Funder
EPSRC: Supergen flexible fund programme
Added date
17/12/2020
Closing date
11/01/2021
Call summary
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, through the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub, invites proposals for its flexible fund programme. This supports research and innovation in offshore renewable energy that will accelerate its adoption worldwide and widen the applicability of this technology. Grants are worth up to £100,000 funding 80 per cent of the full economic costs.
Scientific scope
The call has the following research themes:
•resource and environment characterisation;
•fluid structure seabed interaction;
•materials and manufacturing;
•sensing, control and electro-mechanics;
•survivability, reliability and design;
•operations, management, maintenance and safety;
•environmental and ecosystem aspects;
•marine socio-economics and governance.
PI eligibility
Applicants must be based in UK HEIs, research council institutes and centres or independent research organisations approved by UKRI. Individuals may only submit one application as PI and one as co-investigator, or two as co-investigator.