SPRITE+ | CRANE 2026 Sandpit: AI and TIPSS
SPRITE+ and CRANE invited Members and Expert Fellows to apply to attend a blended sandpit on AI and TIPSS. Up to a total of £224k of combined SPRITE+ and CRANE funding was made available to fund up to four interdisciplinary projects arising from this sandpit.
Time & Location
03 Jun 2026, 12:30 – 01 Jul 2026, 16:30
Online | In-person in Oxford
About the event
Background
SPRITE+ is an EPSRC-funded NetworkPlus (grant reference EP/W020408/1). We work with academic and non-academic stakeholders to build and strengthen the TIPSS (Trust, Identity, Privacy Security and Safety) community and identify requirements and promising new directions for research in this area. We have a ‘pump-priming’ budget to fund activities that explore and test new ideas, and that create new collaborations between academic disciplines, and between academic and non-academic partners.
CRANE is a new EPSRC-funded Network+ (grant reference EP/Z534845/1) which aims to strengthen the UK’s cybersecurity research ecosystem. It will evaluate new technologies and threats, and opportunities for novel research to bring tangible security interventions.
Sandpits are intensive, interactive experiences where you will work with fellow participants to create new ideas from scratch. The previous five SPRITE+ Sandpits have resulted in the funding of twenty-five projects. Here’s some of the feedback from previous participants:
“The sandpit brought people together which would…