Events in Physics
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Energy Systems Catapult invite proposals for their collaborative scoping studies in energy systems. Funding enables the commissioning of new work, encourages interdisciplinary approaches, develops common methodologies and supports multidirectional knowledge sharing in the area of energy systems. Studies must engage with one of the following areas:
•whole systems energy modelling, policy development and investment strategy;
•future of energy system transition analysis;
•developing methods and approaches to compare and contrast whole system modelling approaches from leading stakeholders within the energy community;
•developing methods and approaches to evaluate the impact of different regulatory frameworks, markets and institutions on delivering future energy system transitions;
•developing new energy transactions and business models;
•developing research methods to evaluate the implications of bringing together energy system transformation models with waste, air quality, legacy housing stock, new build and transport issues to decarbonise at a city scale.
The principal investigator must be resident in the UK and an academic employee at the lecturer or equivalent level at an eligible organisation, which may be a HEI, a research institute funded by a research council or an independent research organisation. Interdisciplinary collaboration and consortia building is strongly encouraged. Partnerships and engagement activities with organisations outside academia is preferred.
A total of eight grants, worth up to £60,000 at 80 per cent full economic cost each, are available over a maximum period of nine months. The total budget is £500,000. Funding may cover researcher time, travel, workshops and other engagement activities.