2019 TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy Seed Grants (Full Proposal)
Request for Proposals from Stanford Faculty
Full Proposals Due: May 1, 2019
Introduction
This call for proposals is open to Stanford faculty embarking on new research directions in sustainable energy or at the nexus of energy with food, water, transportation, human health, and the environment. The TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy (TKC) expects to award up to three seed grants through this call. These grants are meant to promote early stage high-risk, high-reward research projects with seed funding of up to $100,000 (inclusive of Stanford’s 8% isc fees) per year for up to two years.
General Call
As part of its mandate to develop sustainable energy systems for the future, TKC actively works to help build Stanford’s capability related to the broad deployment of sustainable energy technologies and systems and to further understanding of the resulting impact and implications. This year, TKC is pleased to issue a general call and invite proposals for seed funding of research projects that are consistent with our mission to advance sustainable energy for the betterment of all. The intent of this RFP is to fund projects that, if successful, will equip investigators with early results that will enable them to write compelling follow-on research proposals for more substantial funding from external sources.
Additional information and full RFP can be downloaded at tomkat.stanford.edu/rfp
For questions associated with the seed grant program or the submission process please contact:
Danica Sarlya at dsarlya@stanford.edu
- Fund early stage research projects that if successful have the potential to impact energy use or production at a significant scale.
- Build Stanford capacity and capabilities in sustainable energy.
- Research at the intersection of energy with food, water, transportation, human health, and the environment.
- Projects where faculty move into new and/or interdisciplinary research areas that are a departure from ongoing work in their research groups.
- Expand Stanford’s sustainable energy research capabilities by supporting early-career faculty and PIs who have not had an active TomKat seed grant in the last two years.
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