[Academic] Fwd: FW: EPSRC Physics Capital Investment Scoping Survey

[Robert Martin]

Dear All,

Please see below - EPSRC asking for input on a bid to EPSRC for capital 
infrastructure, to lead to a competitive process.
Could you send input to me via the attached questionnaire - please do 
not send anything direct to the steering group.

Thanks,

Rob


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Subject: 	FW: EPSRC Physics Capital Investment Scoping Survey
Date: 	Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:37:25 +0100
From: 	HoD <hod at phys.strath.ac.uk>
Reply-To: 	hod at phys.strath.ac.uk <hod at phys.strath.ac.uk>
To: 	Robert Martin <r.w.martin at strath.ac.uk>



*From:*Corinna Dahnke [mailto:Corinna.Dahnke at physics.ox.ac.uk]
*Sent:* 12 June 2013 14:14
*To:* hod at phys.strath.ac.uk
*Cc:* Paolo Radaelli; Ben Williams
*Subject:* EPSRC Physics Capital Investment Scoping Survey

Dear Professor Martin,

I am writing to seek your help in identifying key capital investment 
needs in the EPSRC physics science base in the UK.

Oxford Physics has been asked by EPSRC to lead a community-wide scoping 
exercise to identify *capital equipment needs across EPSRC physics in 
the next ‘n’ years*. The output will be a short report (about 4 pages), 
designed as supporting evidence for an EPSRC bid to BIS and Treasury for 
additional capital investment, similar to the recent Core Chemistry 
scheme 
(http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/2012/Pages/corecapability.aspx).  
The EPSRC bid for Physics infrastructure is expected to be of the order 
of £30–40M. *If this bid is successful, funding will be allocated on a 
competitive basis, and open to application from a wide range of UK 
higher education institutions.*

The scope of this exercise covers the following EPSRC Physical Sciences 
portfolio areas:

_Atomic & Laser Physics_

·Quantum Optics

·Cold Atoms and Molecules

·Quantum Fluids and solids

·Light-Matter Interaction and Optical Phenomena

·Plasma and Lasers

_Condensed Matter Physics_

·Graphene and Carbon Nanotechnology
(NB: capital equipment is funded through separate initiatives in this area)

·Biophysics and Soft Materials Physics

·Plasmonics

·Photonic Materials and Metamaterials

·Functional Materials

·Electronic Materials

·Surface Science

·Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure

·Condensed Matter: Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

·Superconductivity

·Spintronics

_Other_

·Anti Hydrogen

Following internal discussions, we agreed that the best way to take this 
exercise forward was to form a Steering Group, comprising the Heads of 
Physics (or their representatives) for 11 Departments with a large EPSRC 
funding portfolio, which would coordinate the project on behalf of the 
whole community. The Steering Group is formed of representatives from 
the following Universities: Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Imperial, 
Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Queen’s Belfast, UCL and Warwick.

In line with its agreed terms of reference, the Steering Group will meet 
on 26 June to draft the report. In advance of this, *we would like to 
solicit opinions and gather experiences from the wider Physics community 
on a range of relevant issues*, in order to promote informed debate.

In order to collect this information, we have assembled the attached 
survey. Please note that your response to this survey will shape the 
form of the final report, and have an impact on the future direction of 
EPSRC equipment funding for Physics in the UK (although the detailed 
responses will be retained by the Steering Group and not passed on to 
the EPSRC). We have attempted to make the survey as direct as possible, 
but given the nature of the topic, many questions are quite open ended 
in nature. Where possible, succinct answers would be appreciated in 
order to ease the collation of responses.

With thanks for your participation in this exercise,

Paolo Radaelli, Head of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Oxford

and

Paul Ewart, Head of Atomic & Laser Physics, University of Oxford

Ian Walmsley FRS, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research, University Collections) 
University of Oxford

Robert Bowman, Director Centre for Nanostructured Media, Queen’s 
University Belfast

Martin Kuball, Head of Group & Director of Center for Device 
Thermography and Reliability (CDTR), University of Bristol

James Stirling, Head of Department of Physics, Cambridge University

Malcolm McMahon, Professor of High Pressure Physics, University of Edinburgh

Lesley Cohen, Head of Solid State Physics, Imperial College London

Stephen Scott, Head of School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds

Stephen Watts, Head of School of Physics and Astronomy, University of 
Manchester

Richard Bowtell, Head of School of Physics and Astronomy, University of 
Nottingham

Jonathan Butterworth, Head of Physics and Astronomy Department, 
University College London

Robin C Ball, Head of Department of Physics, University of Warwick

-on behalf of the EPSRC Physics Capital Investment Steering Group-

Corinna Dahnke
Administration Officer/PA to Head of Condensed Matter Physics
University of Oxford
Clarendon Laboratory
Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3PU

Phone: +44 (0)1865 272225
Email: corinna.dahnke at physics.ox.ac.uk 
<mailto:corinna.dahnke at physics.ox.ac.uk>



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