We are running this funding opportunity on the new UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Service. You cannot apply on the Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) system.
Expression of interest
To help EPSRC plan for this funding opportunity, you are requested to submit a mandatory expression of interest (EOI) by 14 November at 4:00pm UK time. This will not be assessed. Any EOIs completed after this date, or applications received without a corresponding completed EOI will be rejected.
Information you provide in the expression of interest stage can change prior to submission of the outline proposal.
Complete your expression of interest.
The project lead is responsible for completing the application process on the Funding Service, but we expect all team members and project partners to contribute to the application.
Only the lead research organisation can submit an application to UKRI.
To apply
Select ‘Start application’ near the beginning of this Funding finder page.
- Confirm you are the project lead.
- Sign in or create a Funding Service account. To create an account, select your organisation, verify your email address, and set a password. If your organisation is not listed, email support@funding-service.ukri.org
Please allow at least 10 working days for your organisation to be added to the Funding Service. We strongly suggest that if you are asking UKRI to add your organisation to the Funding Service to enable you to apply to this opportunity, you also create an organisation Administration Account. This will be needed to allow the acceptance and management of any grant that might be offered to you.
- Answer questions directly in the text boxes. You can save your answers and come back to complete them or work offline and return to copy and paste your answers. If we need you to upload a document, follow the upload instructions in the Funding Service. All questions and assessment criteria are listed in the How to apply section on this Funding finder page.
- Allow enough time to check your application in ‘read-only’ view before sending to your research office.
- Send the completed application to your research office for checking. They will return it to you if it needs editing.
- Your research office will submit the completed and checked application to UKRI.
Where indicated, you can also demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. You should:
- use images sparingly and only to convey important information that cannot easily be put into words
- insert each new image onto a new line
- provide a descriptive legend for each image immediately underneath it (this counts towards your word limit)
- ensure files are smaller than 5MB and in JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFI, JIF, JFIF, PNG, GIF, BMP or WEBP format
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References
Applications should be self-contained, and hyperlinks should only be used to provide links directly to reference information. To ensure the information’s integrity is maintained, where possible, persistent identifiers such as digital object identifiers should be used. Assessors are not required to access links to carry out assessment or recommend a funding decision. You should use your discretion when including references and prioritise those most pertinent to the application.
References should be included in the appropriate question section of the application and be easily identifiable by the assessors for example, (Smith, Research Paper, 2019)
You must not include links to web resources to extend your application.
Deadline
EPSRC must receive your application by 12 December 2024 at 4:00pm UK time.
You will not be able to apply after this time.
Make sure you are aware of and follow any internal institutional deadlines.
Following the submission of your application to the funding opportunity, your application cannot be changed, and applications will not be returned for amendment. If your application does not follow the guidance, it may be rejected. If an application is withdrawn prior to peer review or office rejected due to substantive errors in the application, it cannot be resubmitted to the opportunity.
Personal data
Processing personal data
EPSRC, as part of UKRI, will need to collect some personal information to manage your Funding Service account and the registration of your funding applications.
We will handle personal data in line with UK data protection legislation and manage it securely. For more information, including how to exercise your rights, read our privacy notice.
Publication of outcomes
EPSRC, as part of UKRI, will publish the outcomes of this funding opportunity at EPSRC Funding Application Outcomes.
If your application is successful, we will publish some personal information on the UKRI Gateway to Research.
Summary
Word limit: 550
In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application.
We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for example:
- opinion-formers
- policymakers
- the public
- the wider research community
Guidance for writing a summary
Clearly describe your proposed work in terms of:
- context
- the challenge the project addresses
- aims and objectives
- potential applications and benefits
Core team
List the key members of your team and assign them roles from the following:
- project lead (PL)
- project co-lead (UK) (PcL)
- specialist
- grant manager
- professional enabling staff
- research and innovation associate
- technician
- researcher co-lead (RcL)
Note that clinicians can be listed as PcLs.
Only list one individual as project lead.
You must have the following named leads within your application:
- PPIE and partnership working lead
- translation and impact lead
Find out more about UKRI’s core team roles in funding applications.
