Manufacturing Research Hubs for a Sustainable Future

21 Apr 2022

The EPSRC has issued a pre-announcement for “Manufacturing Research Hubs for a Sustainable Future”.

Due to the range of potential interest from The University of Manchester community, the Sustainable Futures platform has been asked to manage this process and assist in aligning and enhancing emerging bids. This includes bids that would be led by UoM and those where UoM may be a partner.

Further details of the call, which will support two £12m Hubs, can be found here.

If you are interested in engaging with this call in emerging internal or external consortia please e-mail sustainablefutures@manchester.ac.uk, providing the following information, no later than 16:00 on 27 April 2022:

Proposed UoM researchers and their expertise and affiliations (if in UoM) and external partners (with an indication on lead institution).
If not yet finalised, indicate who is being considered and what stage the discussions are at.

Brief description of the proposal (c. 200 words).
What is the area of focus? Please note that UKRI seek to refresh and complement their existing manufacturing hubs portfolio, and so ambition and innovation are key drivers of selection. Avoiding duplication with an existing Hub is essential.

Depending on the level and diversity of interest, we will convene meetings or work with teams directly to help enhance proposals and secure support.

Please note that UoM cannot support bids – either ones we lead, or we support – that haven’t progressed through this managed process, so please do get in touch if interested.

We strongly encourage colleagues interested in this call to attend UKRI’s webinar about the call, scheduled for 10:30 on 25th April 2022.