{"id":13572,"date":"2022-04-14T13:23:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=13572"},"modified":"2022-04-14T13:23:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:23:42","slug":"epsrc-deadline-trustworthiness-of-autonomous-robotic-systems-for-national-security-and-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2022\/04\/14\/epsrc-deadline-trustworthiness-of-autonomous-robotic-systems-for-national-security-and-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"EPSRC deadline. Trustworthiness of autonomous robotic systems for national security and defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For general interest, please see the following EPSRC funding opportunity that you may wish to share with social science researchers within your institution:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trustworthiness of autonomous robotic systems for national security and defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Please note that the deadline for EOIs of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> April 2022.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EPSRC, in collaboration with NSTIx, are running a <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fopportunity%2Fsandpit-trustworthiness-of-autonomous-robotic-systems-for-national-security-and-defence%2F%3Futm_source%3DTwitter%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3DOrlo&amp;data=04%7C01%7CGoda.Valaisaite%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C0a568325b9214819a02708da1bbd0c5a%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C637852796002374147%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=xrCEt%2BSu5Xc8TSvfkdqDcqAInl0fOIPysvHpJTlGd2I%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Sandpit: trustworthiness of autonomous robotic systems for national security and defence<\/a>. EPSRC is interested in the outcome projects including social science components and\/or researchers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Possible social science aims may include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Risks to people and society of gaps between simulations and real-world operation. What are these risks and ethical implications, and how are they mitigated and regulated?<\/li>\n<li>What are the human factors that have implications for cybersecurity of these systems?<\/li>\n<li>What are public opinions on the use, risks, costs and ethics of these technologies, how can we measure these things (and how they currently measured, strengths\/limitations of current approaches), and are their mis\/dis-information challenges around this activity?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Closing date for expression of interest: 18<sup>th<\/sup> April.<\/li>\n<li>Sandpit dates: 23-27 May.<\/li>\n<li>July proposal submission.<\/li>\n<li>Autumn final funding decisions\/awards made.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further details are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fopportunity%2Fsandpit-trustworthiness-of-autonomous-robotic-systems-for-national-security-and-defence%2F%3Futm_source%3DTwitter%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3DOrlo&amp;data=04%7C01%7CGoda.Valaisaite%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C0a568325b9214819a02708da1bbd0c5a%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C637852796002374147%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=xrCEt%2BSu5Xc8TSvfkdqDcqAInl0fOIPysvHpJTlGd2I%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Sandpit: trustworthiness of autonomous robotic systems for national security and defence \u2013 UKRI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please email: <a href=\"mailto:ns-sandpit@epsrc.ukri.org\">ns-sandpit@epsrc.ukri.org<\/a> with queries.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For general interest, please see the following EPSRC funding opportunity that you may wish to share with social science researchers within your institution: Trustworthiness of&#8230; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2022\/04\/14\/epsrc-deadline-trustworthiness-of-autonomous-robotic-systems-for-national-security-and-defence\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-13572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-research-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13573,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13572\/revisions\/13573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}