Application questions
Outline Vision
Word limit: 1,000
You will need to include an additional short lay summary of how the proposal falls within EPSRC remit and where the novelty lies. You must also clearly describe the current TRL stage of the proposed research or technology ensuring eligibility to the scheme.
What are you hoping to achieve with your proposed work?
What the assessors are looking for in your response
Explain how your proposed work:
- effectually meets the strategic aims of the funding opportunity
- is sufficiently developed to apply for this scheme. Have you summarised the previous work and described how this will be built upon and progressed
- how the project will address a clear unmet health need within the health technology’s challenge areas and what the proposed impact will be
- is of excellent quality and importance within or beyond the field(s) or area(s)
- has the potential to advance current understanding, generates new knowledge, thinking or discovery within or beyond the field or area
- is timely given current trends, context and needs
- impacts world-leading research, society, the economy, or the environment
References may be included within this section.
You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service.
Outline Approach
Word limit: 500
How are you going to deliver your proposed work?
What the assessors are looking for in your response
Explain how you have designed your approach so that it:
- is effective and appropriate to achieve your objectives
You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service.
References may be included within this section.
Outline Applicant and team capability to deliver
Word limit: 500
How will the application team deliver the proposed research programme?
What the assessors are looking for in your response
Evidence of how you, and if relevant your team, have:
- relevant research experience and skills to develop and deliver the proposed research programme
- planned to identify and embed additional expertise where gaps in the team exist
The core leadership team should consist of the project lead and the project co-leads (co-investigators) identified on the outline proposal. There will be scope to expand this team and include new collaborators on the full application and you will be able to add further detail.
Showcase the range of relevant skills you and, if relevant, your team (project and project co-leads, researchers, technicians, specialists, partners and so on) have and how this will help deliver the proposed work.
UKRI has introduced new role types for funding opportunities being run on the Funding Service.
For full details, see Eligibility as an individual.
Outline costs
Word limit: 250
What are the expected costs of the proposed work?
What the assessors are looking for in your response
- provide the approximate total values in GBP (£) for the expected directly incurred, directly allocated, indirect costs and exceptions
- view the guidance on the costs you can apply for
Ethics and responsible research and innovation (RRI)
Word limit: 500
What are the ethical and RRI implications and issues relating to the proposed work? If you do not think that the proposed work raises any ethical or RRI issues, explain why.
What the assessors are looking for in your response
Demonstrate that you have identified and evaluated:
- the relevant ethical or responsible research and innovation considerations
- how you will manage these considerations
You may demonstrate elements of your responses in visual form if relevant. Further details are provided in the Funding Service.
If you are collecting or using data you should identify:
- any legal and ethical considerations of collecting, releasing or storing the data (including consent, confidentiality, anonymisation, security and other ethical considerations and, in particular, strategies to not preclude further reuse of data)
- formal information standards that your proposed work will comply with
Additional sub-questions (to be answered only if appropriate) relating to research involving:
- animals
- human participants
- genetically modified organisms
Translation and impact plan
Word limit: [750]
How has onward translation and impact been considered in the proposal?
What the assessors are looking for in your response
- details of plans and strategy for further development and delivery of your product or technology, outlining the proposed route to achieving patient benefits and overcoming perceived barriers to translation following the end of the Healthcare Technology Translation Partnership Scheme award. This could include further financial support, required advice, training and skills or additional partners
- a demonstration and appreciation of the requirements and criteria that would need to be met to access further support
- what support you have acquired within the team that will help navigate the appropriate immediate and future translation pathway
- any engagement taken place or planned with potential downstream funders, partners or regulators, outlining who they are and the status of discussions
- how the team will maximise translation of outputs into outcomes and impacts
PPIE and partnership working plan
Word limit: 500
Provide details about your plans to embed patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) and partnership working into the proposal.
What the assessors are looking for in your response
- how will co-creation and co-delivery will be prioritised with a range of partners from relevant health sectors (including patients, professionals and those with lived experience). How will you engage with them?
- what PPIE activities will be conducted throughout the lifespan of the proposal and why these are the most appropriate to support a patient or user-needs focused delivery
- how the anticipated technology or tool will be accessible and suitable for benefit of the intended users
- how you have considered health equity in your research
