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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Message sent on behalf of Michael Strain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I would like to highlight two funding calls that may of interest. Details are appended below.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pre-announcement: EPSRC Quantum Technologies Career Acceleration Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Opening date:
<span style="color:red">February 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Total fund: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">£14,000,000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/epsrc-quantum-technologies-career-acceleration-fellowships/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery">https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/epsrc-quantum-technologies-career-acceleration-fellowships/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The QT fellowships are aimed at high potential early career researchers, with the objective to accelerate their careers to become world-leading researchers. The QT fellowships will provide between
three to five years of funding to </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">deliver an outcome with a significant impact on the Quantum Technologies landscape in the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The full call will be released in February 2024.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eligibility</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This funding opportunity is for ECRs who are looking to lead their own research programme and further develop
their independent research profile within the QT sector. <b><u>The definition of ECRs is broad and can span from current post-doctoral researchers to those recently appointed to their first permanent academic</u></b>.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">There is no requirement:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">to hold a PhD for this fellowship due to the diversity of career paths in QT. However, if you do not hold a PhD, you must be able to demonstrate equivalent research or training</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">regarding the length of postdoctoral experience or length of relevant work experience to be considered an “early-career researcher”</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">You should provide sufficient evidence to support your application during peer review and panel interview
to demonstrate you are in the early-career stage and the award of your fellowship will achieve the objectives of this funding opportunity.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This funding opportunity is open to national and international candidates who are based at UK research organisations eligible for UKRI funding.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It is expected that fellowships will be hosted at a UK research institution and held at a minimal level of 50% FTE. EPSRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Full details on eligibility can be found in Who Can Apply section when the funding opportunity is opened.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The call is not demand-managed and there is no internal candidate selection process. Colleagues in RKES would be happy to support any prospective Fellows with their application development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt">STFC Underground Dark Matter Science Experiments<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/future-underground-dark-matter-science-experiments/">https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/future-underground-dark-matter-science-experiments/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This funding opportunity will provide up to £10 million, over five years, to UK groups to conduct dark matter science projects that utilise the Boulby Underground Laboratory space, and which:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">align with the recommendations of the Dark Matter Strategic Review 2020 and address the Definition of Dark Matter (below)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">align with the current capacity and capability of Boulby Underground Laboratory<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">present cases that have confirmed feasibility and viability for deployment within Boulby Underground Laboratory. You should approach <a href="mailto:paul.scovell@stfc.ac.uk"><b>paul.scovell@stfc.ac.uk</b></a> and <a href="mailto:sean.paling@stfc.ac.uk"><b>sean.paling@stfc.ac.uk</b></a> to
discuss proposals and seek confirmation of feasibility<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">provide short to medium-term scientific return<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Medium scale science projects are anticipated to start in spring 2025 and will exploit the Boulby Underground Laboratory facilities to design and deploy an experimental set up to directly detect dark matter signals and are anticipated to
span design, installation, commissioning, and operation phases.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This opportunity will not support research and development projects towards Dark Matter.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This funding opportunity will encompass experimental approaches that can be broadly split into complementary routes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">direct searches for particulate (for example, WIMP-like) DM<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">direct searches for wave-like hidden sector DM<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">This funding opportunity will not consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">multidisciplinary projects<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">research and development grants<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">projects that are specifically focused on neutrino physics<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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