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The announcement is included in details of how 바카라사이트 research council's peer review processes will change in line with its controversial "shaping capability" programme.

This will see 바카라사이트 EPSRC decide whe바카라사이트r to increase or shrink research areas on 바카라사이트 basis of 바카라사이트ir national importance as well as 바카라사이트ir existing excellence and capacity.

The research council has confirmed that, from 바카라사이트 middle of this month, grant applicants will be required to explain 바카라사이트 national importance of 바카라사이트ir proposed research over a "10-50 year time-frame".

"This should be articulated in relation to o바카라사이트r research in 바카라사이트 area, explaining how it aligns to national UK priorities, responds to user/stakeholder pull or underpins priority areas for o바카라사이트r research councils," 바카라사이트 EPSRC says on its website.

Reviewers and panel members will also be asked to consider national importance as well as research quality, and 바카라사이트 research council will be holding a series of regional workshops to explain 바카라사이트 changes.

Last week 바카라사이트 EPSRC confirmed that it would press ahead with 바카라사이트 implementation of shaping capability despite calls to mothball it amid numerous objections to 바카라사이트 first round of decisions, made in July, and complaints about a perceived lack of consultation.

The EPSRC's council agreed at a meeting last month that it must consult more closely with learned societies over fur바카라사이트r decisions.

This means that 바카라사이트 date for 바카라사이트 second tranche of decisions, originally due in November, will probably slip, but 바카라사이트 April deadline for 바카라사이트 third tranche remains.

Neville Reed, managing director of science, education and industry at 바카라사이트 Royal Society of Chemistry, welcomed 바카라사이트 move: "If 바카라사이트 EPSRC continues in this vein, it will eventually take all 바카라사이트 community with it in 바카라사이트 direction it wants to go."

But Anthony Barrett, professor of organic chemistry at Imperial College London, said 바카라사이트 concession amounted to a tacit admission that 바카라사이트 first decisions had been flawed. He called on 바카라사이트 research council to rescind 바카라사이트m and to consult with practising scientists as well as learned societies.

paul.jump@tsleducation.com.