Details of Grant

EPSRC Reference:

EP/P001645/1

Title:

Advanced Nuclear Materials

Principal Investigator:

Other Investigators:

Bagot, Dr PAJ	Grovenor, Professor C	Wilkinson, Professor AJ
Moody, Professor MP	Fitzgerald, Dr S	Lozano-Perez, Professor S
Grant, Professor P	Tarleton, Professor E

Researcher Co-Investigators:

Project Partners:

Amec Foster Wheeler UK	Culham Centre for Fusion Energy	EDF
Fermilab	Julich Research Centre	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
National Nuclear Laboratory	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Queen's University Canada
Rolls-Royce Plc (UK)	Shimane University	University of Huddersfield
University of Manchester, The	University of Michigan

Department:

Materials

Organisation:

University of Oxford

Scheme:

Platform Grants

Starts:

12 October 2016

Ends:

11 April 2021

Value (£):

1,415,296

EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:

Energy - Nuclear	Fusion
Materials Characterisation	Materials Processing

EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:

Energy

Related Grants:

Panel History:

Panel Date	Panel Name	Outcome
24 May 2016	Platform Grant Interviews - 24 and 25 May 2016 (Engineering)	Announced

Summary on Grant Application Form

This proposal aims to maintain and expand the research impact of an internationally-leading team working on advanced structural materials for applications in nuclear fission and fusion reactors. The funding will enable us to support early-career postdoctoral researchers (ECRs) in a flexible manner tailored to their individual career trajectories, by providing job security, mentorship, opportunities for new skills acquisition and CPD training, and will facilitate their developing their own research ideas. Their training and scientific outputs will contribute to the resurgence of UK fission reactor programmes and the UK's internationally leading role in fusion science and technology. It will be a key factor in maintaining the integrity of the multi-skilled Oxford nuclear materials research team, and in developing the careers of its ECRs, and in reinforcing its position as an attractive environment for research, attracting and supporting new talent. The Platform Grant will also provide resources for the team to explore ambitious and novel research avenues, underpinning applications (from UK and international sources) for larger-scale funding to enhance the international position of the UK in nuclear research.

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