(BRIEF) The University of Bristol has secured a really big injection of £57 million in investment from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and its Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to set up nine Doctoral Training Centres (TDCs). These centers will serve as centers to exercise and equip a large number of scientists and engineers to deal with urgent and demanding global situations in various fields such as cybersecurity, sustainable energy, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, global fitness resilience, and more. Industry partners, those CDTs will facilitate innovation and groundbreaking studies, enabling academics to embark on fully funded PhD systems and contribute their skills to businesses, start-ups, utilities or other study projects. The selection of centres in this investment circular underlines the excellence of their studies and their commitment to fostering skills globally, with a specific focus on the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, which is expected to host two key CDTs.
(PRESS RELEASE) BRISTOL, March 13, 2024 — /EuropaWire/ — Hundreds of talented scientists and engineers are in a position to propose answers to some of the world’s most pressing challenges, from achieving net-zero emissions to developing sustainable energy to virtual energy. safety and the achievement of the latest advances in health.
The University of Bristol is holding nine Doctoral Training Centres (TDCs) that will equip and train engineering and science students, thanks to a £57 million investment increase, the largest nationally, from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and its Department of Engineering and Physics. Council of the Science Research Centre (EPSRC).
The centers, which are also supported by dozens of industry partners, will expand important research, industrial expertise, and innovation in a variety of areas, adding cybersecurity, global fitness resilience, sustainable energy, synthetic intelligence (AI), quantum technology, and novel food production. . medicines and products.
More than 500 scholars are expected to embark on fully funded four-year doctoral programs, with the first rounds of successful applicants set to begin in September. Most academics then implement and share the skills they’ve learned in companies, adding their own start-ups. the civil service, or other study projects.
Professor Ian Bond, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Science and Engineering at the University of Bristol, said: “This is a hugely exciting achievement, which will generate a wealth of opportunities for highly professional postgraduate students to broaden their ideas and expertise. studies in a multitude of key disciplinary areas.
“His paintings will stand up to some of the most demanding situations we face today, drawing on the latest wisdom and technology. By joining forces with new and existing academic, advertising and advertising partners, they will pioneer innovation and generate a long-term understanding of our collective. health, prosperity, and security, while forging their own promising careers.
Bristol won the largest number of centres in this new round of funding, adding one led through the University of Salford, a testament to the University’s vast study assets and its track record of supporting and developing new skills on the global stage. Six of the nine centres are brand new and 3 are being renovated following previous successes.
Two of the centres, focused on key national cybersecurity and artificial intelligence priorities, will be at the university’s new £500 million Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus (TQEC), which is recently under construction.
The TDC on cybersecurity and infrastructure resiliency at scale will help protect critical facilities, ranging from water, electricity, and shipping to banking, financial, and online interactions with family and friends. Improving cybersecurity in those spaces is paramount as they were increasingly interconnected and prone to attack.
Awais Rashid, director of the centre and professor of cyber security at the University of Bristol, said: “It is imperative that the systems, knowledge and data at the heart of our daily lives are cyber-secure everywhere. We are committed to building long-term leaders who can anticipate and respond to the many challenging situations and threats that arise, ensuring resilience, security, and economic expansion in a changing world.
The UKRI-funded CDT on Practice-Oriented AI, found in this box at the university, will help academics design and manage the entire lifecycle of AI programmes in science and research. By realizing the future of Isambard-AI, the UK’s fastest supercomputer. which is expected to arrive soon in Bristol, AI-based responses will be generated in a transparent manner.
Other TDCs at the University will focus on environmental and fitness issues. For example, the CDT Engineering Biology, also funded through the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), will scale up inventions in vaccine design and microbial communities to obtain energy from wastewater. and engineering models for wound healing in living tissues.
CDT Aerosol Science, which began in 2019, has conducted critical studies of the COVID-19 pandemic on the spread of the virus through the air. His pioneering paintings will continue to tackle critical global challenges, adding climate change, air quality, drug delivery, and new sustainable materials, informing public policies on fitness and innovation.
Professor Evelyn Welch, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Bristol, said: “This is certainly news for talented scientists and engineers, the University and society as a whole. We are excited to be at the forefront of education and to support the next generation of leaders, who will play a critical role in solving large-scale disruptions and improving people’s lives. “
“It’s really exciting that two of the doctoral education centers are being founded on our new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, which is taking shape and will enable the leaders of tomorrow to commercialize their research. By working with a multitude of industry partners, you’ll create jobs. attract foreign investment and help a sustainable and inclusive expansion for our region and beyond.
Professor Charlotte Deane, chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation component, said: “The doctoral education centres announced today will prepare the next generation of researchers, specialists and industry experts in a wide diversity of fields. . sectors and industries.
“The new centres, which cover locations across the UK and a wide range of disciplines, are a striking representation of the intensity of the UK’s expertise and potential, which will enable us to tackle large-scale, complex demanding situations and gain benefits for society and the economy.
“The high calibre of new centres and applicants is a testament to the abundance of study excellence across the UK, and the role of EPSRC under UKRI is to invest in that excellence to promote wisdom and create a sustainable, resilient and very wealthy nation. “
Michelle Donelan, Secretary for Science and Technology, said: “As innovators around the world innovate faster than ever before, it’s important that government, business and academia invest in ambitious British talent, giving them the equipment to make new discoveries that benefit everyone. while creating new jobs and developing the economy.
“By focusing on critical technologies, adding synthetic intelligence and long-term telecommunications, we are helping the UK’s world-class universities build the capability base we want to unlock the prospects of long-term technologies and maintain our country’s reputation as a state. of the Centre for the Study and Progression of Art. “
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The centres that will receive investment in the University of Bristol are:
EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre on Cybersecurity Everywhere: Resilience in a World with Disappearing Systems Borders at the University’s Faculty of Computer Science
EPSRC Center for Doctoral Training in Quantum Information Science and Technology of the Faculty of Physics of the University
EPSRC Center for Doctoral Training in Superconductivity: Activating Transformative Technologies in the Faculty of Physics of the University
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Technology-Enhanced Chemical Synthesis (TECS) at the University’s Faculty of Chemistry
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science: Harnessing Aerosol Science to Improve Safety, Resilience and Global Health at the University’s Faculty of Chemistry
EPSRC and BBSRC Doctoral Training Centre in Engineering and Biology of the School of Mathematical Engineering and Technology of the University (with the Faculties of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry and Physics)
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Innovation for Sustainable Composites Engineering of the School of Civil Aerospace Engineering and Design of the University
EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre on a Sustainable Sound Future at the University’s School of Civil Aerospace Engineering and Design, run through the University of Salford
UKRI Centre for Practice-Oriented Artificial Intelligence (PrO-AI) Doctoral Training at the University’s Faculty of Computer Science (announced in October)
Doctoral centres
TDC Fellows are funded for 4 years and the program includes the exercise of technical and transferable skills as well as a study component. The centers combine diverse spaces of expertise to empower engineers and scientists with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to face the current times. evolving disorders and long-term challenges. They also provide a stimulating and supportive environment for scholars, create new artistic cultures, build relationships between university teams, and forge lasting links with industry.
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