EPSRC Discipline Hopping in ICT

Application Platform: UKRI Funding Service

Application Sections: Summary, core team information, thematic area alignment, vision and approach document, applicant and team capability (R4RI format), references, project partner details and letters of support, facilities, resources and cost justification, and ethics and responsible research considerations.

Assessment Process: Applications undergo peer review followed by prioritisation panel assessment where proposals are scored and ranked against assessment criteria.

Co-Funders: Not specified

Collaboration Rules: Collaboration with researchers from other disciplines or users is expected to support interdisciplinary research development.

Competitiveness: Not specified

Consortium Requirements: Not specified

Decision Risks: Applications may be rejected if eligibility requirements are not met, if the project does not involve a genuine discipline-hop into or from ICT, or if submission guidance is not followed.

Decision Timeline: Applications are batched and assessed at responsive mode panel meetings held periodically.

Eligible Expenses: Salary of the project lead, travel and subsistence for time spent away from the home institution, training courses or development activities, a project co-lead at the host institution, consumables and activities that broaden the impact of the discipline-hop.

Eligible Scope: Projects supporting researchers to gain new skills, explore cross-disciplinary research areas, learn new techniques or tools, and develop collaborations between ICT and other disciplines.

Funding Intensity: 80% of Full Economic Cost (FEC).

Important Notes: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and processed in batches through EPSRC responsive mode panels.

Ineligible Projects: Equipment costing more than £25,000 and replacement salary costs at the applicant’s home institution are not eligible.

International Collaboration Requirement: International collaborators may be included in the project where relevant.

Interview Stage: Not specified

Key Requirements: Applicants must demonstrate a clear interdisciplinary discipline-hop involving ICT and show how the project will develop new skills, collaborations and research capability.

Lead Organisation Requirement: The application must be submitted by an eligible UK research organisation through the UKRI Funding Service.

Match Funding Requirement: No institutional matched funding required beyond the standard 20% Full Economic Cost contribution.

Project Duration: 3 to 24 months

Project End Date: Not specified

Project Start Date: Not specified

Publication Date: 2023-11-13 00:00:00

Renewal Rules: Uninvited resubmissions of previously submitted projects are not accepted.

Research Category: Interdisciplinary research and skills development in ICT.

Research Organisation Funding: Host organisations receive funding under the Full Economic Cost model and must provide the research environment and infrastructure required for the project.

Subcontractors: Not specified

Total Fund Available: Not specified