Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences. Formerly a part of the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), it was created in 1994.
People
- Chief Executive, Professor David Delphy, observer at high-leave Nuclear Industry Council meeting July 2013
- Chair, Paul Golby, former chief executive of energy company E.ON
- Director, Science and Engineering, Dr Lesley Thompson
- Associate Director, Capability, Dr Clive Hayter
- Associate Director, Leaders, Neil Viner
- Associate Director, Impact, Alison Wall
- Director, Strategy and Business Relationships, Attila Emecz
- Director, Resources, Andrew Lewis
Members of the council
- Dr Paul Golby - CBE, FREng (Independent) - Chair EPSRC
- Professor David Delpy - FMedSci, FRS, FREng - Chief Executive EPSRC
- Professor Anne Anderson - OBE (University of Glasgow)
- Professor Andrew Blake - FRS, FREng (Microsoft Research Ltd)
- Jack Boyer (Entrepreneur)
- Professor Anthony Finkelstein - FREng, FCGI (University College London)
- Professor John Fisher - FMedSci, CBE (University of Leeds)
- Professor Sir Richard Friend - FRS, FREng (University of Cambridge)
- Professor Vernon Gibson FRS - Chief Scientific Advisor, Ministry of Defence
- Professor Andrew Hamilton - FRS (University of Oxford)
- Professor Richard Jones - FRS (University of Sheffield)
- Professor Dame Julia King - DBE, FREng (Aston University)
- Dr Helen Neville (Procter & Gamble)
- Professor John Perkins - CBE, FREng (Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Business Innovation and Skills)
- Professor Roy Sambles - FRS (University of Exeter)
- Dr David Watson (IBM UK Ltd)
- Professor Jeremy Watson - CBE, FREng (Arup)
Supported organisations
- Diamond Light Source - £56,475 (number of grants: 4)
- EURATOM/CCFE - £163,400,000 (number of grants: 1)
- John Innes Centre - £123,048 (number of grants: 1)
- MRC Centre, Cambridge - £514,179 (number of grants: 1)
- National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) - £302,988 (number of grants: 3)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - £1,819,356 (number of grants: 2)
- Rothamsted Research - £923,177 (number of research: 3)
- STFC Laboratories - £9,941,464 (number of grants: 27)[1]
- Science Media Centre (since 2007)[2][3]
Contact
- Address:
- Polaris House
- North Star Avenue
- Swindon
- SN2 1ET
- United Kingdom
