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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research and postgraduate degrees in engineering and the physical sciences (including mathematics, artificial intelligence and computer science), mainly to universities in the United Kingdom. The head office is in Swindon, Wiltshire in the same building (Polaris House) that houses the AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, MRC, Natural Environment Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council, TSB, Research Councils UK and the UK Space Agency.
EPSRC was created in 1994. It was formerly a part of the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC).
Paul Golby, Chair of EngineeringUK, was appointed as the Chairman of the EPSRC from 1 April 2012 for four years. He succeeded Sir John Armitt.
From 2007 to March 2014, the chief executive and deputy chair of EPSRC was David Delpy FRS, a medical physicist and formerly vice provost at University College London.
EPSRC Film
EPSRC Delivery Plan 2016-2020
Professor Philip Nelson on the EPSRC Delivery Plan
EPSRC Pathways to Impact: Your Pathways to Impact Plan
EPSRC Council Open Forum 15 October 2013
EPSRC
EPSRC RISE - Professor Sadie Creese, University of Oxford
EPSRC Healthy Nation CUT15
EPSRC Evolvable Assembly Systems SMART Demonstrator
EPSRC Working with Business - BAE Systems
On the worlds' stage for research, the UK punches well above its weight. EPSRC invests in world-leading research, discovery and innovation which benefit the UK economy and society as a whole. We award grants for Engineering and Physical Science research but that's not all we do. Our delivery plan sets out our plans for the next 4 years, all set in the context of our vision, goals and strategies.
EPSRC Council held its Open Forum on 15 October to bring together and engage with current scientists and engineers from across engineering and the physical sciences.
On Friday 5th December 2008, the government announced a £250 million investment in training the scientists of Britains future. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), a Government-funded agency, launched the initiative with the aim of generating more than 2,000 PhD students who will be trained to tackle some of the biggest problems Britain will face in the future including; climate change, alternative energy sources, healthcare solutions for our ageing population and fighting high-tech crime.
EPSRC RISE Leader Professor Sadie Creese talks with Dr Jason Nurse about their research in the Cyber Security Centre, University of Oxford.
Dr Steve Harris, Head of External Partnerships and Brokering at BAE Systems, talks about working with EPSRC.