EPSRC UK Acoustics Network Plus

EPSRC 英国声学网络 Plus

基本信息

批准号：
EP/V007866/1
负责人：
Kirill Horoshenkov
金额：
$ 180.8万
依托单位：
University of Sheffield
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2021 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FV007866%2F1
关键词：
EPSRC UK Acoustics Network Plus

项目摘要

The acoustics industry contributes £4.6 billion to the UK's economy annually, employing more than 16,000 people, each generating over £65,000 in gross value added across over 750 companies nationwide. The productivity of acoustics industry is similar to that of other enabling technologies, for example the UK photonics industry (£62k per employee in 2014). Innovation through research in acoustics is a key to its industry success. The UK's acoustics industry and research feeds into many major global markets, including the $10 billion market for sound insulation materials in construction, $7.6 billion ultrasound equipment market and $31 billion market for voice recognition. This is before the vital role of acoustics in automotive, aerospace, marine and defence is taken into consideration, or that of the major UK industries that leverage acoustics expertise, or the indirect environmental and societal value of acoustics is considered. All the four Grand Challenges identified in the 2017 UK Industrial Strategy require acoustics innovation. The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF, https://www.ukri.org/innovation/industrial-strategychallenge-fund/) focuses on areas all of which need support from acoustics as an enabling technology. The future of acoustics research in the UK depends on its ability to contribute to the Four Grand Challenges. Numerous examples are emerging to demonstrate the central role of acoustics in addressing the four Grand Challenges and particularly through more focused research. The acoustics-related research base in the UK is internationally competitive, but it is important to continue to link this research directly to the four Grand Challenges. In this process, the role of UK Acoustics Network (UKAN) is very important. The Network unites over 870 members organised in 15 Special Interest Groups (www.acoustics.ac.uk) who represent industry, academia and various non-academic organisations which success relies on the quality of acoustics related research in the UK. UKAN was funded by the EPSRC as a standard Network grant with the explicit aim of pulling together the formerly disparate and disjoint acoustics community in the UK, across both industry and academia. UKAN has been remarkably successful. Its success is manifested in the large number of its members, numerous network events it has run since its inception in November 2017 and contribution it has made to the acoustics research community. Unfortunately, UKAN has not been in the position to fund new, pilot adventurous or translational projects nor has it any funding support for on-going research or knowledge transfer (KT) activities.The purpose of UKAN+ is to move beyond UKAN, create strategic connections between acoustics challenges and the Grand Challenges and to tackle these challenges through pilot studies leading in turn to full-scale grant proposals and systematic research and KT projects involving a wider acoustics community. There is a great opportunity for the future of the UK's acoustics related research to move on beyond this point, build upon the assembled critical mass and explore the trans-disciplinary work initiated by UKAN. Therefore, this proposal is for UKAN+ to take this community to the next stage, connect this Network more widely in the UK and internationally to contribute through coordinated research to the solution of Grand Challenges set by the government. UKAN+ will develop a new roadmap for acoustics research in the UK related to Grand Challenges, award exploratory (pilot) cross-disciplinary research projects to the wider community to support adventure research and knowledge transfer activities agreed in the roadmap and support the development of develop full-scale bids to the government research funding bodies which are aligned with the Grand Challenges. UKAN+ will also set up a National Centre or Coordination of Acoustics Research, achieve full sustainability and support best Equality, Diversity and Inclusion practices.

声学行业每年为英国的经济贡献46亿英镑，雇用16,000多名员工，每个人在全国750多家公司中增加了超过65,000英镑的总价值。声学行业的生产率类似于其他有利技术的生产力，例如英国光子学行业（2014年每位员工62,000英镑）。通过声学研究的创新是其行业成功的关键。英国的声学行业和研究源于许多主要的全球市场，包括建筑中的隔热材料的100亿美元市场，76亿美元的超声设备市场和310亿美元的语音认可市场。这是在考虑声学在汽车，航空航天，海洋和国防方面的重要作用之前，或者考虑了利用声学专业知识的主要英国行业，或者考虑了声学的间接环境和社会价值。 2017年英国工业战略中确定的所有四个宏伟挑战都需要声学创新。工业战略挑战基金（ISCF，https：//www.ukri.org/innovation/industrial-strategychallenge-fund/）着重于所有需要声学作为一种支持技术的领域。英国声学研究的未来取决于其对四个巨大挑战做出贡献的能力。出现了许多例子，以证明声学在应对四个巨大挑战，尤其是通过更加集中的研究中的核心作用。英国与声学相关的研究基础具有国际竞争力，但重要的是要继续将这项研究直接与四个宏伟挑战联系起来。在此过程中，英国声学网络（UKAN）的作用非常重要。由15个特殊兴趣小组（www.acoustics.ac.uk）组织的870多个成员的网络单位代表了成功的行业，学术界和各种非学术组织，这些组织取决于英国的声学相关研究的质量。 Ukan由EPSRC作为标准网络赠款资助，其明确的目的是将英国以前在英国和学术界的截然不同的和脱节的声学社区汇集在一起。 Ukan非常成功。自2017年11月成立以来，它的成功表现出了大量成员，它已经进行了许多网络活动，并为声学研究社区做出了贡献。不幸的是，Ukan没有能够为新的，试点冒险或翻译项目提供资金，也没有任何资金支持对正在进行的研究或知识转移（KT）活动的任何资金支持。英国与声学相关的研究的未来有一个很好的机会，可以在这一点之后继续前进，基于集会的临界质量并探索Ukan发起的跨学科工作。因此，该提议是让Ukan+将这个社区带到下一阶段，在英国和国际上更广泛地连接该网络，以通过协调的研究为政府设定的宏伟挑战做出贡献。 Ukan+将在英国开发一个与巨大挑战有关的新的路线图，奖励（PILOT）向更广泛的社区颁发跨学科研究项目，以支持在路线图中商定的冒险研究和知识转移活动，并支持开发发展向与巨大挑战的政府研究资金的发展全尺度竞标。 Ukan+还将建立国家中心或声学研究的协调，实现充分的可持续性并支持最佳平等，多样性和包容性实践。