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Dear All,<br>
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Please see below for information on an EPSRC consultation on
equipment sharing .... read no further if not for you.<br>
If equipment sharing is relevant to you please fill in the
questionnaire - it seems to be an individual thing.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Rob<br>
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<td>EPSRC Equipment Sharing Initiatives Consultation</td>
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<td>Thu, 9 Aug 2012 16:04:55 +0100</td>
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<td>Nathanal Wand (EPSRC, Capabilty)
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<td>Robert Martin <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:r.w.martin@strath.ac.uk"><r.w.martin@strath.ac.uk></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Prof Martin</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">EPSRC is currently carrying out a review of
its equipment
sharing initiatives, to ensure they fulfil the needs of the
research community.
As part of this it is undertaking an online consultation that
can be found
here: <span style="color:black"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/epsrc/esis">http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/epsrc/esis</a></span>
(along with more details of current initiatives).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To ensure the relevant research community
is consulted I am
contacting you as a head of a department that currently holds
a number of high
value EPSRC grants, within the Engineering or Physical
Sciences areas (the most
relevant areas for equipment sharing of this type), and/or a
department that
has heavily used EPSRC equipment sharing initiatives in the
past.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Although EPSRC supports a number of schemes
already, (and
for instance is committed to supporting the Engineering
Instrument Loan Pool (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.eip.rl.ac.uk/">http://www.eip.rl.ac.uk/</a>)
due to the
outcome of the mid-range facilities review), it is important
to ensure that
they still provide the most appropriate services possible, as
well as
identifying important gaps in current provisions. Funding for
equipment from
EPSRC is available if a strategic requirement can be shown.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hence I would be grateful if you could pass
the survey on to
relevant researchers within your department. This is their
chance to shape
future EPSRC strategy and the scope of future initiatives, and
so I would
expect a large number of responses – if you have had
experiences of
research stalling due to lack of equipment or training then
this is your chance
to let EPSRC know, so it can do something about it. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are not the right person to contact
about this, then
I would appreciate it if you could let me know. The survey
will close on
September 9<sup>th</sup>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please don’t hesitate to get back to me
with any
questions you may have.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nathaniel Wand</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">EPSRC Capability Delivery – Engineering</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 01793 444297</p>
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Head of Department,
Department of Physics, tel: 0141-5483132
Strathclyde University, fax: 0141-5522891
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