STFC and the New STFCbased National Science and Innovation Campuses DSIC

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STFC and the New STFC-based National Science and
Innovation Campuses (DSIC HSIC)
Art of Hard Science Conference, 12 February 2008

• Professor Colin Whitehouse
• Deputy Chief Executive, STFC
• Head of STFC Daresbury Laboratory

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EMBEDDED SCIENCE

• (a) Large-Scale Facilities
• Synchrotron radiation
• Neutron scattering
• Central Laser Facility

• (b) Technological Resource Centres
• High Performance Computing E-science
• Space Science Technology
• Particle Physics Department
• Accelerator Science and Technology (ASTEC)
• Engineering and Instrumentation

4GLS
ERLP
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STFC SCIENCE

• Large Science Facilities interact with a wide
  range of disciplines, not just fundamental
  physical sciences

All on an international basis
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Probing the Past
Vegetable, Animal or Mineral
Target Materials
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The New National Campuses
The Knowledge Economy

• UK Govt seeking Step-Changes

The really important economic competition for the
UK is from overseas Critical Mass,
Co-Location Focused ST Investment
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The Campus Vision

• Universities
• Facility access Development
• UK-level Critical Mass (eg Cockcroft)
• Large Facilities
• Strategically important industrial RD

Increased RD Spend
High-tech Industry
RCs OGDs
CLIK
University Spin-Outs Spin-Ins
National European Institutes
Venture Capital Networks
DIUS, DBERR, TSB, RDAs BC Partnerships
Corporates
Inward Investors
JV Partner Funding
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The Tate Modern Event
Research Councils UK (RCUK) response . (9) We
recommend that the AHRC, in conjunction with the
other Research Councils and the heritage sector,
bring forward proposals for a time-limited
directed programme of research in heritage
science, with the aim both of regenerating this
area of research and of attracting younger
scientists to enter it.
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THE DSIC BOARD

• Campus Oversight Company formed (September 2006)
  
• Board
• Chair Professor Sir Martin Harris (previous VC,
  Manchester)
• (now Deputy Chair NWDA)
• STFC (KOM, CRW)
• Manchester (Gilbert), Liverpool (Bone), Lancaster
  (Wellings) Univs
• NWDA (Hughes, Baxter)
• HBC (Parr)
• gt 50M NWDA investment to date
• JV private sector partner model now in progress

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COCKCROFT INSTITUTE NATIONAL ACCELERATOR
SCIENCE CENTRE

• MAJOR AWARDS (gt 27M already)
• 14 of 16 NEW GRANT PROPOSALS AWARDED
• DURHAM, STRATHCLYDE, SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITIES
• PARTNERSHIP WITH UK INDUSTRY HPRFFP
• Professor Swapan Chattopadhyay
• Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Excellent Generic Model for Further Campus
Development, involving key Universities UK
High-Tech Industry PMs Speech, November 2006
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DARESBURY INNOVATION CENTRE

• 63 Ultra-High Tech companies
• Only 1 closure to date
• More very soon
• gtgt 100 have sought occupancy
• Latest 2 cos Oxford DIC Spin-Out

NEW GROW-ON SPACE Q1, 2009 FURTHER 2 BUILDING
OPTIONS OVER 2 YEARS
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DSIC EXPANSION SPACE !
Now an NWDA designated NW Key Transformational
Site (NWDA RIS, 2006)
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The Harwell / STFC RAL Campus
( CRW responsible for CCLRC component of this
campus development also since Jan 2006 )
CRW Lord Sainsbury, January 2006
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THE CAMPUS DIPOLE
International / National Universities Industry
etc.
Regional Universities Industry etc.
DSIC
International / National Universities Industry
etc.
Regional Universities Industry etc.
HSIC
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THE CAMPUS DIPOLE
Campus Core Universities
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Science and Innovation Framework 2004 2014,
Next Steps March 2006 Budget Statement
The Government will look to develop these
campuses so as to ensure that the facilities
located there are internationally competitive,
support world-class science, and maximise
opportunities for knowledge transfer.
19 September 2006
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Current Ideas for Other Research/Technology
Centres at DSIC DL New Programmes Group
Professor Paul Durham
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ALSC
MCSC
CI
LCC
NSCC
AIEDC
Light Sources
Computational Sciences
Accelerator Science
Lab in a Cell
Nanosciences Surface Characterisation
NCESS MEIS Ex-SRS facilities e.g. STM/LEED CCP3
Instrumentation Engineering Technology SRD
NPG
ERLP design, build commissioning 4GLS design
RD studies Linear collider studies Generic
ST
4GLS
Key STFC activities at DSIC
CSED_at_DL
Single molecule NIWOP imaging Coarse-grain
Bayesian CLF-SRD CSE eSC
ERLP
eSC_at_DL
TW laser
HPCx, BEAP
NWGrid
SRD ASTeC CLF Cockcroft
Norcott CXR
SuperSTEM NW HEIs
Cockcroft Institute HEIs (10) Overseas labs,
inc MoUs (10) Industry (eg Faraday) Medics
(EMMA)
KCL/GSTT BBSRC Cambrige Cavendish Cambridge
Biochem Manchester Liverpool
UK Academics, NWDA International Sincrotrone
Trieste, JLAB, Cornell, BINP
Strategic partners at DSIC
UK UoMC, EPCC, NWGrid Consortium,
IBM International ORNL, PSC, NCSA, SDSC, Psi-K,
CECAM, DEISA
KCL/GSTT PhD/Trainee clinicians Training
scientists at Manchester, Liverpool Cambridge
PhD programmes Specialist workshops HEI sponsored
courses
Eng D CPD
Cockcroft Institute
Summer Schools Specialist workshops
Joint MSc in CSE PhD programme Specialist
workshops
Joint training activities
Diamond ISIS
Metrology CMF spinouts
CLF DLS
ASTeC _at_ RAL CLF (PWAs) FETS (ISIS)
Biomedical Network Membrane Structure
Linked STFC activities at HSIC
CLIK Proof-of-principle Drug lead screening CLIK
spinouts
CLIK Marketing of Facilities spinout potential
CLIK spinouts
Faraday RF Partnership e2v collaboration
CLIK
DAComS
KT activities embedded in DSIC
Innovation Centre
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NLS ?, MEIS, NCESS, SuperSTEM, SR expertise MSL,
e-Science, GRID
Key STFC activities at DSIC
Strategic partners for DSIC Heritage
Science Manchester Museum, Manchester Art
Gallery, Liverpool Museum, English Heritage,
Historic Scotland, National Museums of
Scotland Mary Rose Trust, National Archives,
National Gallery, UK Universities. ESRF, SOLEIL,
Polytechnic University of Catalunia University
of Barcelona (MoU) University of Ghent, Vienna
Academy of Fine Arts, etc EU partners.
Joint training activities PhD Programmes,
specialist workshops, MasterClass
Diamond, ISIS
Linked STFC activities at HSIC
Public lectures, school visits, gallery/museum
space ?
Knowledge Transfer embedded in DSIC partnership
with NWDA
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Links with other campus centres
ALSC
NSCC
Heritage Science
ERLP NLS
MEIS NCESS SuperSTEM
MCSC
LCC
eScience Databases Archiving
Biological Sciences
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Preferred DSIC Master plan option

• Spine road linking Business Pk (DBP)
  Daresbury SIC (DSIC)
• Pedestrian crossing to link existing DSIC to
  new Campus
• Rail station between 2 lines strong links to
  local community
• Retention of open spaces
• Residential development on fringes of the
  Campus

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Daresbury Science Innovation Campus