DTI grants funding to expand INTErSECT Faraday Partnership

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(2001), "DTI grants funding to expand INTErSECT Faraday Partnership", Sensor Review, Vol. 21 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/sr.2001.08721aab.001

DTI grants funding to expand INTErSECT Faraday Partnership

DTI grants funding to expand INTErSECT Faraday Partnership

Keywords: Grants, Sira

Funding has been approved by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for the expansion of the INTErSECT Faraday Partnership. Grants for the next three years have been committed to support infrastructure management within this joint collaboration between industry and academia which is managed by Sira Ltd and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

The funding will enable the Partnership to expand the number of participants and to address a range of new activities including, work on Foresight and the introduction of technology translation services to assist matching technology to problems needing solution. Also a further round of Flagship projects in co-operation with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the DTI's National Measurement System is planned.

The INTElligent SEnsors for Control Technologies partnership is one of eight Faraday Partnerships and has the aim of creating new and effective links between industry and the academic world. It assists companies to stimulate innovation through translating new research and technology into improved products and processes.

In addition, the industry-led postgraduate research and training projects pioneered within the Sira/University College London (UCL) Postgraduate Training Partnership will now become an integral part of the Faraday Partnership. New postgraduate Faraday Associates will be placed with Sira/UCL, in the coming year.

Professor Richard Brook, Sira's CEO and Chairman of the INTErSECT Research Board, welcomed the DTI's announcement: "This recognition of the essential activities that underpin the effective updating of new technology is a significant step forward in enhancing the interaction between the UK research base and industry."

INTErSECT was set up in 1997 as one of four pilot Faraday Partnerships and started its first project in autumn 1998. The Faraday Partnerships were launched with £1 million seed funding each from EPSRC. INTErSECT now has a project portfolio of £4 million. Projects range from enhancing the processing of large volumes of data in drug development to smart linings for blast furnaces.

For further information contact Sira Ltd, South Hill, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5EH, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 8467 2636; Fax: +44 (0)20 8467 7097.