Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research and postgraduate degrees in engineering and the physical sciences (including mathematics, artificial intelligence and computer science), mainly to universities in the United Kingdom. The head office is in Swindon, Wiltshire.
It was created in 1994. It was formerly a part of the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC).
The EPSRC funds Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs), such as [http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/moac MOAC] , which are interdisciplinary PhD training centres focussing on communication between scientific disciplines and an emphasis on transferable skills.
Former Network Rail's chief executive John Armitt was appointed the Chair of the EPSRC from 1 April 2007 for four years. He succeeded Dame Julia Higgins.
As of September 2007 the chief executive and deputy chair of EPSRC is David Delpy FRS, a medical physicist and formerly vice provost at University College London [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0705/07053002] .
External links
* [http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ EPSRC website]
* [http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ Grants information]
* [http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining/DoctoralTrainingAccounts/default.htm Doctoral Training Accounts]
* [http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/ Research Councils UK]
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