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Hyper powered vessel battery charging system (ZEWT Partnership)
The European Green Deal refers to the need to achieve clean, climate neutral shipping and waterborne operations and to the importance of research and innovation in this respect.
Greenhouse gas aviation emissions reduction technologies towards climate neutrality by 2050
The European Green Deal refers to the need to achieve clean, climate-neutral shipping and waterborne operations and to the importance of research and innovation in this respect. Waterborne transport, in particular where large sea-going vessels are used, remains an important emitter of GHG and the sector needs to step up its efforts on a significant scale and through a wide range of measures.
Socio-economic issues related to nuclear technologies
The analysis of the possible contribution of nuclear energy to EU climate neutrality by 2050 should consider all the options for how nuclear energy could contribute to meeting the climate target, The analysis of the available and close to market nuclear technologies should be performed, covering the full development cycle from research and development, to demonstration and early-stage deployment (techno-economic evaluation).
Supporting and standardising climate services
The topic is intended to improve the delivery of quality control and standards (including open and licensed) for climate services and to guarantee suitability, quality, and performance of digital solutions to manage climate risks and enhance adaptive capacities.
AWARMN Students Proposal Presentation
African Water Resource Mobility Network (AWARMN) students’ proposal presentation seminar happening now via zoom. The mobility supports students from Makerere University, Rhodes University, Federal University of Technology, Minna, University of Kinshasa, Delft University of Technology, and National School of Hydraulics, Algeria. The students are funded under the Intra Africa Mobility Network by European Union and African Union.
African swine fever Virus genotype II in Nigeria and West Africa
Assoc. Professor Charles Masembe's team has unveiled for the first-time presence of African swine fever Virus genotype II in Nigeria and West Africa.
This was done by partial sequencing of the B464L and E183L genes of ASF virus (ASFV). This finding has serious implications for ASFV control measures and food security. The research paper with the findings is available at the available link: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/MRA.00350-21
The research was made possible through funding from the African Union Commission.
Eid Adhuha Wishes
On behalf of Management, I wish our Moslem brothers and sisters a peaceful Eid Adhuha celebration. Eid Adhuha, like many religious celebrations seeks to promote peace and love for all humanity. I therefore join our gallant members of staff from the Moslem faith in celebrating this day. I wish all of you happiness and prosperity, as you continue to be part of a great team as, WE BUILD FOR THE FUTURE!
ALLAH BLESS YOU!
Wellcome Early-Career Awards
Research Enrichment – Public Engagement
This Wellcome Trust grant has been made available to facilitate researchers engage the public with their research. Researchers share their ideas with the public and in return get new perspectives on their research and can inspire learning, enhance research and help to improve health.
World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program
The World Bank Group (WBG) Africa Fellowship Program targets young, talented African nationals who are completing, or have recently completed their Ph.D. in an area relevant to the World Bank’s work. The fellowship program has been very successful since its inception, building a strong pipeline of young African talent interested in a career in development, international institutions, African governments, think tanks, and academia.
Centre of excellence on inclusive gender equality in Research & Innovation
Evidence-based decision-making to change social norms towards zero food waste
In line with the European Green Deal priorities, the farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy, and environmentally friendly food system, and the EU's climate ambition for 2030 and 2050, the successful proposal will support R&I to prevent and reduce food loss and waste, contributing to the transformation of food systems to deliver co-benefits for climate (mitigation and adaptation), biodiversity, environmental sustainability and circularity
Methane cracking to usable hydrogen and carbon
Proposals related to this call are expected to demonstrate significant advances with respect to already achieved results in Europe and outside, delivering a minimum of 50% and demonstrating the potential to achieve mass production and a competitive hydrogen cost and an improved climate performance with respect to current methane based, CO
Full-scale demonstration of heat upgrades technologies with supply temperature in the range 90 - 160°C
The objective of this call aims at satisfying the need for low-temperature heat in the relevant industrial sectors, by upgrading lower temperature heat flows, including from renewable heat sources, ambient heat, or industrial excess (waste) heat, as a cost-efficient way to improve energy efficiency and reduce the GHG emissions. The proposal should,
Safety of advanced and innovative nuclear designs and fuels: EUR 3 000 000 Grant
roposed research should support the safety assessment and development of advanced and innovative reactor safety designs and technologies for deployment in the medium and long term, including Research Reactors and the Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).
Novel tandem, high efficiency Photovoltaic technologies targeting low cost production with earth abundant materials
Photovoltaic power generation is pivotal in the transition to a clean energy system and the achievement of the zero-emissions target. To that end, it is important to enhance affordability, security of supply and sustainability of PV technologies along with further efficiency improvements.
Senior Research Fellowship Programme: Theoretical & Experimental Physics
At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light.
Nextgen EV components: Integration of advanced power electronics and associated controls (2ZERO)
First-Time Presence of African Swine Fever Virus Genotype II in Nigeria
System approach to achieve optimised Smart EV Charging and V2G flexibility in mass-deployment conditions (2ZERO)
Digitally controlled charging solutions represent a fundamental building block of a full and effective shift to electromobility. When scaled to a mass-market-level, current uncontrolled charging (i.e. maximum available power from the moment the vehicle is plugged in) could contribute to creating an extra burden on the power system.