Opportunities

Research Proposals

Seed Grants

$10,000 Seed Grants for projects related to the Energy Systems Signature Area and AI4Society Signature Area

Our energy systems are becoming ever more complex and integrated. Research is reflecting that increased sophistication, across all the many fields that Future Energy Systems researchers call home. In many cases, this means that researchers are utilizing computers to speed research timelines and compute more information than ever before. 

To address this growing intersection of research needs, the Energy Systems Signature Area and Artificial Intelligence for Society Signature Area are announcing a call for applications for $10,000 seed grants. Applications deadline extended to end-of-day 19 November 2020. 

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Apply for Research Funding

On an ongoing basis, Future Energy Systems will accept proposals for three types of research projects:

1. Project for recently appointed University of Alberta faculty (2019 or later)

New members of faculty can be supported for up to three years if appointed in 2021, two years if appointed in 2020, and one year if appointed in 2019. The proposed research must align with one or more of the areas described here.

For detailed information about criteria, process, and timelines, click here.

Start your application process by filling out the recently appointed faculty Notice of Intent form. Following review, successful Notice of Intent applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal.

2. University of Alberta and University of Calgary Collaborative Project

Joint application to the University of Alberta and University of Calgary CFREF programs, open to members of faculty at the University of Alberta who have engaged a collaborator at the University of Calgary. Research areas eligible for funding: carbon capture, utilization and storage; low-cost catalysts for upgrading; microseismic methods and applications; policy or risk management. Applications must be submitted simultaneously to Future Energy Systems and the University of Calgary Global Research Initiative in Sustainable Low Carbon Unconventional Resources.

For detailed information about criteria, process, and timelines, click here.

Please note: New proposals are not currently being solicited in this category. If you submit an NOI it will be reviewed by FES administrators and kept on file for future calls. You will be contacted if relevant funding or partnership opportunities become available. 

3. Project for all University of Alberta faculty

Future Energy Systems will issue targeted calls for funding applications when they are needed in specific categories of research.

Future Energy Systems accepts NOIs on an ongoing basis to maintain awareness of important research and collaboration opportunities that it may be able to help fund.

Future Energy Systems will consider research proposals from University of Alberta faculty who are working on one or more of the research areas described here. New projects will be considered based on a number of criteria, including:

  • The applicant must have a track record in energy research.
  • The project must have high leverage potential (target is $1 from FES matched with $4 from other sources in cash or other strategic considerations).
  • The project should have potential to lead to a strategic program partnership.

For detailed information about criteria, process, and timelines, click here.

Please note: New proposals are not currently being solicited in this category. If you submit an NOI it will be reviewed by FES administrators and kept on file for future calls. You will be contacted if relevant funding or partnership opportunities become available.