Reality Grid Workshop Royal Society, 15 June 2004 Some future issues for UK Science

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Reality Grid WorkshopRoyal Society, 15 June
2004Some future issues for UK Science

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Reality Grid Workshop

1. 10 year framework review
2. Full economic cost
3. RAE 2008
4. The UK e-Science Programme

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1. 10 year framework review

• Announced by Chancellor
• Consultation period now closed
• Builds on significant increase in science funding
• Rumoured possible doubling in real terms in ten
  years. Likely areas??
• Innovation
• Full economic cost

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2. Full economic cost

• Builds on Transparency Review work which
  identifies proper costs in Universities
• First targets to understand proper costs of
  activities, including renewal of infrastructure
• FEC for individual projects, by early 2005
• From 2005/6, RC projects more fully funded, by
  extra 120 million
• but you wont get it all!
• Scale of potential bureaucracy unclear at best,
  alarming at worst

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3. RAE 2008

• New arrangements a significant step forward see
  DJW input!
• Govt committed to Dual support and RAE 2008, but
  the pressure rumbles on in context of Full
  Economic Costs and reduction in bureaucracy.

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4. The UK e-Science Programme

• First Phase 2001 2004
• Application Projects
• 74M
• All areas of science and engineering
• Core Programme
• 15M Research infrastructure
• 40M Collaborative industrial projects

• Second Phase 2003 2006
• Application Projects
• 96M
• All areas of science and engineering
• Core Programme
• 16M Research Infrastructure
• DTI Technology Fund

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4. The UK e-Science Programme

• An exciting portfolio of Research Council
  e-Science projects
• Beginning to see e-Science infrastructure deliver
  some early wins in several areas
• Astronomy, Chemistry, Bioinformatics,
  Engineering, Environment, Healthcare .
• The UK unique in strong industrial component
• Over 60 UK companies contributing over 30M
• Engineering, Pharmaceutical, Petrochemical, IT
  companies, Commerce, Media,

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4. And the future

• Grid Operations Centre, National Grid Service and
  AAA services
• Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute
• National e-Science Institute
• Digital Curation Centre
• International Standards Activity
• Needs continued support from Research Councils
  with identifiable e-Science funding lines post
  2006

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Thank youand well done onReality Grid
activities and recognition