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ERC Advanced Grants: €445 million from the EU to 190 senior research leaders

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced today the award of its prestigious Advanced Grants to 190 senior researchers. The funding, worth in total €445 million, will enable them and their teams to pursue ground-breaking ideas. These are the first ERC Advanced Grants awarded under the 'excellent science' pillar of...

EPSRC Energy Team visit

On 6 May 2015 Energy@Cambridge hosted a visit from the EPSRC Energy team at the Hauser Forum. The morning session focussed on EPSRC strategy and the spending review. EPSRC led break-out groups on future funding scenarios with academics and EPSRC funded Fellows. In the afternoon EPSRC ran sessions on Impact and Developing...

UK and China Collaboration on Sustainable Materials for Infrastructure

Professor Abir Al-Tabbaa and Dr Janet Lees from the Department of Engineering and Dr Yun Bai from Civil Engineering University College London (UCL) have been successful in the first ever EPSRC/NSFC call for collaborative UK/China research projects on Sustainable Materials for Infrastructure. Together with their...

Energy@Cambridge hosts Professor Steven Chu

On 10 November 2014 Energy@Cambridge organised a lunch and round table meeting in honour of Professor Steve Chu, Professor of Physics and Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Nobel Laureate and Former US Secretary of Energy, which was hosted by Professor Lynn Gladden, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research...

CUEN Conference 2014 – Poster Session - Call for Abstracts – deadline 25 May 2014

This year the conference entitled: Gas – An (Un)Conventional Pathway Towards Our Energy Future? will focus on the challenges associated with natural gas technology and the role it will play as an energy source in the future. For the first time there will be a poster session aimed at early career researchers and sponsored...

Energy@Cambridge at the CUEN Conference June 2014

Pictures and presentations from the CUEN (Cambridge University Energy Network) Annual Conference 2014 on Natural Gas are now available to download here . The CUEN conference also hosted its inaugural poster session, which was sponsored by Energy@Cambridge. Ten excellent proposals were selected and included applicants from...

CRASSH Graduate Research Group Sponsored by Energy@Cambridge

Energy@Cambridge is pleased to announce that during the next academic year it will sponsor the GreenBRIDGE Graduate / Faculty Research Group which is one of 14 groups supported by CRASSH. The Graduate/Faculty Research Groups programme supports groups of graduate students and faculty members working together with a common...

Catalysis@Cambridge Showcase and Networking Event

On 14 April 2015 Catalysis@Cambridge hosted the first Showcase and Networking Event which brought together a number of Cambridge academics, researchers and around 50 industry representatives, including from GlaxoSmithKline, Shell, Pfizer, Sabic, Aramco, Merck, and Johnson Matthey. The event was supported by Energy@...

Energy for the Future Panel Discussion

Supported by Energy@Cambridge, CamAWiSE (Cambridge Association for Women in Science and Engineering) hosted the lively “Energy for the Future: plugging the gap in energy supply, a gap too big?” panel discussion at Trinity Hall College on 21 May 2015. Iman Hill (former Vice President of African Development and Production...

Call for Energy Champions

Energy@Cambridge Call for Energy Champions A number of Energy Champions will be selected to support different areas of the Energy@Cambridge strategic research initiative with the aim of building stronger research networks and engagement in the Energy@Cambridge initiative. Energy Champions, selected from early career...