EPSRC Healthcare Technologies & Engineering May 16 Dr Annette Bramley and Dr Kedar Pandya

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1 EPSRC Healthcare Technologies & Engineering May 16 Dr Annette Bramley and Dr Kedar Pandya

2 What we will cover today: Introduction to EPSRC s delivery plan for and why it would help you to get funded to understand it! Healthcare Technologies at EPSRC Why EPS is important for healthcare, and where we sit in the pathway to impact in health. Engineering Capability Approaches and strategies in the new Delivery Plan

3 Flow of funding to Research Councils UK ~ 3 billion Annual Investment Investing in research in all areas of human thought and endeavour

4 EPSRC Strategic Plan One vision Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world to research, discover and innovate Two goals.. RESEARCH and DISCOVER RESEARCH and INNOVATE Three strategies.. Balancing capability Building leadership Accelerating impact

5 Science Budget Research budget - including the Research Councils: flat in real terms Increase on today s research budget - 4.7Bn - in line with inflation By the end of the SR period the combined budget for resource and capital will reach 6.4bn p.a. Capital - 1.1Bn p.a. to 2021 previously announced Existing liabilities Global Challenges Research Fund Official Development Assistance compliant 5 17/05/2016

6 Key messages from Council for the Delivery Plan Broadly maintain the overall balances between research and skills; Maintain the Impact Acceleration Accounts. Sustain the things that only EPSRC does; Remain open for further fiscal events (e.g. Alan Turing Institute, CDTs); Look to drive further leverage wherever we can; Not just about university match funding- can be working with other government departments, business and charities. Think about how we integrate Official Development Assistance into our plans.

7 Looking Ahead Research Plans Delivery Plan Outcomes Framework Engineering and HT plans for the next 18 months Delivery at pace Delivery under constraint

8 EPSRC s Delivery Plan Framework 8 17/05/2016

9 Productive nation 9

10 Connected nation 10

11 Resilient nation 11

12 HEALTHY NATION Improved quality of life through better mental and physical health H1: Transform community health and care H2: Improve prevention and public health H3: Optimise diagnosis and treatment H4: Develop future therapeutic technologies H5: Advance nonmedicinal interventions RESEARCH CAPABILITIES Advanced materials Disruptive technologies for sensing and analysis Future manufacturing technologies Medical device design and innovation Novel computation and mathematical techniques Novel imaging technologies SKILLS & LEADERSHIP Link to outcomes descriptions on EPSRC website Link to Healthy Nation Convenor Interview

13 EPSRC Health portfolio Cofunding with other partners leverages over 100M additional funding Figures correct July 2015

14 REF 2014 impact case studies distribution by sector and Unit of Assessment

15 EPSRC Research Outputs analysis outputs relevant to healthcare 25% of total outputs

16 EPSRC Research Outputs analysis spin outs grants most closely associated with the electronics and healthcare sectors have produced relatively more spin-out companies than other sectors Highest number after unknown and electronics.

17 Role and aims of HT at EPSRC Build critical mass around UK research strengths in engineering and physical sciences that underpin healthcare Maximise industrial involvement and increase translation to products / practices. All the research we fund is at least 50% in EPSRC remit We fund research across all the low TRL levels (1-4) where there is the potential to contribute to health and there are the collaborations in place to support this

18 How research across EPSRC remit contributes to Healthcare Technologies Link to HT webpages

19 Core EPS capabilities on healthcare technologies funded grants Other 3% Novel Imaging Technologies 20% Advanced Materials 23% Novel Computational and Mathematical Sciences 9% Medical Device Design and Innovation 24% Disruptive Technologies for Sensing and Analysis 17% Future Manufacturing Technologies 4%

20 EPSRC in the healthcare landscape MRC (including UK Regenerative Medicine Platform, Biomedical Catalyst, AMR) EPSRC, BBSRC Basic Discovery and Idea Research Invention and Prototype Preclinical Research Early Clinical Trials Late Clinical Trials Regulatory Decision Product Launch Post product Monitoring Innovate UK, including Health KTN, Biomedical Catalyst, Cell Therapy, Precision Medicine, Medicines Technology Catapult, Innovation Platforms (Stratified Medicine, Independent Living ) National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals In Research (NC3Rs) Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK DoH, including NIHR HTCs, NHS England and AHSNs

