[Academic] Fwd: Reminder: EPSRC Equipment Sharing Initiatives Consultation

[Rob Martin]

Could I encourage equipment users to complete this survey ...... less 
than 10 mins needed!

Rob

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Subject: 	Reminder: EPSRC Equipment Sharing Initiatives Consultation
Date: 	Mon, 3 Sep 2012 11:17:04 +0100
From: 	Nathanal Wand (EPSRC, Capabilty) <Nathaniel.Wand at epsrc.ac.uk>
To: 	Robert Martin <r.w.martin at strath.ac.uk>



Dear Prof Martin,

This is a reminder about the online survey I sent to you a few weeks ago 
(see below) regarding EPSRC equipment sharing initiatives. Currently no 
replies from your department have been received, and the survey will 
close at the end of this week.

It would therefore be helpful if you could circulate the survey, again 
if you already have, so the greatest number of relevant responses can be 
received to inform EPSRC strategy going forward.

Thank you again for your help.

Kind Regards,

Nathaniel Wand

EPSRC Capability Delivery – Engineering

Phone: 01793 444297

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*From:*Nathanal Wand (EPSRC, Capabilty)
*Sent:* 09 August 2012 16:04
*Subject:* EPSRC Equipment Sharing Initiatives Consultation

Dear Prof Martin,

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: http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/epsrc/esis (along with more 
details of current initiatives).

Obviously it is important that the research community as a whole is 
consulted, and hence 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.

Although EPSRC supports a number of schemes already, (and for instance 
is committed to supporting the Engineering Instrument Loan Pool 
(http://www.eip.rl.ac.uk/) from 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.

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 they have had experiences of 
research stalling due to lack of equipment or training then this is 
their chance to let EPSRC know, so EPSRC can do something about it. 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^th .

Please don’t hesitate to get back to me with any questions you may have.

Kind Regards,

Nathaniel Wand

EPSRC Capability Delivery – Engineering

Phone: 01793 444297

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