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T o ma in ta intheUK ’ sg loba lr e sea r ch s tand inginl igh to fin c r ea s ingin te rna t iona l compe t i t ion ,andw i thl im i tedfund ing a va i lab l etou s ,we mu s tfo cu sou rpo r t fo l io o fr e sea r chandt ra in ingina r ea swh i ch a r ein te rna t iona l l ye x ce l l en tandna t iona l l y impo r tan t .

EPSRCw i l lcon t inuetochamp ion e x ce l l en cea c r o s stheeng inee r ingand ph y s i ca ls c ien ce s ,in ve s t inginr e sea r ch , t ra in ingandin f ra s t ru c tu r etha ta r ejudged a se x ce l l en tb ypee rr e v iew .

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EPSRCa ch ie ve sth i sa c r o s sthed i f fe r en t r e sea r cha r ea stha t makeupi t spo r t fo l io .

Whenweimp l emen tedtheShap ing Capab i l i t ys t ra teg y ,a swa s ,in2011 -12we sa idtha tthes t ra teg i ct ra je c to r ie s(g r ow / ma in ta in / r edu ce )wou ldbefo rthede l i ve r y p lanpe r iod .W eha venowr ea chedtheend o fth i spe r iodsoweneedtoen su r etha tou r r e sea r cha r eas t ra teg ie ssuppo r tou rfu tu r e a sp i ra t ion sin tothene x tde l i ve r yp lan .The s c ien celand s capeha scon t inuedtoe vo l ve andweneedtoen su r eou rs t ra teg ie s r efle c tthecu r r en tland s cape .

Ou rde l i ve r yapp r oa chw i l lcon t inue .W e w i l la imtor e f r e sha l lo fther e sea r cha r ea ra t iona l e s inthenea rfu tu r e .

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Thea imi stob r ingyoucommen tand op in ionf r oml ead ingth inke r sinr e sea r ch , inno va t ionands c ien cefund ingpo l i c y .

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O ve rthelas tyea rweha vebeen wo rk ingw i thou rpa r tne r stohe lp make thecasefo rsc ienceandeng inee r ing us inganou tcomes focusedapp roach wh ichrecogn isesthecon t r ibu t ionou r who lepo r t fo l io ,inc lud inglong te rm fundamen ta lresea r ch , makestothe suc ces so fthena t ion .

Inas soc ia t ionw i thou run i ve r s i t y andbus ines spa r tne r s ,andw i th ou rS t ra teg icAd v iso r yT eamsand Ne two rks ,weha veiden t ifiedfou rin te r l inkedou tcomeswh ichco l lec t i ve l y unde rp inUKp rospe r i t y :P rodu c t iv i ty , Conne c tedness ,Res i l ien ce andHea l th –andde ve lopedamb i t ionsw i th ineach o fthem .Theseou tcomesw i l lfo rmthe f ramewo rkfo rou rDe l i ve r yP lanand w i l lbeusedinthefo l low ingwa ys :

• Af ramewo rktohe lpresea r che r s toth inkabou tthe i rcon t r ibu t ionto na t iona landg loba lcha l lengesand toco l labo ra teac ros sd isc ip l ines Ou rfund ingw i l lbeac ces sed th roughthefam i l ia ren t r ypo in tso f ou rcapab i l i t yd isc ip l inesinc lud ing Ma thema t ics ,Ph ys ica lSc iences , ICTandEng inee r ing ,w i thdec is ions basedone x ce l lence .W ea lsorema in comm i t tedtoas im i la rba lanceo f cha l lenge -d r i venandin ves t iga to r led resea r chtotha to fou rlas tDe l i ve r y P lan .Theamb i t ionsw i l lhe lpde te rm ine thecha l lenge ledaspec to fou r po r t fo l iobu tp ro v ideasp i ra t ionsfo ra l l .

Ab r ie fdefin i t iono ftheou tcomesand as soc ia tedamb i t ionsisab letov iewon ou rwebs i te .

• As t ra teg ice xp res s iono fou rp lans wh ichcap tu reou rva lue -addtothe na t ion ; • P ro v id ingcon te x tua loppo r tun i t ies fo rseek ingadd i t iona lfund ingf rom go ve rnmen t ;

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