This opportunity funds doctoral focal awards to train UK researchers in chip design and verification, focusing on very large-scale integration and systems-on-chip. It supports interdisciplinary, cohort-based doctoral training programs that build expertise in AI hardware, hardware-software co-design, and energy-efficient systems. The award aims to strengthen UK semiconductor capabilities and industry-academia collaboration through tailored training and research cohorts.
Eligible applicants are UK-based research organisations eligible for EPSRC funding, including higher education institutions, research council institutes, independent research organisations, Catapult centres, and public sector research establishments. Organisations must lead or collaborate in the doc
