News & Events

We were delighted to welcome both EPSRC and the UK Semiconductor Centre to the Facility in Sheffield at the beginning of March

It was a pleasure to be involved in a visit from the Office for Quantum from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on Monday at the The University of Sheffield

We have partnered with REWIRE-IKC, CHIMES-IKC and The Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Hub for a Sustainable Future to launch a new opportunity to help drive meaningful change in the UK semiconductor sector.

We are undertaking a community consultation to inform our strategic development for the next 5-10 years.

We’re delighted to share that the National Epitaxy Facility has received new funding as part of a £6.6m investment from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

We are excited to announce we are holding the first National Epitaxy Facility (NEF) Virtual Open Day and Early Career Researcher (ECR) event on Monday 13th April 2026. 

We are pleased to announce the next call for applications to the NEF Pump Priming scheme is open from Monday 2nd March - Friday 10th April.

We attended The University of Sheffield's Global Engineering Challenge yesterday as part of the annual Engineer Your Future event.The cross-faculty event is for 1st year…

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at the National Epitaxy Facility! Please see our Christmas Newsletter below. We hope you enjoy reading a…

We are pleased to announce that registration for UK Semiconductors 2026 is now open!  🗓️ Dates: Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd July 2026📍Location: Sheffield Hallam University📹…

Staff at the Facility have been to various events and conferences over the past few months, promoting the Facility and their research: UK National Quantum…

Director Jon Heffernan and Head of MOVPE, Dr Elisa Sala, co-authored the paper titled 'Spin properties in droplet epitaxy grown telecom quantum dots' with the…