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EPSRC – The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a nondepartmental public body of the UK and is the main UK Government agency for funding research, training and knowledge transfer in engineering and the physical sciences. EPSRC invests around £790 million a year in a broad range of subjects – from mathematics to material sciences, and from information technology to structural engineering. EPSRC operates to meet the needs of industry and society by working in partnership with universities to invest in people and scientific discovery and innovation. The knowledge and expertise gained, maintains a technological leading edge, builds a strong economy and improves people’s quality of life. EPSRC’s work is complementary to other research investors including other research councils, government agencies, industry and the European Union. EPSRC acts as the managing agent for a consortium of the UK Research Councils, for co-ordinating and procuring High Performance Computing (HPC) services for academic research in the UK.

EPSRC has experience in developing the strategic direction for support of high-end computing infrastructure for UK academic researchers, managing access arrangements to HPC services, the procurement of HPC services such as the HECToR service and promoting the widespread use of such services. While EPSRC is directly participating in WP2, it will provide financial support to UK research groups at the University of Edinburgh (EPCC) and STFC (Daresbury) to enable them to participate in the technical work packages of PRACE.