 Balancing Capability
Balancing
Capability is a core strategy for EPSRC, as an approach to setting strategic
priorities aligned to UK strength and national importance, and to maintain and
develop the UK’s world leading position in engineering and physical science
research within a finite budget. EPSRC has a proactive engagement approach to
managing its portfolio of research in partnership with the research community
and stakeholders including the academic community, business, charities, and
other funders.
From July 2018 EPSRC will be delivering its Balancing
Capability strategy through an ongoing process of portfolio monitoring and
evidence collection, in order to enable a more dynamic and responsive approach
to managing our portfolio and setting strategies. Whilst this means there will
not be a large scale refresh exercise in 2020/21, continuous engagement will
enable EPSRC to regularly review and evolve strategies in
response to a rapidly changing landscape.
To support this approach, EPSRC has launched an open Call for Evidence survey. The
open Call for Evidence will provide an all year-round opportunity for
engineering and physical sciences stakeholders, through their organisations, to
provide input on research areas, and this will be in addition to the usual ways
EPSRC gathers evidence which
include:
- Evidence that has been published in the form of a report
or publication
- Potential future opportunities e.g. horizon scanning
- Community engagement activities e.g. workshops or
university visits
- EPSRC portfolio data e.g. submission rates, balance
between research and training
- Community engagement through theme Portfolio Managers
EPSRC values input
from stakeholders to make evidence based decisions, this ongoing monitoring
approach to Balancing Capability will ensure that EPSRC maintains its strong
evidence based culture, making the UK the best place in the world to research, discover and innovate.
Join the
EPSRC Peer Review College
Peer review
is the single most important element in EPSRC’s grant assessment process,
helping us ensure that only the highest quality proposals are recommended for
funding. The college broadly represents the research community it serves, it
contains a spread of expertise covering the full breadth of EPSRC remit. The
college maintains an appropriate balance of age, gender, and ethnicity to
reflect the wider research community, as well as a mix of academic and
non-academic backgrounds, and geographic locations.
We are currently
inviting researchers from business and academia to apply to join the EPSRC Associate
Peer Review College. Members sit on assessment panels and provide independent
reviews of proposals within their remit of expertise, and will receive full
training, fees and expenses where applicable.
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