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SUMMARY:[Gaznat – EPFL research program | Research funding]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180713
DTSTAMP:20260406T073453Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Gaznat and EPFL have established a strategic cooperation to se
 t up a competence pole on CO2 capture and storage in Western Switzerland. 
 This cooperation involves the creation of three Gaznat chairs and aims to 
 conduct common research projects and studies in this specific field.\n \n
 A call for proposals is now open with a submission deadline set for July 1
 3\, 2018. The call is open to all EPFL laboratories and research groups.\n
  \nSupport is envisioned for the following research activities:\n\n	Resea
 rch Projects:\n	\n		Project with a PhD student for a period of maximum 4 y
 ears.\n		Project with a Postdoctoral researcher for a period of maximum 2 
 years.\n	\n	\n	Technology Proof of Concept with a maximum budget of CHF 20
 0’000.\n\n\nThe funded projects are expected to be conducted by one of t
 he EPFL laboratories/research groups with a focus on one of the research t
 hemes mentioned below.\n\n	Carbon Management (CO2 capture\, CO2 utilizatio
 n\, geological storage of CO2 etc.)\n	Gas mobility (CNG\, LNG\, biogas\, r
 eforming NG/H2\, fuel cells\, etc.)\n	Power-to-gas\n	Biogas\, methanation\
 n	Small scale CNG and LNG applications\n	Energy efficiency\n\n\nIt is expe
 cted that 3-4 Research Projects and 1-2 Technology Proof of Concept projec
 ts will be granted by this call.\nA Scientific Committee\, composed of two
  representatives of Gaznat and two from EPFL\, will carry out the selectio
 n of the projects.\n \nThe selection process has two phases:\n1.  a firs
 t round evaluation of the application files will occur in July-August\; th
 e short-listed candidates selected for the second round will be informed b
 etween August 22 and 24\, 2018\,\n2.  a second round\, which includes int
 erviews of the short-listed candidates\, will be held at EPFL on the 05.09
 .2018 (please save the date).\n \nFor each individual project\, a separat
 e contract will be signed between Gaznat and the EPFL laboratory involved 
 based on an agreed framework contract. A copy of this framework contract c
 an be obtained from the Research Office.\n \nFurther details on these res
 earch themes can be obtained from Gaznat (René Bautz\, CEO\, r.bautz@gazn
 at.ch).\n \nThe proposal should have a title page plus a maximum of 3 pag
 es of text (12pt Times New Roman\, normal margins)\, in addition to a list
  of references\, a budget table\, and biography/CV of the researchers invo
 lved. The templates provided at this link should be used: https://go.epfl.
 ch/gaznat_call-for-proposals_2018\n \nThe proposal should be sent as a si
 ngle pdf by e-mail to the Research Office (research@epfl.ch) before July 1
 3\, 2018.
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