EPSRC: Net Zero Transport for a Resilient Future Research Hub

02/02/2023

25/04/2023

As part of UKRI’s strategic theme of ‘building a green future’ and aligning to the UK’s Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework, UKRI and DfT will support the establishment of a single £10 million flagship Net Zero Transport for a Resilient Future Research Hub. This will build capacity and research critical mass in the UK. The hub will take a systems approach to developing and implementing sustainable, low carbon, adaptation solutions for resilient transport infrastructure and streetscapes. The hub is expected to bring together research, early-stage innovation, and demonstrations across transport modes to create, develop and test climate resilient places. It will bring together work in climate change mitigation and adaptation, recognising that different places and modes will require different solutions but need to learn from each other.

The hub will be expected to add value to these areas through researching solutions to improve resilience, and deliver net zero solutions to improve the transport systems for the user including: - building solutions for resilience in transport infrastructure including rethinking existing transport infrastructure to reduce emissions and increase resilience as well as the development of new low - carbon and resilient transport infrastructure changing how we consider: - streetscapes - maximising co-benefits from the transition such as wider access - reduced inequality - enhanced safety - reduced waste - greater levels of recycling - improved air quality - biodiversity - economic growth - environmental net gain - modelling local climate and temperature change, sea-level rises, and extreme weather events to better understand climate impacts on our transport system and aid mitigation at the local level - bridging the gap between the transport system, infrastructure, research, and policy.

You can apply if you are a resident in the UK and meet at least one of the following conditions: are employed at the submitting research organisation at a level equivalent to lecturer or above hold a fixed-term contract that extends beyond the duration of the proposed project, and the host research organisation is prepared to give you all the support normal for a permanent employee hold an EPSRC, Royal Society or Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship aimed at later career stages hold fellowships under other schemes