UKRI DRI: Digital Research Infrastructure Skills Hubs for Accelerated Compute

5 days ago


Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom NERC - the Natural Environment Research Council Full time

This funding opportunity, led by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) on behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), aims to support the development of two national hubs for digital Research Technology Professionals (RTPs).

The hubs will enable skills development, education, and training for digital professionals within accelerated and large-scale compute who support science across the entire UKRI remit.

To be eligible, applicants 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, with UKRI funding 80% of the FEC, including indexation.

All awards will have a duration of three years.

Eligibility Criteria

For this funding opportunity, we welcome applications led or co-led by RTPs involved in the delivery of digital research infrastructure.

Applicants may be involved in no more than two applications submitted to this funding opportunity, with only one as project lead.

International Applicants

The UKRI-RCN Money Follows Cooperation Agreement does not apply to this funding opportunity.

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.



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