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Understanding the economic impact (direct and indirect) of major research infrastructures on their location.

Background

BEIS plans to boost productivity and improve lives by tackling society’s Grand Challenges in life sciences, artificial intelligence, automation and space. By investing in R&D and innovation, we will unleash potential and work towards making the UK a science superpower. To do this, BEIS needs research to better understand:

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Beis areas research interest interim update 2020

Related UKRI funded projects

  • Big Science Beyond Science: the Innovation Impact of Research Infrastructure Procurement

    Context Scientific research now requires higher R&D efforts and larger teams with access to sophisticated, costly equipment, often too expensive for individual institutions or countries. For this reason, Large Resear...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically aims to understand the wider economic benefits of research infrastructures and their impact on innovation, aligning with the question's focus on economic impact.

  • 2018 STFC Regional Centre

    As one of Europe's largest multidisciplinary research organisations, STFC has world-class research facilities and capabilities. It is responsible for funding much of the research in UK universities in the fields of astro...

    Funded by: UUI

    Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project discusses the impact of STFC's research facilities on local businesses and the economy, but does not fully address the direct and indirect economic impact of major research infrastructures on their location.

  • Launchpad Cluster Management: Liverpool City Region

    Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCR CA) has developed an Innovation Prospectus for the region and set itself two ambitious targets: 1. increase current 2% GVA spend on R&D to 5% by 2030 2. achieve net zero...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: LCR VENTURES LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on increasing R&D spend, achieving net zero, and supporting innovation in the region, directly addressing the economic impact of research infrastructures.

  • Investigation of the impact of co-location: economies of scope and scale in biomedical and health research

    It is important to achieve the best outcomes from public sector investments in medical research. To do this, research funders need to understand where they should invest the limited funds they have available to maximise ...

    Funded by: MRC

    Lead research organisation: RAND Europe

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project investigates the impact of co-location in biomedical research, which indirectly relates to the economic impact of research infrastructures, but does not directly address the question.

  • Queen's University Belfast Core Equipment Call 2022

    The Queen's University Belfast strategy 2030 defines our goals to be a global, research-intensive university generating internationally leading research, coupled with outstanding teaching and learning and focused on soci...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: Queen's University Belfast

  • West of Scotland Supercomputing Centre for Academia and Industry (Capital)

    This proposal is for an academia-industry High Performance Computing (HPC) regional centre for the West of Scotland that will be based at the University of Strathclyde. The other universities involved in the consortium a...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically addresses the economic impact of a major research infrastructure on its location and discusses collaboration between academia and industry.

  • West of Scotland Supercomputing Centre for Academia and Industry (Recurring)

    This proposal is for an academia-industry High Performance Computing (HPC) regional centre for the West of Scotland that will be based at the University of Strathclyde. The other universities involved in the consortium a...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde

  • A MIDLANDS CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) SERVING REGIONAL INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA - 'HPC MIDLANDS'

    High performance computing (HPC) technology is used to provide solutions for challenging problems which require advanced computer power. It can perform simulations orders of magnitudes quicker than an individual Personal...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: Loughborough University

  • Small Items of Research Equipment at the University of Surrey

    This application for small scale equipment was developed from responses elicited from ECRs, defined as EPSRC funded postgraduate researchers and postdoctoral researchers, fellows (funded as independent researchers throug...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Surrey

  • The White Rose Grid e-Science Centre

    This proposal is in support of the continuation of funding to the White Rose Grid (WRG) e-Science Centre of Excellence, and is submitted by the WRG Executive who manages and drives its activities and developments. The Wh...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on e-Science activities and collaborations, which may provide insights into the economic impact of research infrastructures.

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