21 Some of the next steps for EPSRC funded research towards applications in health and care: EPSRC funded research and training TRL 1-4 EPSRC MRC/BBSRC Biomedical Catalyst NIHR i4i NIHR EME Innovate UK Catapults Third sector/charities Further multidisciplinary research at TRL 1-4 Furthering biomedical research at TRL 1-4 Academic or company led MRC/InnovateUK Entering the NIHR translation pathway Entering the NIHR translation pathway Collaborative R&D (maybe jointly funded with EPSRC) SBRI Cell therapy Precision Medicine Medicines Discovery and others Cancer Research UK Wellcome Trust Arthritis Research UK Bristsih Heart Foundataion higher quality care, better patient outcomes, reducing the cost of healthcare and driving UK growth

22 Our approach to accelerating impact Making sure researchers we fund have done as much as possible to make it likely that impact will arise, it will arise more quickly it will bring benefit to the UK Giving them the momentum, skills, knowledge, preparation and networks to fly over any translation gaps and access further funding needed.

23 Implementing our strategy (draft- subject to change) Building critical mass Programme grants call EPSRC-Wellcome Trust Centres CRUK/EPSRC Multidisciplinary Awards Further two rounds of this initiative Accelerating research to impact in healthcare Healthcare Impact fellowships Healthcare Impact Partnerships call (tbc) Realising benefits of IRCs in Sensing Systems Science focussed calls based on grand challenges: Intelligent Technologies to Support Collaborative Health and Care UK Regenerative Medicine Platform Supporting future leaders Healthcare Technologies Challenge Awards round 2.

24 Implementing our strategy (draft- subject to change) Investigator-led: Standard proposals, First Grants, Programme grants, NetworksPlus Increasing HT investment in investigator led programmes Need to see a substantial increase in number and ambition of high quality HT-relevant research proposals being submitted through standard routes Demonstrate alignment to HT strategy/healthy Nation in National Importance Section of proposal Increased emphasis on having the right collaborations in place, and on good practice in impact and translation using the toolkit for HT funding. Remit query: Use the form here and we will work across RCs to find the best home for your research. Cross Council Funding agreement: applies in responsive mode only In principle applies to all grants but contribution of non-lead Council is capped (unless other arrangements have been made before the proposal is submitted)

25 CRUK/EPSRC Multidisciplinary Awards 37.5M initiative over 5 years Partnership between CRUK and EPSRC, managed by CRUK 2 calls annually- 3rd call currently in peer review Pairing cancer researchers with EPS researchers Contact richard.muscat@cancer.org.uk Link to EPSRC blog post on this scheme- also useful general advice to preparing a multidisciplinary research proposal 26 17/05/2016

26 MRC Foundation Awards- ODA Aims to provide flexible, moderately sized, short to medium-term funding, targeted at readying Low and Middle Income Country partnerships, and related UK research, supporting preliminary studies for new discovery research or translational work; build interdisciplinary capacity capable of responding to the future cross-council calls. Should have potential to progress within a few years to full project or programme awards, either from MRC or from new cross-council Global Challenge opportunities. Focus on: infections (AMR, vaccines) non-communicable diseases (NCDs) e.g. cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, which are rapidly becoming a major cause of death in LMICs. Part of the scope includes technologies and methods suited to LMICs including opportunities for : informatics in research and health policy support; biomedical technologies; research tools and methods Technology touching life Call opens Friday 6 th May 1 st stage is an outline which will need to be submitted mid-june. Foundation awards will be available for around 24 months (18-36 months) and up to 600k.

27 Engineering in the New Delivery Plan The vision for engineering capability is to contribute to UK prosperity through engineering research challenges that have lasting academic, societal and economic benefit Safeguarding the long-term sustainability of engineering research through an appropriate balance of discovery-led and strategic research Inspiring current and future leaders of engineering research, actively promoting equality and diversity Balancing capabilities across engineering research areas, building an integrated portfolio that contributes to EPSRC's Delivery Plan 28

28 Engineering Focus for the Next Few Years I Strategic Balance Contributing to the EPSRC Delivery Plan outcomes framework Appropriate balance between managed and investigator-led investments Continued focus on culture change through Grand Challenges Research Strategy Emerging directions from Balancing Capabilities Building EPSRC s Robotics strategy through targeted investments Bridging horizontal technologies - Robotics, Advanced Materials and Synthetic Biology Exploratory policy work on systems engineering 29

29 Engineering Focus for the Next Few Years II International agenda Pilot lead agency agreement with NSF Partnerships in domain areas Responding to the Official Development Assistance opportunity Talent Development Options for support at all career stages Equality and Diversity in Engineering 30

30 Balance of Research Investments Maintain a balance of 60% bottom-up research (including standard mode and some critical mass activities) and 40% top down 31

