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Coronavirus updates
The latest guidance and information on the vital work of UKRI and our community in response to the crisis
COP26 Fellows to build scientific evidence into climate negotiations
Four researchers have been awarded fellowships to support international climate negotiations ahead of the 26th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) through the provision and interpretation of scientific evidence.
£6 million award to drive next-generation solar technology into new applications
Researchers at Swansea University, Imperial College London and the University of Oxford have launched a project to drive next-generation solar technology into new applications.

EPSRC-JSPS Core-to-Core Collaboration in Advanced Functional Materials
EPSRC, on behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Research Councils, is seeking Expressions of Interest for participation in the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Core-to-Core programme.
ISCF Manufacturing Made Smarter Research Centres
On behalf of UKRI, EPSRC are offering funding for up to 4-5 Centres with total funding available of up to £20 million. Expressions of interest are requested for delivering cross-cutting research in the area of Digital Manufacturing.
Statements of Need for National Research Facilities
This is the seventh call for Statements of Need for new and existing National Research Facilities that will support excellent engineering and physical sciences research. These facilities provide leading edge capabilities and technique development at a national level and/or access to European research facilities.

South Wales Semiconductor Cluster Sets Sights on Global Role
Vision and commitment, fresh investment, world-beating science – these key ingredients are enabling CSconnected, the world’s first compound semiconductor (CS) ‘cluster’, to take root and thrive in South Wales.
Listening for landslides
EPSRC supported engineers have created a low-cost early warning system for communities at risk of landslides.
The flexibility to change
EPSRC’s strong relationships with researchers, and flexible funding approach, meant that it could respond quickly to support the fast-developing research area of Mathematical Biology.

Coronavirus updates
The latest guidance and information on the vital work of UKRI and our community in response to the crisis
COP26 Fellows to build scientific evidence into climate negotiations
Four researchers have been awarded fellowships to support international climate negotiations ahead of the 26th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) through the provision and interpretation of scientific evidence.
£6 million award to drive next-generation solar technology into new applications
Researchers at Swansea University, Imperial College London and the University of Oxford have launched a project to drive next-generation solar technology into new applications.

EPSRC Delivery Plan 2019
As part of UK Research and Innovation, EPSRC will play an essential and enhanced role in delivering the government's modern Industrial Strategy, driving economic and social prosperity in the UK, and decreasing the timescales between discovery research and impact.

Our vision is to ensure that the UK is the place where the most creative researchers can deliver world-leading research. Our Delivery Plan focuses on complementary objectives which underline what we want to achieve, how we will achieve it and the tools that will enable us to do so.
Investments in physical sciences
EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships – University of Oxford and Oxford PV
A short video on the new Prosperity Partnership between the University of Oxford and Oxford PV.

EPSRC Peer Review College Newsletter - June 2020Opens external site
EPSRC Peer Review College Newsletter - Impact Update February 2020Opens external site
Virtual workshop: Identifying challenges for a Sustainable Digital Society (PDF 4MB)
The EPSRC Digital Economy Theme ran a virtual workshop "Identifying challenges for a Sustainable Digital Society" on 11^th June 2020, bringing together participants from a wide range of institutions and organisations, and spanning a range of disciplines (including technical, social and humanities). The outputs of the workshop are now available.

Supercomputers: How ARCHER2 will increase the pace and productivity of research
Professor Simon McIntosh-Smith at the University of Bristol discusses the importance of high performance computing and the UK’s next national research supercomputer – ARCHER2
Update on EPSRC's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) activities
We hope the UKRI publication of diversity results for UKRI funding data last week will prompt discussion in our community. In EPSRC, we have a tradition of exploring data to help understand issues and opportunities in our portfolio and we look forward to sharing more data insights with you over the coming months.
Supporting flexible research careers - Next steps for EPSRC
We offer lots of opportunities for the doctoral students and researchers we support to work flexibly and in a way that meets their personal circumstances. But, is this widely known and is the flexibility we offer enough - ultimately, is it working?