With the news that the UK’s participation until the end of H2020 has been secured, now is the time to dust off your proposal and get working for the deadlines in the early months of next year – and beyond. But do you need help with preparing it, or questions about the detail? There is a network of national contact points (NCPs) who can help you. It is sometimes hard to track these down, so here they are, in cut-out-and-keep form:
- Advanced manufacturing and processing Craig Sharp NCP-AdvMan@innovateuk.gov.uk
- Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials Ewa Bloch NCP-Environment@innovateuk.gov.uk
- Energy Kerry Young and Helen Fairclough mail@euenergyfocus.co.uk
- European Research Council UKRO erc-uk@bbsrc.ac.uk
- Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and inland water research, bioeconomy Ian Holmes NCP-Food-Bio-Marine@innovateuk.gov.uk
- Health, wellbeing and demographic change Jerome de Barros Jerome.DeBarros@innovateuk.gov.uk
- ICT and future and emerging technologies Georgios Papadakis NCP-ICT-FET@innovateuk.gov.uk
- Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies Ben Sharman challenge6ncp@esrc.ac.uk
- Legal and financial advice for all sectors Stephen Alexander NCP-Rules@innovateuk.gov.uk
- Marie Curie Actions UKRO mariecurie-uk@bbsrc.ac.uk
- Nanotechnologies and advanced materials Kalyan Sarma NCP-Nanotech@innovateuk.gov.uk
- Research infrastructure Katie Lambert RINCPUK@stfc.ac.uk
- Science with and for societyTony Whitney Anthony.Whitney@beis.gov.uk
- Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) Enterprise Europe Network contact@enterprise-europe.co.uk
- Social science and humanities Ben Sharman xcutsshncp@esrc.ac.uk
- Secure societies Helen Almey NCP-Security@innovateuk.gov.uk
- Space Catherine Holt NCP-Space@innovateuk.gov.uk
- Transport Louise Mothersole NCP-Transport@innovateuk.gov.uk
- Widening participation among EU states Gabriela Nava SWAFS&WPNCP@esrc.ac.uk
photo: Elliott Brown