31 Investing in Creativity: Grand Challenges and Frontier Engineering The grand challenge initiative follows a number of investments made by EPSRC Engineering Theme in the previous Delivery Plan 5 Frontier Engineering Centres were funded in 2012 Sheffield UCL Imperial Glasgow Newcastle Over 20 universities have been supported through these initiatives and reinforce the distributed capability the UK Engineering Research community currently has and the multidisciplinary approach to major help tackle issues Engineering Grand Challenges

32 Reinforcing Strengths and Gap-Filling Continue the emphasis on culture-change in engineering research through the grand-challenge approach which has been well received in the engineering community Next year likely challenges in risk and resilience Longer term - expand the challenge areas and explore content with partners, aligned to the DP Concentrate research investments in some priority areas through Programme Grants to maximise impact 33

33 Building a UK Strategy UK Strategy for Robotics and Autonomous Systems RAS Grand Challenges - focused on real scenarios in vertical markets that stimulate collaboration RAS Clusters - areas of emerging robotics growth that will help stimulate innovation across industry, academia and finance RAS Skills - attract the brightest and best to STEM subjects that are critical to a knowledge economy July 2014 RAS Assets develop tangible assets for the RAS community RAS Coordination - align investment in research, business and regulation

34 RAS Target Areas for EPSRC Health and social care Robotic surgery and aspects of assistive technologies Transport Intelligent mobility for applications across land, air and sea Extreme and challenging environments Nuclear Sub-sea Buried infrastructure Robotics and autonomous systems technologies Powerful computation, Big data, 5G and Internet of Things Japan Strategy 2015:.there is a renewed interest in robots as a key to growth, and they are rapidly catching up Japan..there is a full-fledged advent of the IoT age where digital data and virtual networks play a central role.

35 Immediate Investment Plans Remote Sensing investment activity with a focus on (i) energy industry and (ii) wider industrial applications across sectors Joint with the Energy Theme and Digital Economy

36 Engineering International Strategy: Best with best Retention of best with best approach in target areas and countries Lead agency agreement with the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport (CBET) division of the NSF Engineering directorate Awaiting imminent confirmation to proceed Three year pilot with not more than 10% of standard mode commitment in any year Water engineering with NWO (Netherlands) and NSFC (China) using Newton money - across water engineering and large-scale catchment water management Joint working with Chinese Academy of Sciences in the area of Robotics scoping workshop to be planned

37 Engineering International Strategy: Official Development Assistance Official development assistance is administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective Historically EPSRC has a small foot-print ODA-research Need to think laterally about Relevant subject matter Pathways to impact as a means of delivery Integrating this into EPSRC forward strategy More detail to come on Global Challenges Research Fund EPSRC-specific delivery 38 17/05/2016

38 39 Balancing Capability

39 Identifying the Future Shape of the Portfolio Working with partners and other stakeholders, we assessed research areas within the portfolio and took decisions on the relative scale of investment based on: - Quality of UK research - National importance - Existing capacity in the UK The aim was to grow, maintain or reduce research areas relative to other areas

40 Shaping Capability over the Last Delivery Plan Directions of travel published ( ) Changes in peer-review process implemented (2012) EPSRC monitoring changes in the portfolio Ongoing discussions with SATs 42

41 Shaping Capability: Engineering Built environment Sensors & instrumentation Ground engineering Resource efficiency Robotics Structural engineering Engineering design Control engineering Sustainable land management Microsystems Electric motors and drives Transport operations and management Coastal and waterways engineering Complex fluids and rheology Process systems, components and integration Fluid dynamics & aerodynamics Biomaterials and tissue engineering Water engineering Particle technology Clinical technologies (excluding imaging) Materials engineering metals and alloys Materials engineering - composites Performance and inspection of mechanical structures & systems Engineering approaches to manufacturing operations Assistive technologies, rehabilitation and musculoskeletal biomechanics Medical imaging Materials engineering - ceramics Manufacturing technologies Synthetic biology

42 Some Considerations for the New Exercise Strategic Government interventions and investments over the last four years that will act as a pull Evolution of the EPSRC-funded portfolio over the last four years in specific areas Understanding the scale of the potential opportunity Criticality of EPSRC funding in the wider landscape Financial realities 17/05/

43 Call for Evidence Call for evidence - April and May 2016 to provide EPSRC with evidence Returns from universities, businesses, and recognised professional bodies All research areas will invite responses however research areas will be highlighted where specific evidence is sought Input will be against the following headings: Quality National Importance Capacity (including research and people) Further information Inputs will need to be backed by publications, reports, reviews, strategies and professional communications rather than personal views or opinions 17/05/

