STFC announces 4 new projects aimed at solving energy challenges

24 Jun 2014 12:53 PM

STFC is pleased to announce the awarding of up to £1.5M of funding to 4 exciting multi-disciplinary projects under the Challenge Led Applied System Programme (CLASP) to meet specific challenges in the energy sector. These projects plan to produce tangible results in a 3-5 year period and bring STFC researchers together with other academic disciplines and industry through new collaborations to solve real energy challenges.

CLASP project calls

STFC runs an annual Challenge Led Applied Systems Programme (CLASP) call for proposals with each call focusing on a grand challenge area where new technology emerging from STFC’s research base can be applied through collaborative work with other researchers and industry to meet challenges aligned to the Futures programme; Energy, Environment, Healthcare and Security.

The successful projects for the 2013 Energy Call are:

A new CLASP Healthcare call for 2014 with a £1.5M fund has been announced. An Information & Networking day was held on 20th May at the Royal College of Physicians to allow potential applicants to find out more about the focus of the call and to meet possible new collaborators. 

Details can be found at STFC Clasp Healthcare 2014.