Deadline: 11-Oct-22
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is offering grants to establish research projects aligned with the four EPSRC-National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) research institutes.
Priorities
The priority contains several ambitions that are relevant to the work promoted by the research institutes, including to:
- realise the transformational impact of digital technologies across industry sectors, society and the public sector (by developing technologies of the future in real world situations that are trusted, reduce negative unintended impacts and realise their potential benefits for society as well as the economy)
- develop technologies that can fully embrace privacy, security, fairness, reliability, safety, transparency and accountability and inclusiveness, addressing the trade-offs that currently exist between them
- build a more secure and resilient digital society from the component through to the system level, and address key challenges in the application of digital technologies in defence and security
- encourage co-created research in this area, and increase translation of research into practice.
Scope
- EPSRC, together with NCSC, jointly support four UK academic research institutes to develop cyber security capability in strategically important areas. These are the:
- Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security, hosted by University College London
- Research Institute in Verified Trustworthy Software Systems, hosted by Imperial College London
- Research Institute in Trustworthy Interconnected Cyber-physical Systems, hosted by Imperial College London
- Research Institute for Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems, hosted by Queen’s University Belfast.
- Each research institute has developed and nurtured a vibrant community of researchers from academia, as well as a range of industry partners involved in the relevant disciplines.
- Alongside these institutes, EPSRC’s newly formed digital security and resilience theme wishes to restate its:
- support for cybersecurity research
- intent to work closely with national security agencies in ensuring that it is funding research that:
- is relevant to the cybersecurity challenges faced by the UK
- mitigates the risks posed
- builds national capability in this area.
- Building a secure and resilient world has been identified as a strategic theme by UK Research and Innovation. This theme highlights the importance of enhancing national security across virtual and physical spaces, by improving awareness of risks and threats, preparedness, decision-making and response.
Funding Information
- The full economic cost of your project can be up to £875,000.
- Duration: They will fund projects for up to 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Standard EPSRC eligibility rules apply. Research grants are open to:
- UK higher education institutions
- research council institutes
- UK Research and Innovation approved independent research organisations
- eligible public sector research establishments
- NHS bodies with research capacity.
- You can apply if you are a resident in the UK and meet at least one of the conditions below:
- are employed at the submitting research organisation at a level equivalent to lecturer or above
- hold a fixed-term contract that extends beyond the duration of the proposed project, and the host research organisation is prepared to give you all the support normal for a permanent employee
- hold an EPSRC, Royal Society or Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship aimed at later career stages
- hold fellowships under other schemes (please contact EPSRC to check eligibility, which is considered on a case-by-case basis).
- Holders of postdoctoral-level fellowships are not eligible to apply for an EPSRC grant.
For more information, visit https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/research-aligned-with-cybersecurity-research-institutes/