Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Impact Acceleration Account
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) helps to bridge the gap between our research and its outputs.
This account is now funding projects through the Harmonised Impact Acceleration Account .
Successful projects engage the public and industry through innovation with the aim of impacting society and the economy in sustainable and robust ways.
Aims
- promote knowledge exchange and movement of people through support for placements both inward and outward with industry, government departments and health boards
- support partnership brokering and market research to gain initial insights and encourage end-user and business engagement to facilitate the de-risking of investment before committing greater resources or funds
- support commercialisation of early-stage impact activities through technology feasibility and proof of concept studies
- increase engagement with the research community targeting early career researchers (ECRs) to engage them in the impact agenda
Funding
As part of Cardiff University’s Harmonised Impact Acceleration Account (H-IAA), the Knowledge Exchange Placements and Secondment Scheme (KEPSs), Strategic Impact Funding (SIF) and Follow on Funding (FoF) schemes will run under the EPSRC IAA.