44 Communications Equality and Diversity Council has set a 30% target by gender for our Council/ SAN/ SATs/ Associate College by the end of the next Delivery Plan. During the next Delivery Plan period we will also consider targets for ethnicity and disability Explore opportunities for working in Partnership Extending the diversity of the pool requires working with others Communicate our ideas and plans for the future: Grow a digital presence and write Blog posts Develop case studies Demonstrate flexibility in our processes and approach Promote and support alternative routes into EPS research careers

45 Equality and Diversity: Some Engineering Statistics Percentage of UK professional engineers who are women The academic population in the EPS community is 16,000, of whom 16% are women Of the Engineering academic community 14% are women (compared to 16% in the EPS community) 14% applications to the Engineering theme from women The success rates for men and women have been within 1% for three of the last four years Number of women PIs on Engineering theme Programme Grants 17/05/

46 Equality and Diversity: Engineering Options? 17/05/

47 Funding International Collaborations For EPSRC you are not able to pay the salary costs of an overseas collaborator (as a co- investigator) directly on a grant. However you can apply for the UK side of an international collaboration with any funds going through a UK university including: UK employed post docs based for extended periods in overseas laboratories (with EPSRC funds covering travel subsistence & consumable costs incurred while in partners group etc), cost of access to facilities ( if not free at point of access), equipment funded by EPSRC can be based in an overseas lab but would be bought and owned by UK institution, hosting costs for overseas researchers spending time in UK labs costs for PI, Co I and post doc visits to overseas labs. If a particular input needed in the project fits the description of a subcontract e.g. making some specialist samples a charge could also be included for this -could include a contribution to overseas salary cost-but we would see as part of a price for the service provided EPSRC fellows can spend up to 12 months of their fellowship overseas

48 How to get more involved with EPSRC Associate College A new, more open way to full college membership, open to anyone that meets initial selection criteria Looking to increase diversity in membership Call is here, closes 10 May. Peer Review Predominantly through the college, although we do look outside Keep your JeS account and web pages up to date and relevant Review multidisciplinary research as you would wish to be

49 How to get more involved with EPSRC Strategic Advisory Team Provide Theme Leads with advice on research and training strategy Annual recruitment process, via an open call 2016 recruitment open early May- early July HT has a number of vacancies and particularly looking for clinical and business members as well as academics Council aspiration to increase diversity in SAT membership Balancing capability call for evidence identify further evidence to support our own evidence, knowledge and analysis of research areas to input to strategy for each research area Returns at an institutional level - work through your university to submit evidence Closes 3 rd June- speak to your university well

50 Thanks for listening Any Questions?

51 Impact and Translation Toolkit Healthcare Technologies Martin Champion

52 Impact and Translation Toolkit Healthcare Technologies Grand Challenge Strategy launched 2015 Accelerating Impact is a key strategy for EPSRC in particular in Healthcare related grants Embed thinking about translation and impact FROM THE OUTSET Researchers do not have to do translation Its about preparing research for those that may take it up in the future What is the toolkit? A spotlight on: resources available to researchers behaviours we want to encourage Healthcare Technologies Strategy Toolkit Link

53 Toolkit Ethics Public Engagement User Engagement Not all aspects will be relevant to all projects Encourage researchers to consider all aspects and then pursue the most appropriate actions depending on their projects requirement Regulation Research Project Design Responsible Innovation Health Economics and Evaluation 55

54 Impact & Translation Toolkit Ethics Ethical approvals of research trials: Human Involvement? Vulnerable patient groups? Animal involvement? Issues of privacy and security, arising from data collection / research plans? What resources can be requested? Access to expertise and cost of administration to achieve appropriate approvals 56

55 Impact & Translation Toolkit Health Economics & Evaluation Demonstrate potential benefits to the NHS / DoH / Industry What resources can be request? Embed a health economist? Pilot health economic studies? Other support to evaluate interventions & technologies 57

56 Impact & Translation Toolkit Public Engagement Generate public awareness; communicate research outcomes; encourage public engagement and dialogue, disseminate knowledge to non technical audiences Is this Controversial science? Public dialogue to inform research direction what is the public concerned about? What resources can be requested? Resource to support engagement activities e.g. workshops, public dialogues, facilitating access to patients 58

