Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation,, ,, ,, ,
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Award range:
£2,000,000 - £3,000,000
Publication date:
5 September 2024
Opening date:
5 September 2024 9:00am UK time
Closing date:
12 November 2024 4:00pm UK time
This funding opportunity through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) programme will support the development of two national hubs for digital Research Technology Professionals (RTP).
These hubs will enable skills development, education and training for the digital professionals within accelerated and large-scale compute who support science across the entire UKRI remit.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) for a RTP hub can be up to £3.75 million. UKRI will fund 80% of the FEC, including indexation.
All awards will have a duration of three years.
This funding opportunity is being led by EPSRC on behalf of UKRI. Before applying for funding, check the following:
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Business and international organisations are not eligible to apply.
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Who is eligible to apply
For this funding opportunity we specifically welcome applications led or co-led by RTPs involved in the delivery of digital research infrastructure.
You may be involved in no more than two applications submitted to this funding opportunity, only one of these can be as project lead.
International applicants
The UKRI-RCN Money Follows Cooperation Agreement does not apply to this funding opportunity. As such grants submitted to this funding opportunity cannot include a Norway-based project co-lead (international).
Resubmissions
We will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to UKRI or any other funder.