Abstract
An experiment in Post-Proposal Peer Review (PPrPR) The grant proposal
which follows was submitted to the UK’s Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) on January 06 2015. We are making the
proposal publicly available, as an experiment in online peer review of a
grant proposal (rather than a research paper), via The Winnower and
PubPeer as both sites have a fundamental commitment to open debate and
discussion of academic research and ideas. The PI (PM) will blog about
the progress (and ultimate fate) of the proposal at the Institute of
Physics’ physicsfocus blog. Details of the format of EPSRC proposals are
available here. The proposal is structured according to these guidelines
(although we have forgone the requirements re. font size/type so as to
produce a document in line with The Winnower’s ‘style file’). We have
not provided detailed information on costings but an edited version of
the “Justification of Resources” section of the proposal is included.
The sections below are taken from what is known as the Joint-Electronic
Submission (Je-S) form associated with the grant, the detailed Case for
Support, followed by the Pathways to Impact statement, and the
Justification of Resources section.