57 Impact & Translation Toolkit User Engagement Collaboration with users to increase the probability of successful, rapid translation to products and practices. User informed approach - Engage throughout the project Clinical, Industrial, Patient involvement Other Stakeholders e.g. charities Translation to practice - communicate your Impacts more broadly What resources can be requested? Activities to support uptake feasibility studies Dissemination and user awareness of research outcomes Activities which aim to Inform policy / educate policy makers 59

58 Impact & Translation Toolkit Research Project Design consider the future needs of others who may wish to take up and translate research Answering the right questions, be they clinical, scientific or regulatory How can applicants de-risk their research for potential investors in the future? Succession planning beyond the project What resources can be requested? Employment of specialist knowledge transfer staff to identify and exploit IP Workshops to support early translation efforts Early Proof of Concept (PoC) studies Where relevant - Good Clinical Practice training, and Good Manufacturing Practice training (GMP) to allow integration of considerations into research proposals 60

59 Impact & Translation Toolkit Regulation Develop an understanding of current regulatory pathways and engage with regulators to help shape future regulation. What resources can be requested? Researchers may request funding to engage with experts or undertake training to improve their awareness of possible regulatory issues. Support to access expertise and regulatory guidance / regulatory engagement e.g. with MHRA 61

60 Clinical Expertise and Engagement We wish to encourage Researchers to bring clinical expertise and engagement into their research project Inclusion of clinical (NHS) staff is possible on EPSRC grants but will depend on the exact employment arrangements held by the individual Three main routes: As an Investigator where they are (part) employed by a University or other eligible independent research organisation. This can include if they hold an honorary position but no salary costs can be requested As a project partner offering their time as an in kind contribution As a consultant, where their time is costed as a subcontract through Directly Incurred Other (EPSRC will pay this at 80% FEC with no estates or indirect costs) 64

61 Thanks for listening Further questions and enquiries can be sent to: Or contact a member of the Healthcare team see here 67

62 Healthcare Technologies Strategy 73

63 Transforming Community Health and Care Using real-time information to support self-management of health and wellbeing, and to facilitate timely interventions. Through this challenge we aim to support the novel engineering, ICT, mathematical and physical sciences research required to transform community-based health and care. Research supported by EPSRC will seek to integrate, interpret and communicate information from multiple sources, including real-time sensing, to help individuals stay healthy, and support a collaborative model of care involving patients, healthcare professionals and informal carers. This should empower individuals to self-manage effectively, and facilitate timely intervention when necessary.

64 Optimising Treatment Optimising care through effective diagnosis, patient-specific prediction and evidence-based intervention. Through this challenge we aim to support the novel engineering, ICT, mathematical and physical sciences research required to optimise treatment for the individual, improving health outcomes. Research supported by EPSRC will focus on technologies for timely and accurate diagnosis, stratification, predictive modelling, and real-time, evidence-based decision making. The aim is the right treatment at the right time.

65 Developing Future Therapies Supporting the development of novel therapies with technologies to enhance efficacy, minimise costs and reduce risk to patients. Through this challenge we aim to support the novel engineering, ICT, mathematical and physical sciences research required to develop the drug, biological, cell and regenerative therapies of Research supported by EPSRC will seek to enhance the efficacy and precision of therapies, improve the efficiency of discovery, lower the cost of manufacturing and reduce the risk to patients from side effects

66 Frontiers of Physical Intervention Restoring function, and optimising surgery and other physical interventions to achieve high precision with minimal invasiveness. Through this challenge we aim to support the novel engineering, ICT, mathematical and physical sciences research required to develop prostheses and devices to restore normal function, and develop precise, minimally invasive physical interventions to repair damage or remove disease. Interventions may include established techniques such as surgery, radiotherapy or high field ultrasound, but we also encourage new approaches to physical treatment.

67 Cross-cutting research capabilities Areas of research which are essential for delivering the grand challenges: Advanced materials Development, characterisation & processing of advanced materials with novel chemical, physical or mechanical properties, for health-related applications. Disruptive technologies for sensing and analysis Innovative sensing systems or analytical technologies that could have a transformative impact on prediction, diagnosis and monitoring in healthcare. Future manufacturing technologies Technologies that will enable health-related manufacturing processes, products and systems to function with high precision, efficiency, reliability and repeatability.

68 Cross-cutting research capabilities (2) Medical device design and innovation Design, development, evaluation and production of cost-effective, reliable and effective medical devices. Novel computational and mathematical sciences Development of innovative computational and mathematical methods for prediction, analysis and modelling in healthcare. Novel imaging technologies Development of next generation imaging technologies for diagnostic, monitoring and therapeutic applications; with improved accuracy, affordability and incorporating new modalities.

