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EPSRC Reference:	EP/K031635/1
Title:	Small items of research equipment at Cardiff University
Principal Investigator:	Holford, Professor KM
Other Investigators:	Clarke, Dr A Read, Dr DE Blain, Dr E Anderson, Dr PI Pullin, Professor R Williams, Professor OA Ampatzi, Dr E Mart, Dr R Whatling, Dr G Lai, Professor Y Cipcigan, Professor LM Canetta, Dr E Lloyd-Evans, Dr E Doyle, Professor SM Theobald, Dr P Giblin, Professor S Lees, Dr J Hendry, Dr KR Buckle, Dr PD Burnap, Professor P Lynch, Professor SA Simpson, Dr R Faraldos, Dr J Kawashita, Dr LF Edwards, Dr J Dewitt, Dr S Ferguson, Dr EL Brousseau, Professor EB Young, Dr MT Bigot, Dr S
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Department:	Sch of Engineering
Organisation:	Cardiff University
Scheme:	Standard Research
Starts:	01 November 2012	Ends:	31 March 2013	Value (£):	498,293
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Biological & Medicinal Chem. Manufacturing Machine & Plant Synthetic biology
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Summary on Grant Application Form
Appropriate support for early-career academic researchers is vital for ensuring that they make an appropriate, positive start to their research careers. Provision of items of equipment, even those of modest cost, can have a significant impact upon the scope of the research carried out, at a stage where these individuals are working hard to establish themselves as independent researchers and where it may be relatively hard to acquire funding. Such a boost to research capacity can be of great help in supporting the development of a research track record and also can assist with preliminary data gathering to support applications for larger-scale research projects. Appropriate staff have been encouraged to explore with their peers within the University opportunities for multiple-discipline use of items of equipment. This serves three purposes: to enhance the research efforts of individuals; to provide opportunities for, and encourage, cross-discipline interaction and collaboration; to greatly increase value for money in respect of new equipment to be purchased, by ensuring that equipment is used as widely as possible, in a range of projects. Early-career academics whose research falls within one of four themes under EPSRC's remit (nano-fabrication and metrology; engineering of biochemics and chemical reactions; Enhanced interaction with high-end computing resources; physics for life) have indentified equipment that will support their current and planned research, while also being of use to similar researchers across engineering/physical sciences. This application requests funding to provide such equipment and thereby support those researchers who are the research leaders of the future.
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