EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funds can help create impact by engaging with industry partners. View successful EPSRC IAA-funded projects to understand how the funds can be used to accelerate and amplify the impact from EPSRC-funded research. EPSRC IAA funding is for University of Edinburgh researchers and academics at all career stages to support activities that accelerate or amplify the impact arising from EPSRC-funded research. The funds are managed by Edinburgh Innovations on behalf of the College of Science & Engineering. Please contact the EPSRC IAA team EPSRCIAA@ei.ed.ac.uk with any questions.Funding calls range from the Standard Open Call deadlines in November 2024 and April 2025. The first round of the Scottish EPSRC IAA Cross-Institutional Funding Call is also running in the autumn of 2024 with a deadline on 14 November. This is a unique opportunity for researchers in the EPSRC remit to work with colleagues across the universities of Heriot-Watt, Glasgow, St Andrews, and Strathclyde to create impact from joint research outputs and capabilities.Ringfenced Early Career Researcher funding is available through the EPSRC IAA Innovation Competition which offers up to a £2,500 personal award to applications on an ongoing basis.Applications to fund travel and events for engagement with organisations outside academia are accepted on an ongoing basis. Dr Amy Wilson Dr Amy Wilson, lecturer in Industrial Mathematics from the Centre for Statistics, School of Mathematics, discusses how funding enabled a collaborative research project to develop a robust statistical framework to be used by forensic scientists to interpret gait evidence in court. Aqualution Systems When the Covid-19 pandemic sent demand for disinfectant skyrocketing, leading manufacturer Aqualution rapidly rose to the challenge thanks to an EPSRC IAA collaboration. Building Partnerships with Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones Forbes Chair of Organic Chemistry, Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones, discusses his collaboration with TgK Scientific and how Edinburgh Innovations guided his project from the very beginning, helping him understand IP and patenting requirements. FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) An EPSRC IAA Partnership Development project paved the way for an £8.7m Prosperity Partnership collaboration with global pharmaceutical manufacturer, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies. Dr Ian Holland Dr Ian Holland, from the Institute of Bioengineering, explains how EPSRC IAA funding is helping him to bridge the gap to commercialisation for his technology. Dr Joanna Sadler Dr Joanna Sadler, Chancellor’s Fellow in Biotechnology at the School of Biological Sciences, discusses how funding was the catalyst for her collaborative research project. Optimum swimwear compression for British athletes EPSRC IAA-funded collaborative project conducted across the two universities, Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt, in collaboration with two industry partners. This article was published on 2024-07-01
