UKERC Flexible Fund: first call

11/06/2020

22/06/2020

The total value of the Flexible Fund allocated to new research is approximately £3m (valued at 80% FEC). We will issue Calls for Proposals in 2020 and 2021. We would expect individual research projects to run from between one and two years, or exceptionally up to 3 years. All Research Fund projects must be completed by the end of UKERC Phase 4 on 30th April 2024. We anticipate that approximately £1 million will be distributed under the first call for proposals. Our intention is to distribute the available funding for this call between the three broad topics. However, subject to peer review, we do not guarantee to fund a project under each topic.

In this first call we are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from universities or other institutions eligible to hold UKRI awards in the following topic areas: 1) Governing the transition: governance and energy vector change 2) Finance: the impact of policy on investments at different scales 3) Cooling the transition: clean cooling and energy integration

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are invited from eligible UK researchers, i.e. applicants based in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Research Council Institutes and Centres, and Independent Research Organisations (IROs) approved by any of the Research Councils. Please refer to the UKRI website for details on Research Councils funding eligibility. Potential applicants should contact UKERC well in advance of the submission deadline if they have any queries concerning their eligibility. Organisations not eligible to receive Research Council funding directly (e.g. industry, government agencies, third sector organisations) may participate as project partners. Individuals may submit no more than one EOI as Principal Investigator plus one as Co- investigator, or two as Co-Investigator, to this call.