Science and Technology Gateway Centres

The Science and Innovation Campuses at Daresbury and Harwell will act as important national focal points for science-based collaboration and knowledge exchange with academic and industrial researchers.  Five new Science and Technology Gateway Centres are proposed to deliver a new level of engagement with these partners and to build a strong and interactive community of world-leading scientists, technologists and innovators.  The Centres will enable access to the Council's cutting-edge facilities and core scientific and technological strengths in the major thematic areas of computational science and engineering, space science, detector technology, imaging and materials science.  STFC is currently developing the science and business cases for the centres, with plans to formally launch two of the centres by the end of the year.

Detector Systems Centre

The Centre will bring academic and industrial collaborators together with STFC⊃;s world-class detector capabilities and knowledge base. It will develop and commercialise sensors and integrated detector solutions for both Research Council and industrially applicable markets such as security and biomedical imaging. The centre will have a presence on both the Daresbury and Harwell campuses.

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Hartree Centre

A new kind of computational sciences institute for the UK, the Hartree Centre will bring together academic, government and industry communities and focus on multi-disciplinary, multi-scale, efficient and effective simulation.  Located on the Daresbury campus, it will provide a step-change in modelling capabilities for strategic themes in energy, life sciences, the environment and materials.

Imaging Solutions Centre

The Imaging Solutions Centre will transform access to the world-class facilities of STFC, providing a gateway and consulting services to deliver "one-stop" problem-solving capabilities to industry and HEI researchers.  It will join together access to STFC facilities with access to expertise in computer simulation, detectors, data acquisition and analysis.

Contact Details:

The Science and Technology Facilities Council
Business Development Director
Barbara Ghinelli
STFC Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Didcot
OX11 0QX
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 446 124
Fax: +44 (0) 1235 445 147