Opportunities in energy

Bosch invests $10 Million in Grants Towards Energy Research and Education

The Bosch Energy Research Network (BERN) project will provide two-year research grant opportunities—with a maximum of $150,000 per year. The grant program focuses on transformative energy technology including, but not limited to, the following topics:

Initial white papers providing a technical explanation of the idea are dues by July 1st. The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) is coordinating the response to the call for proposals on behalf of MIT. Please submit white papers to Karen Gibson (kgibson@mit.edu) by June 29th to be included in the full package being submitted to Bosch.

For application details, including informatino about the format and length of the white paper, visit the BERN website.

Research staff positions at Bosch, Cambridge, MA (postdoctoral and recent PHDs)

Close Date: N/A

DOE: Energy Research and Policy Fellowships (doctoral and postdoctoral)

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is accepting applications for two new research fellowships. Research areas: energy efficiency (buildings, industry, vehicles) & renewable energy (biomass, hydrogen and fuel cells, geothermal, solar, water). Awards include: yearly stipend, research allowance, health insurance, relocation travel and support for two years.

  1. EERE Postdoctoral Fellowships: offering recent Ph.D. recipients the opportunity to conduct applied research at universities, national laboratories, and other research facilities.
    Close Date: 06/30/2011.
  2. EERE Science and Technology Policy (STP) Fellowships: offered to current Ph.D scientists and engineers interested in energy efficiency and renewable energy policy. Selected applicants will participate in policy-related projects at the EERE offices in Washington, D.C.
    Close Date: none (rolling).

Senior Faculty Chair in Energy for the Built Environment

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), started in 2006, is an Institute-wide initiative designed to help transform the global energy system to meet the needs of the future and to help improve today's energy systems. The MIT Energy initiative is undertaking a search for a senior faculty member in the field of energy for the built environment. The faculty member will have the opportunity to work with the expanding MIT energy research and educational programs in architecture, building technology, city planning and design, and engineering applied to the built environment. Programs range from those focused on cities and regions, to the neighborhood and district scale, to individual buildings and building components. For details, visit the SoE Faculty Search web page

Government Funding Opportunities

To better guide MIT faculty and research staff to government funding opportunities, the MIT Energy Initiative maintains a list of open DOE funding opportunities for which university investigators are eligible to apply. Additionally, MITEI sends out regular e-mail notices to MIT researchers with these opportunities and other funding opportunity announcements. Learn more >

The Low Carbon Energy University Alliance seed fund program

The Low Carbon Energy University Alliance (LCEUA) is an alliance between Tsinghua University, the University of Cambridge, and MIT, created to conduct collaborative scientific research on low carbon energy technologies and to conduct policy research and analysis on low carbon energy solutions, with a particular focus on China. In the first year, the Alliance will focus on economic and policy modeling for a low carbon future, combustion and carbon capture, low carbon cities and efficient industry, biofuels, thermal energy conversion, and nuclear power. Applications for seed funding in these areas are invited. Learn more >

MITEI Seed Fund Program

The MIT Energy Initiative's Seed Fund Program supports innovative, early-stage research projects. The program is not designed to provide additional resources for projects that are already underway. Through the grants MITEI seeks to encourage researchers from across MIT to collaborate in exploring new energy-related ideas and to open up new avenues for energy-related research employing the full range of Institute capabilities. Proposals across the entire spectrum of energy and related environmental research areas are eligible.  Complete details are available in the Request for Proposals.Learn more >

MITEI Energy Fellowships

Named MIT Energy Fellowships are available for first-year doctoral students planning to study energy. As Energy Fellows, students are funded for their first year of study and have many opportunities to meet and interact with their industry sponsors. They also become members of the Society of Energy Fellows at MIT, an organization within the MIT Energy Initiative established to foster a network of students dedicated to meeting the world's future energy needs. Learn more >

MITEI Student Campus Energy Project Fund

The MIT Energy Initiative has established a grant program for student energy projects that promote campus sustainable energy and environmental practices that advance the broad objectives of the Campus Energy Task Force. Twice annually a committee of faculty, staff and students review student project proposals for seed funding and score them on merits of impact, community engagement, educational opportunity, and cost effectiveness. New proposals are welcome for funding consideration. Complete details are available in the request for proposal. Learn more >