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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (http://www.epsrc.ac.uk)

The scope of EPSRC's Engineering Programme of research and training is broad. The quality of UK engineering research at its best is second to none. However, there are challenges. While EPSRC is committed to supporting integrated, multidisciplinary research and problem solving, engineering is sometimes still rooted in a traditional, compartmental mindset. There are still too few skilled people becoming engineers.

Our strategy is to:

• Promote strongly the opportunities that arise from working across traditional engineering disciplines and between engineering and other areas of science, technology and social sciences.
• Increase the mathematical skills of UK engineers.
• Provide the equipment needed for top quality research and increase the amount of shared equipment for researchers in industry and elsewhere.

In order to achieve these aims, we have set the following key targets for 2001/2:

• Place emphasis on adventurous research of a multidisciplinary nature with strong connectivity to industry.
• Encourage researchers to concentrate on fewer proposals, increasing quality.
• Develop peer review mechanisms that facilitate multidisciplinary research.
• Undertake more collaborative activities with EPSRC's Mathematics, Physics, IT&CS and Materials Programmes.
• Support platform grants and feasibility studies to nurture flexibility, creativity and adventurousness.
• Work with the Royal Academy of Engineering to develop mechanisms for evaluating engineering research and breaking down compartmentalism.
• Funding has been earmarked to promote collaboration between engineers and researchers in other disciplines such as mathematics, physics and materials.

Enquiries regarding reservoir engineering and IOR related research are dealt with by Dr David Holtum, Associate Programme Manager Engineering (Process Engineering) - david.holtum@epsrc.ac.uk.

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