for this to deliver. Proposals must be multidisciplinary, be at the cutting edge and represent the state-of-the-art in both the AI and physical science components. Projects must also consider issues relating to responsible innovation to ensure that the political and societal implications of automation are considered and usefully communicated. All proposals must represent a collaboration between academics in AI and in the physical sciences. Applicants must be based at a UK HEI or an eligible research council institute or independent research organisation. All proposals must be within ESPRC鈥檚 remit. At the expression of interest stage, each applicant may only be PI on at most one proposal, and Co-Investigator on at most one proposal. There are no limits to the number of applications from particular institutions. Up to four grants are available, worth up to 拢250,000 each over 18 months. Funding may cover postdoctoral research assistant time, consumables, travel and subsistence and any other directly incurred costs required for the proposal. Equipment is not available. |