Plastic Electronic Systems Research & EPSRC
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Electronic Systems ResearchSupporting excellent research and impactful ideas
Dr. Derek GillespieSenior Portfolio Manager
@DAGillespie
The Transistor and the Integrated Circuit
• First transistor invented in 1947.• Miniaturization of the technology, in line with Moore’s Law, is
astounding – fast approaching the point whereby quantum considerations need to be taken into account.
• Complexity of integrated circuits has increased more than a billion-fold since the 1960s.
• The price of an individual transistor is now less than one millionth of the cost in the late 1960s.o Had the cost of automobiles fallen at the same rate, a new car
today would cost less than one pence.
Societal Trends for the Future
There are more mobile phone connections than there are people on the Earth.
Mobile data traffic is growing at 92% (CAGR).
By 2010, the number of text messages sent in one day exceeded the global population.
In 2012, there were over 4 billion YouTube videos streamed daily.
In one second on the internet, there are:• 463 photos uploaded to
Instragram.• 1024 calls made using
Skype.• 3935 tweets posted on
Twitter.• 11,574 files uploaded to
Dropbox.• 33,330 Google searches
carried out.• 46,330 videos watched
on YouTube.• 52,083 posts ‘Liked’ on
Facebook.
W(h)ither UK Electronics?
Overcoming negative perceptions
All UK electronic companies have failed.
All electronic innovation is American.
All electronic manufacture is Chinese.
As the UK has lost every aspect of opportunity in electronics, investing UK taxpayer money in the field is a waste.
The ESCO report sought to refute these misconceptions, with quantitative evidence drawn from the UK electronic systems community.
The UK Electronic Systems Community
850,000
“At the heart of many societal advancements are the enabling technologies of electronic systems”
Warren EastESCO Executive Steering Group
People working on electronic systems in UK industry
£80Bn
Contribution to the UK economy, or 5.4% UK GDP
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Plastic Electronics in the UK
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UK Universities: Excellence in Research
Excellence
Worldwide
UK
1%World population
5%World research spending
9%World research publications
12%World citations
14%World most-cited papers
Knowledge Base
Technology Base
System Integration
Societal Requirement
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The Research System
Gaps in the UK Innovation System?
‘Pure’ basic research
User-inspired basic research
Applied research
Experimental development
Stokes (1997)Dasgupta and David (1994)
Science, Engineering & Technology IndicatorsBIS (2009)
Gaps in the UK Innovation System?
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Value of R&D performed in the business sector
The UK trend runs contrary to our international peers or competitors.
Discover DeployValidateIntegrateUnderstand
EPSRC
Technology Strategy Board
Universities
Industrial Companies
The UK Innovation System
Charities or Intermediate Bodies
Overseas Bodies
Discover DeployValidateIntegrateUnderstand
EPSRC
Technology Strategy Board
Industrial Companies
The UK Innovation System
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Challenge & Application ‘Pull’
Knowledge & Technology ‘Push’
Productive steps in our current system
Academia, industry and the public sector working together
Pathways to Impact
Public engagement
KT secondments
Staff training
Realistic IP
AcademiaKnowledge, people &
technological capability
IndustryInnovation, market
perspective & new products
Strategic R&D
Long-term plans
Increased commitment
People support
Realistic IP!
Public BodiesFacilitating knowledge,
impact & skills
Targeted Support
Appropriate models
Strategic discussion
Consolidated evidence
What Can We Do Together?
There are challenges to be tackled
Where does the UK electronic systems research community ‘want to go’?
What are the technologies of the future that need electronics at their heart?
Who needs to be engaged outside of the (plastic) electronics community for the UK to take a lead?
Support the work of the Plastic Electronics Leadership Group.
Work in partnership with the ESCO team to make the importance of electronic systems in the UK clear to government.
Partner with EPSRC – planning for the future starts now.
www.epsrc.ac.uk: 01793 44 4301
: derek.gillespie@epsrc.ac.uk
@DAGillespie
@EPSRC
EPSRC ICT Theme
Grant Funding: Pathways to Impact
Funding to Facilitate Potential Impacts
Since 2009, applicants can ask for project-specific, impact-related costs as part of a grant proposal.
Applicants can ask for funding at the point of application, in order to provide the opportunities or required skills that allow the team to promote the potential impacts of their research.
To make use of this, applicants have to consider which impact activities or training they might require when planning the research proposal.
All costs must be outlined and justified, as with other requests for funding.
Grant Funding: Pathways to Impact
Funding to Facilitate Potential Impacts
Some specific examples of activities that could be requested are:
Secondments
Increased investigator time
Training activities
Employment of specialist staff
Marketing and publicity
Workshops, seminars and networking
Public engagement
Early-stage commercialisation exploration
Evidence shows that these resources are heavily under-used by applicants!
Institutions: Impact Acceleration Accounts
Accessible funding for tailored impact activities
Account-based funding given to universities on the basis of a peer-reviewed submission.
Allows institutions the flexibility to operate tailored schemes that facilitate increased likelihood of impact from research.
Retain key benefits of KTA & KTS Schemes:
Secondments
Proofs of Concept
Follow-On Funding
95%
Percentage of EPSRC portfolio, by value, covered by Impact Acceleration Accounts.
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