The fellowship grants will allow senior researchers to spend time responding to the challenges set out in the Manufacturing Foresight report which was announced by Sir Mark Walport, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) and Head of the Government Office for Science, at last year’s EPSRC Manufacturing the Future Conference in Glasgow.
The awards will focus on the manufacturing research opportunities around some key technologies which, once they are integrated into future products and networks, are likely to change how products are designed, made, offered and used by consumers.
The fellowships will cover additive manufacturing, biomaterials for personalised healthcare, analytical technologies in continuous manufacturing, and passive bio-sensing wireless tag technologies.
The fellows will undertake leading research and inform the research agenda around the challenges highlighted in the Foresight report.
“These Fellowships are our response to the Manufacturing Foresight report,” Professor Philip Nelson, EPSRC’s Chief Executive, said. “EPSRC is investing in these talented individuals to help them build teams that will develop new approaches to manufacturing and drive innovation forward in areas that show great promise for science, technology and our economy.”
