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EPSRC is making available up to £20 million of its capital budget to refresh and update underpinning multi-user equipment in Universities. EPSRC would like to invite Universities with a current EPSRC portfolio of over £25 million (as shown on ) to apply for capital to refresh and update underpinning multi-user equipment. Those Universities that do not have £25 million of funding may apply in conjunction with other Institutions provided that their combined EPSRC research income totals the required threshold. The threshold can be achieved by:

• Universities with smaller portfolios combining their funding
• Universities with smaller portfolios applying with a university that has a larger portfolio.

The University with the higher amount of funding must be the lead applicant.

Only one application per University is allowed, with a maximum value of £2 million. This funding is available for all research areas in EPSRC's remit. It is expected that around 10 awards will be made.

Proposals can consist of underpinning multi-user equipment such as:

• Equipment meeting particular departmental or discipline requirements;
• Equipment for multi-disciplinary research areas (for instance straddling several departments or for research centres);
• Equipment that will be used across a national or regional grouping of universities.