69 RCUK AMR Initiative Unless we take global action, antimicrobial resistance will become an even greater threat to mankind than cancer currently is. George Osborne, April 2016 launched in 2014, identified four themes to address the AMR challenge : Theme 1: Understanding the resistant bacteria Theme 2: Accelerating therapeutic and diagnostics development Theme 3: Understanding the real world interactions Theme 4: Behaviour within and beyond the healthcare setting foster collaboration between diverse disciplines and share information across the public and private sectors. At least 35M allocated by RCUK to date across this initiative EPSRC : 6M of Bridging the Gaps awards to encourage specific links between EPS and AMR, > 1M to innovation and collaborative grants in theme 2. Relevant to several challenges within the HT strategy (Future Therapies, Optimising Treatment) More information on the MRC website here

70 Implementing our strategy- fellowships HT fellowships priorities were withdrawn from 1 Oct 2015 and replaced with a pilot call aligned to theme priorities and with an emphasis on impact in healthcare Many additional opportunities for EPSRC fellowships funding for research Priority area relevant to health including: Theme Digital Economy Engineering Advancing the Understanding and Development of the Internet of Things for the Digital Economy Advanced Materials Engineering Assistive technology, rehabilitation and musculoskeletal biomechanics ICT Manufacturing the Future Mathematical Sciences Physical Sciences Across all themes Control Engineering Microsystems Performance and Inspection of Mechanical Structures and Systems Robotics and Autonomous Systems (joint with ICT) Software development for novel Engineering research Synthetic Biology Working Together Scale up methodologies for novel manufacturing products and processes Sustainable Feedstocks (e.g. biopharmaceuticals) Mathematical Aspects of Operational Research New Connections from Mathematical Sciences Statistics and Applied Probability Analytical Science Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry Grand Challenges - Understanding the Physics of Life Complexity Science

71 EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Theme Annette Bramley Theme lead (Overall strategy, budget) Lewis Preece Senior Portfolio Manager (Impact, WT) Sarah Hobbs Portfolio Manager (Digital technologies, ICT) Iain Larmour Senior Portfolio Manager (Regenerative therapies, Capability, CRUK) Mark Tarplee Portfolio Manager (Medical Imaging, Maths/Engineering) Anne Farrow Senior Portfolio Manager (Leaders, Technologies for a healthy lifecourse) Vacancy Portfolio Manager (AMR, Novel therapeutics, drug delivery, Phys Sci) Martin Champion Portfolio Manager (Assistive Technologies, Medical devices) Sarah Ashwood Portfolio Manager (Clinical tech & Biomaterials and tissue Engineering) Sian Giles, Carla Huynh, Linda Norris Support Team Firstname.lastname@epsrc.ac.uk; healthcare@epsrc.ac.uk;

72 Distribution of EPSRC healthcare technologies funded grants- Glasgow- 6 HT funded grants; 5.4M 20 th largest portfolio by number, 18 th by value EPSRC website- Visualising Our Portfolio (VOP)

73 Healthcare technologies funded grants at Glasgow mapped to cross cutting capabilities Novel Computational and Mathematical Sciences 41% Advanced Materials 13% Disruptive Technologies for Sensing and Analysis 16% Medical Device Design and Innovation 30%

74 Health funded grants at Glasgow mapped to cross cutting capabilities Novel Imaging Technologies 27% Other 19% Novel Computational and Mathematical Sciences 7% Medical Device Design and Innovation 20% Advanced Materials 12% Future Manufacturing Technologies 0% Disruptive Technologies for Sensing and Analysis 15%

75 Health funded grants at Glasgow mapped to Grand Challenges Optimising Treatment 19% Transforming Community Health and Care 9% Frontiers of Physical Intervention 7% No Relevance to Healthcare Grand Challenges 64% Developing Future Therapies 1%

76 Most funded research areas on health grants at Glasgow across all EPSRC Themes Sensors and Instrumentation Clinical Technologies (excluding Non CMOS Device Technology Continuum Mechanics Microelectronics Design Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Statistics and Applied Probability Chemical Structure Robotics Non-Linear Systems Top 10 Most Funded Research Areas Value/million( )

77 Most funded research areas on Healthcare Technologies funded grants at Glasgow Clinical Technologies (excluding imaging) Continuum Mechanics Non-Linear Systems Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Statistics and Applied Probability Assistive Technology, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Most funded Research Areas Value/million( )