Summary

The Research Councils have a responsibility to promote the public awareness and understanding of their research areas.  The purpose of this Summary is to help publicise the Councils' research to:

• Opinion-formers and policy makers
• The general public
• The wider research community
• Provide a plain English summary of the proposed work, explaining:
• The context of the research
• Its aims and objectives
• Its potential applications and benefits

The summary should be written in a style that is accessible to a variety of readers, including the general public.  In the event of a grant subsequently being awarded, the funding Council may use this summary for general publicity purposes and as a basis for answering enquiries from the media and others about the purpose of the research.

This field must be completed using:

• No more than 4000 characters, including spaces, tabs and character returns (2 characters)
• Only the standard Je-S character set should be used.
• No specialist characters and symbols (e.g. mathematical symbols) because these may not transfer successfully to other computer systems.