Posted by s.hettrick on 22 January 2014 - 11:47am

The EPSRC Research Infrastructure team, with the help of its Strategic Advisory team, Research Council colleagues and key members of the EPS community have formulated an EPSRC e-infrastructure roadmap to begin to develop a clear strategy and action plan for EPSRC.

The roadmap has been published both as a PDF and series of web-pages on the Research Infrastructure section of the EPSRC website. Many thanks to all of you who have been involved in providing input and feedback on the roadmap.

In the roadmap EPSRC aims to:

• Understand the whole UK e-infrastructure landscape, view it holistically and consider it within an international context
• Understand the requirements of the EPS research community that make use of e-infrastructure; ensuring there are no gaps or duplication
• Identify where EPSRC, and more specifically the EPSRC Research Infrastructure team can add the most value
• Provide a framework for spending reviews and business cases for funding opportunities from government
• Be used as a discussion tool with other stakeholders and Research Councils.

Due to the fast moving nature of developments and investments in this area the roadmap will be treated as living document. The EPSRC would like to invite members of the community to provide input on an on-going basis. Comments and feedback can be sent by email.  

The first proposed revision date for the roadmap is June 2014.