UCL awarded £25m for quantum technologies research and doctoral training

UCL has been awarded £25m by the UK Government to support new doctoral training partnerships in science and engineering, and to fund research and training programmes in quantum technologies. The funding forms part of two major investments totalling £204m which were announced today by science minister Jo Johnson. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is committed to supporting 40 UK universities with £167m funding for its new Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTP). Of this, UCL will receive over £13m to support doctoral training for 120 students across engineering and physical sciences in the next two years. "Doctoral training is right at the heart of UCL's mission as a leading research intensive university and this funding will enable us to build cohorts of research leaders in a welcoming environment with a strong team of supervisors and supportive peers," said Professor David Bogle, Pro-Vice-Provost of the Doctoral School. "The EPSRC DTP is crucial for developing trained researchers and will fund the EPSRC Doctoral Prize scheme which helps a small number of the best EPSRC-funded students to launch a successful career in research following their doctoral training." The Government is also investing £37m in developing UK quantum technologies, and UCL will receive £12m of this to fund research and training programmes in this fast-advancing field. Quantum technologies have the potential to revolutionise applications in electronics, computer science and by harnessing the special properties of light and matter at the single-particle level, going beyond the limits of classical physics and conventional technologies.