date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:44:21 -0000 from: "Elaine Jones" subject: Supergen info. to: "Mike Hulme" Just in case you also need to know what SUPERGEN is... POWERING THE FUTURE The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Infrastructure and Environment Programme THE SUPERGEN INITIATIVE `Sustainable Power Generation and Supply' A first call for expressions of interest for participation in Research Consortia Closing Date: 5pm Friday 14^th December 2001 The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) hereby invites expressions of interest from those wishing to participate in consortia of eligible academic institutions, working with appropriate stakeholders and users, to undertake studies in the challenges of a sustainable power generation and supply infrastructure for the 21^st century. This invitation incorporates research under the following themes: · Electricity networks and grid connection · Biomass and biofuels · Marine energy · Hydrogen technology. These themes have been identified as being of key strategic importance for this, the first call of the SUPERGEN initiative. Up to £5 million will be made available for this first call. A consortium funding package will be expected to include EPSRC support alongside funding from other research users or funding agencies. Funding will be awarded for periods of up to four years and no more than one consortium will be funded in each theme under this first call. A consortium could either follow a `hub and spoke' model centred at one institution, or will be a virtual centre formed from a number of institutions. Theme 1 - Future Network Technologies Theme 2 - Biomass, Biofuels and Energy Crop Utlization Theme 3 - Marine Energy Theme 4 - Towards a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy all at [1]http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/EPSRCWEB/SEARCH/Search_Frame.asp Elaine