EPSRC should reassess balance of maths infrastructure funding

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council should work to manage the balance between long and short-term funding better in mathematics infrastructure, a review has said.

The review of the EPSRC’s funding for mathematics, published by the council on 15 December, says that the balance of funding for longer and shorter programmes needs to be reassessed.

"The current balance of longer to shorter programmes would benefit from careful consideration. There is perhaps a need for more shorter to medium term activities," the review says.