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NATIONAL NEWS , 15TH JUNE 2022

New allocations have now been published for the record £25.1 billion Research and Development budget settlement being distributed across UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)’s councils and major programmes.

UKRI’s Research & Development budget will reach over £8.8 billion in 2024-2025, its highest ever level, allowing for the delivery of an ambitious agenda through its 9 councils.

This includes:

a £16.8 billion investment over the 3-year period through core budgets for UKRI’s 7 Research Councils, Research England and Innovate UK
a £2 billion investment over the 3-year period for a new collective cross-council approach to talent initiatives
a £2.9 billion investment over the 3-year period in infrastructure projects

Science Minister George Freeman said:

As we look back at the last 2 years, it is hard to imagine a time when we have owed more to scientists, researchers and innovators.

I have never been prouder of the UK’s world-leading research base, which is why I am so pleased to have awarded £25.1 billion, the highest level of funding to date, to our national science and research agency, UK Research and Innovation. This significant investment will support our ambitions to made the UK a science superpower, delivering growth opportunities right across the country while helping the research community tackle the great scientific challenges of our time.

This significant investment will support the UK’s already world-leading research work being done across the country, delivering local economic impact via R&D funding, attracting and developing top research talent, and helping unlock private sector investment.

UKRI contribute significantly to the government’s Levelling Up agenda, having developed a new approach to growing promising enterprise clusters, and driving the adoption of innovation – from technology advisory services to boost local diffusion, to providing access to competitive grants, and supporting links for innovators to private finance and investors.

The settlement, providing record-level funding for UKRI, also represents significant progress towards achieving the UK’s target for R&D investment reaching 2.4% of GDP by 2027, these ambitious plans, combined with the government’s generous R&D tax programme, will give businesses the confidence to invest in the wake of the pandemic.

Further details on how UKRI’s £25.1 billion budget has been allocated are provided in UKRI’s explainer document (PDF).

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Review: OL-CsPBr3

20 June 2022jameszbw

The paper reports a study on plasmon-assisted PL enhancement in CsPBr3 nanocrystals. Efforts were paid to the clarification of underlying

Physical mechanisms by using time-resolved PL measurements and femtosecond laser pump-probe methods. While the big picture seems

to be correct, more details and discussion are needed , these include:

In CsPbBrs, both exciton and bi-exciton could be excited, however, in current paper only exciton has been considered. Can the authors please add literature and discuss about it, for example, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03098
Time evolution of PL over a longer time period is not shown and discussed. For example, what will happen for a measurement lasting for 400 seconds, has the authors done such measurement, how stable is the PL and did you see any blink? Please elaborate or discuss about it.
In paragraph beneath Fig.3, it says ’To further quantiverly describe the PL dynamics, a bi-exponentioal function…..was exploited to fit…’, here, I wish to see in supplementary how such fitting was done, what is the A1 and A2 values.From there, can authors discuss about which mechanism is dominant, radiative or non-radiative, what is rough weighting between them?
In Fig. 2(a), can you please mark the exciton-absorption peak position as mentioned in text?
Typo: paragraph beneath Fig. 2, ‘Therefore, steady-stale PL’, should be steady-state

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[Reminder] Zoom Meetings Basic plan 40-minute lift expiring on June 30, 2022

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June 2022 Issue No. 6

ERNW Catalyst Funding increased

The Catalyst Fund is for the development of collaboration with other researchers in Wales, arranging meetings for a future funding bid or a Horizon Europe grant.

Apply now for up to £3000

The Fund is available to researchers in engineering and science in any Welsh University. You can now apply for up to £3000 towards the organisation of meetings arranged to enable collaboration with other Universities and organisations on a potential research topic related to the Network. The funding is also available for meetings with European collaborators for potential Horizon Europe projects.

Upcoming Events

Welsh Digital Twin Network (WDTN) Conference
Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 July 2022: Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells
The Network, lead by Prof Nithiarasu, Associate Dean-Research, Innovation and Impact at Swansea University is hosting this conference with the aim of identifying the breadth of expertise in this area within Wales. The WDTN will coalesce expertise from across Wales, bringing together technologies and accelerating digital twin capability in order to support translation into real world applications within the region and beyond.

If you are interested in taking part in this free conference, please contact Tomos Watson, Impact and Engagement Officer ([email protected])

MADE Cymru Industry Summit

21 – 23 June 2022: Online, UWTSD Swansea and AMRC Cymru, Flintshire
Celebrating Manufacturing in Wales: MADE Cymru and University of Wales Trinity Saint David are organising a series of online and in-person events to inform, engage and inspire businesses during this period of post-Covid recovery. All the events are led by key industry speakers and are free to attend. The in-person events are being held at UWTSD, Swansea and AMRC Cymru, Flintshire.

Other Funding Opportunities
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SUSTAIN Second Call for Feasibility Studies
The SUSTAIN Future Steel Manufacturing Hub is offering funding for feasibility studies to conduct novel research which aligns with the Hub’s two Grand Challenges: Carbon Neutral Iron and Steelmaking and Smart Steel Processing.

This provide an opportunity for new partners to join the project which have potential to lead to further collaborations and future funding bids. There is funding for up to three feasibility studies, with a maximum duration of six months, and a maximum value of £50,000 (80% FEC). The closing date for applications is Friday 29 July 2022.

Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowships
The RAEng currently have a range of Fellowship opportunities –
Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships – to strengthen the links between industry and academia by supporting exceptional academics in UK universities to undertake use-inspired research that meets the needs of the industrial partners.
Research Fellowships – for early-career researchers to support them to become future research leaders in engineering.
Industrial Fellowships – enables mid-career academics and industrialists to undertake a collaborative research project in either an industrial or academic environment, where one party would host the other providing an opportunity to establish or enhance collaborative research.

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